Liminal vs Cody (2026)

Cody brings codebase context into chat inside your editor or Sourcegraph.com. Liminal is a full agent loop with terminal, git, and browser tools on your machine.

Codebase context

Liminal AI: Repo map + grep + semantic tools
Cody: Sourcegraph search / embeddings

Runs locally

Liminal AI: Harness + logs on disk
Cody: Hybrid (cloud indexing common)

Price for software

Liminal AI: Free harness
Cody: Free tier + paid plans

	Liminal AI	Cody
Codebase context	Repo map + grep + semantic tools	Sourcegraph search / embeddings
Runs locally	Harness + logs on disk	Hybrid (cloud indexing common)
Price for software	Free harness	Free tier + paid plans

Summary

Cody shines when you already use Sourcegraph for code search.

Liminal shines when you want an independent agent with sub-agents, vault memory, and no mandatory cloud index.

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FAQ

Sourcegraph Cody FAQ

Cody vs Liminal for enterprise?

Both can run in regulated environments; Liminal keeps inference keys and session JSONL under your control by default.