Codebuff
Verified Oct 15, 2026 ActiveTerminal-based coding agent that edits your codebase and runs commands from natural-language requests.
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Paid
- Paid options from
- $100/mo
- Billing
- Monthly
Subscriptions are $100, $200 or $500 a month for 1x, 2.5x or 7x usage across all modes; pay-as-you-go needs no subscription and charges 1 cent per credit, with credits consumed by task complexity. Taxes are not included and usage limits are subject to change.
Use tool ↗About Codebuff
Codebuff is a coding agent that runs in the terminal instead of an editor window: install it with npm, point it at a project, and describe a change in plain language for it to plan, edit files, and run commands or tests. It uses a multi-agent approach internally, with separate steps for file selection, planning, editing, and review, and it can call different underlying language models rather than being locked to one. The company was founded in San Francisco by James Grugett and went through Y Combinator's Fall 2024 batch. It also publishes Freebuff, a separate ad-supported free variant, alongside Codebuff's paid subscriptions.
- API
- Not confirmed
- Last verified
- Oct 15, 2026
Verified sources
- Pricing page: subscriptions at $100/mo (1x usage), $200/mo (2.5x) and $500/mo (7x); pay-as-you-go at 1 cent per credit with no subscription (15 October 2026)codebuff.com ↗
- Home page: terminal coding agent installed with npm install -g codebuff, with BuffBench benchmark results (15 October 2026)codebuff.com ↗
Is Codebuff legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- Domain registered
- Nov 3, 2009 (16 years ago)Registry record (RDAP), registrar NameCheap, Inc., looked up Sep 6, 2026
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Google Trust Services, valid until Jan 12, 2027Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 15, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 15, 2026The site answered
- On the market since
- 2024The vendor's own material, read by us
- Operated by
- Codebuff, United StatesOur research, card verified Oct 15, 2026
Pros & cons of Codebuff
Codebuff is for developers who want an agent working directly in the terminal across an entire repository rather than inside a specific editor, with a multi-agent pipeline instead of a single model doing everything. The $100/month entry price is steep next to editor-integrated assistants, though the pay-as-you-go credit option gives a cheaper way to try it first.
Pros
- Works across any codebase from the terminal, no editor lock-in
- Multi-agent pipeline for file selection, planning, and review
- Pay-as-you-go credits available with no subscription
Cons
- Subscription plans start at $100/month
- A separate free product, Freebuff, exists, which can be confusing next to paid Codebuff
- Terminal-only workflow will not suit everyone
Best for
- Developers who prefer terminal workflows over an IDE plugin
- Teams wanting a model-agnostic agent rather than one tied to a single provider
Not for
- Casual users better served by Freebuff's free, ad-supported tier
- Anyone wanting a low fixed monthly cost, since the paid plans start high
Watch out: Individual files are sent to third-party model providers for processing depending on configuration; review that against your code's confidentiality requirements.
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