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Terax vs Kaku: catalog facts
Terax	Kaku
Free Free and open source under the Apache-2.0 licence; AI use needs your own key or a local…	Free Free to download; source code is published on GitHub.
Windows, macOS, Linux	macOS
Terminal, editor, Git and web preview in one pane Bring your own API key or run models locally via LM Studio	Works out of the box with no configuration required Tuned for AI coding workflows in the terminal
Pre-1.0 software still at version 0.8 AI features need an API key or a local model setup	macOS only Younger project with less shared documentation
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: Apache-2.0	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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