Open-Source Terminal Coding Agents

Free Claude Code lets developers use coding agents with local models or a choice of cloud providers. It connects existing clients to a shared model catalog rather than requiring a separate coding workflow.

OpenCode is an AI coding agent for developers who want help writing code or exploring unfamiliar projects. You can choose a local model running on your hardware or connect a cloud provider.

Crush is a terminal AI coding assistant for developers who want an agent to work with their code and existing tools. The application runs on your machine; your chosen backend determines where model requests go.

Pi is a terminal coding agent for developers who want an assistant they can adapt to their projects. Its small core supports custom workflows through extensions and shareable packages.

kodo coordinates coding agents for developers who have a clear goal and want work to continue unattended for hours. It divides implementation and review across agents and multiple context windows.

Agent of Empires is a self-hosted session manager for developers working with several AI coding agents in parallel. It lets you follow work across projects and branches without keeping every agent's terminal open.

MetaGPT is a Python AI agent framework for developers who want to generate software projects using local models through Ollama or remote model APIs. The framework runs on your machine and writes a project repository locally. Its example configuration uses OpenAI, which sends model requests to that provider and requires API credentials.

Prime Agent is a local terminal coding and research agent for work that continues across sessions. It runs commands and edits files in your project directory, while a persistent Python environment keeps working state available. Its hosted subscription and API-key routes send model requests to the selected provider; local execution doesn't imply offline inference.

Kilo Code is an AI coding assistant for developers who want an agent to edit, explain, and debug a codebase in their editor or terminal. You can choose local models, connect a provider with your own API keys, or use Kilo's hosted model access.

Wingman-AI is a self-hosted AI agent platform for developers and teams handling coding, research, operations or support tasks that need ongoing context. It coordinates agents with distinct roles and retains their sessions across clients.

Pi Boomerang is an extension for developers using the Pi coding agent on long autonomous tasks. It reduces the history carried into later prompts by replacing completed work with a handoff summary, while keeping file changes on disk.

RSI Harness builds on the Pi coding agent for developers and researchers who want to version and share tailored agent setups. It collects each setup into a local directory bundle called a Genome.

Klaat Code is a terminal AI coding agent for developers who want an assistant to read code, make changes, and run commands in their projects. Its default model routing runs through hosted Klaatu, which receives your messages; file edits and shell commands happen on your machine.

Code Buddy is a terminal AI coding agent for developers who want it to read a repository, make changes and run commands on their machine. It supports local models through Ollama as well as cloud providers.

avante.nvim adds AI coding assistance to Neovim for developers who want code questions and suggested edits inside their existing editor. It lets you choose a model backend and apply recommendations directly to source files.

Pi Subagents is an extension for developers who want to divide coding work among specialized AI agents in pi. Agents run in separate sessions, so you can assign distinct roles and follow their progress individually.

Cline is an AI coding agent for developers who want help understanding a codebase, making changes and running project tasks. It works in VS Code, JetBrains IDEs and the terminal, with a standalone desktop app for macOS, Windows and Linux.

Grok Build is a terminal coding assistant whose runtime edits files and executes commands on your computer. The default connection uses xAI’s remote inference service and needs network access and authentication. Browser login, device codes and API keys are supported, and organizations can configure third-party BYOK endpoints.

OpenHarness is a Python framework for developers and researchers building AI agents that can act on files, use tools and retain work across sessions. It includes ohmo, a personal agent that handles coding tasks through Feishu, Slack, Telegram or Discord.

Orbi is a self-hosted AI coding agent for developers and teams who want GitHub backlog tasks carried through to reviewed pull requests and tagged releases. It runs on Linux or macOS, on your own computer or server. The macOS launchd scheduler is documented but has not yet been verified on real hardware. The open source core is free under AGPL-3.0.

Pi Messenger connects Pi coding agent sessions working in separate terminals on the same project. It's for developers who want agents to divide work, share progress and avoid conflicting edits.

Potpie's open-source CLI gives developers and coding assistants a local store of project context, backed by a daemon and a browser graph explorer. It's for teams that need agents to understand code alongside engineering decisions and project history. With Claude Code’s standard cloud connection, prompts and model outputs travel to a remote model provider over the network.

gptme is an AI agent for developers and people doing data analysis or other knowledge work in their own environment. It can act on files and use installed tools, with a choice of local models or cloud providers.

Open Interpreter is a locally installed terminal coding agent for developers on macOS, Linux and Windows. It's a fork of OpenAI's Codex that focuses on adapting agent behavior to lower-cost models. Commands run on your computer inside native sandboxing; model requests go to your selected provider, so local installation alone doesn't mean local inference.

swarmux is a command-line task runner for developers coordinating coding agents in tmux. Each task gets its own session and git worktree, so you can supervise separate jobs while keeping access to their terminals.

Mini SWE Agent is a command-line AI coding assistant for developers tackling GitHub issues and everyday coding tasks. Its small Python core also suits researchers who want to inspect and modify an agent for model evaluations.

Forge is a terminal coding assistant that works on files in your own development environment while sending model requests to a configured provider, including OpenAI or Anthropic. It's for developers who want an agent to make code changes and run commands within their existing projects.

Code Graph RAG helps developers understand and change unfamiliar repositories, including monorepos that mix languages. It maps code relationships into a knowledge graph so questions and edits can use context across files.

Ralphy runs coding task lists on your machine, coordinating an existing AI coding CLI for developers who want work to continue across multiple tasks. It defaults to Claude Code, whose standard cloud connection sends prompts and model outputs to a remote provider. Repository edits and task tracking happen locally.

Ringer coordinates parallel AI coding agents on your machine. It's for developers who want to divide implementation work among workers and judge the results with executable checks.

aionrs is a command-line AI agent for developers who want an assistant to work on local projects. It can carry out coding tasks across multiple steps using a model provider you choose.

Albert coordinates Claude Code agents for developers who want to hand off a coding goal that spans several tasks. It plans the work and continues through successive rounds until it reaches the goal or a requested review checkpoint.

Fable Orchestrator is a local routing skill for developers who want separate planning and implementation roles in Codex. Claude Fable makes planning decisions and reviews results, while Codex retains control of the workspace and tools.

fx is a coding agent for developers who prefer working in a terminal and researchers who want to embed an agent in their own software. Its shell-style interface keeps tool activity alongside the conversation and preserves terminal scrollback.

Multi-Agent Shogun runs and coordinates separate AI coding assistants on your computer or a Linux server. It's for developers dividing implementation and research across parallel tasks. Coordination happens locally, but Claude Code’s standard cloud connection sends prompts and model outputs over the network to their model provider; other agents use their chosen CLI's model access and authentication.

Contrabass coordinates AI coding agents working through project issues, for developers managing several tasks or agent teams. It runs locally on macOS and Linux and reimplements OpenAI's Symphony approach.