# Crush Review

> Crush review: Source-available (FSL, converts to MIT after 2 years) BYO-model terminal agent; optional Charm-hosted 'Hyper' inference subscription. Verified.

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Source-available (FSL, converts to MIT after 2 years) BYO-model terminal agent; optional Charm-hosted 'Hyper' inference subscription.

See pricing · Open source · facts verified Oct 2, 2026

## What we know about Crush

Crush sits in the ai coding agents category, where it is source-available (FSL, converts to MIT after 2 years) BYO-model terminal agent; optional Charm-hosted 'Hyper' inference subscription. We keep this Crush profile grounded in primary sources, each fact dated to when we last confirmed it.

Crush does not publish a public per-minute rate we have been able to verify, so the price figure here stays blank until we can confirm one. We would rather show nothing than a guessed number; if you have a current Crush quote, it is the fastest way for us to close that gap.

On capabilities, Crush covers pick the model per task, runs local models, runs terminal commands, and mcp support, and does not offer codebase indexing. Each of those is verified against Crush's own docs or dashboard, not marketing copy.

In total we track 13 verified facts for Crush today, each linking the primary source it came from so you can check our work - and vendor claims we have not measured ourselves are labeled as such on the Crush fact sheet below.

## Fact sheet

### Pricing

| Fact | Value | Verified | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| How usage is metered | Own API key + $ usage pool | Oct 2 | [source](https://hyper.charm.land/) |

### Capabilities

| Fact | Value | Verified | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pick the model per task | ✓  Yes | Oct 2 | [source](https://github.com/charmbracelet/crush) |
| Runs local models | ✓  Yes | Oct 2 | [source](https://github.com/charmbracelet/crush) |

### Build experience

| Fact | Value | Verified | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Where it runs | CLI | Oct 2 | [source](https://github.com/charmbracelet/crush) |
| Runs terminal commands | ✓  Yes | Oct 2 | [source](https://github.com/charmbracelet/crush) |
| MCP support | ✓  Yes | Oct 2 | [source](https://github.com/charmbracelet/crush) |
| Codebase indexing | ✗  No | Oct 2 | [source](https://github.com/charmbracelet/crush) |
| Project rules files | CRUSH.md, AGENTS.md (global ~/.config/) +3 more | Oct 2 | [source](https://github.com/charmbracelet/crush) |

### Commercial

| Fact | Value | Verified | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| License | FSL-1.1-MIT (Functional Source License 1.1, MIT Future... | Oct 2 | [source](https://github.com/charmbracelet/crush/blob/main/LICENSE.md) |
| GitHub stars | ~28,452 | Oct 2 | [source](https://github.com/charmbracelet/crush) |
| Last release | v0.97.1 (2026-09-29) | Oct 2 | [source](https://github.com/charmbracelet/crush/releases) |
| Supported model providers | OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Vercel AI Gateway +6 more | Oct 2 | [source](https://github.com/charmbracelet/crush) |
| Hosted / paid option | true: Charm Hyper (official Crush provider). Free: 100... | Oct 2 | [source](https://hyper.charm.land/) |

## Crush head-to-head

| Comparison | Record | Per use case |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Crush vs OpenCode](https://www.versusref.com/coding-agents/crush-vs-opencode/) | won 0 · lost 6 · tied 1 | Beginners: lost; Enterprise: lost; Free Plans: lost; Local Models: lost; Open Source: lost; Terminal Workflows: tie; VS Code: lost |

Source: https://www.versusref.com/coding-agents/tools/crush/