Open source · 1 November 2026
Available nowFactory launches Droid 1.0 coding agent harness with model‑independent tool calling
Factory released Droid 1.0, a model‑independent coding agent that makes programmatic tool calling the default. In Factory’s own Terminal‑Bench 4 runs, Droid achieved 65.2% with Claude Opus 5.5 at $4.73 per passed task.
Benchmarks are the company's own; not independently verified.
Why it matters
Droid 1.0’s 65.2% pass rate and $4.73 cost per task suggest benchmarking your own coding agents against it to meet cost expectations.
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