Amp vs Hunk (2026): Which Vibe Coding App Is Better?

Both are popular terminal coding agents. Here is how Amp and Hunk stack up on price, strengths and weaknesses, and which one we would pick.

Amp

Frontier coding agent for the terminal and editor, from the makers of Sourcegraph

8.2 /10

Pricing: Free plan, paid from $20/mo

Pros

Strong results on hard, multi-step tasks
Shared threads for team review
Subagents and AGENTS.md built in

Cons

Usage-based costs add up on large tasks
Fewer configuration knobs by design

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Hunk

Terminal diff viewer built for reviewing multi-file changes made by AI coding agents

7.0 /10

Pricing: Open source

Pros

Purpose-built review UI for agent-generated diffs: multi-file review stream, inline agent annotations, split/unified/auto layouts, watch mode
Works as a Git pager/difftool and auto-detects Jujutsu and Sapling too, not just Git
Actively maintained (MIT, 9.3k stars, 305 forks, 876 commits) with an extension system and community Discord

Cons

Doesn't map cleanly onto any single existing app category here — it's a review/viewer tool for agent output, not an agent, editor, app-builder, or cloud agent i
No dated "last commit" was visible in the fetched page, so exact recent-activity cadence couldn't be confirmed beyond the commit count

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Amp vs Hunk at a glance

	Amp	Hunk
Editor score	8.2 / 10	7.0 / 10
Pricing model	Freemium	Open source
Starting price	$20/mo	Free
Reader upvotes	0	0
Best for	terminal, agent	diff-viewer, code-review, terminal-ui
Agent Skills support	Yes	No
Subagents support	Yes	No
MCP support	Yes	No
AGENTS.md support	Yes	No
Plugins support	Yes	No
Hooks support	No	No
Rules support	No	No
Agent skills in this directory	47	0
Subagents & agents in this directory	9	3
MCP servers in this directory	72	0

Our pick

Amp edges it with a score of 8.2 versus 7.0. Amp is the better fit if you value: strong results on hard, multi-step tasks, shared threads for team review. Choose Hunk instead if you need: purpose-built review ui for agent-generated diffs: multi-file review stream, inline agent annotations, split/unified/auto layouts, watch mode, works as a git pager/difftool and auto-detects jujutsu and sapling too, not just git.