AI CLI Agents

Anthropic's agentic coding CLI

Anthropic's agentic CLI coding tool that delegates complex tasks to Claude directly from the terminal. Understands entire codebases via automatic context gathering, edits multiple files, runs shell commands, and manages Git workflows autonomously. Supports CLAUDE.md for persistent project instructions, integrates with VS Code and JetBrains, and uses Claude Opus/Sonnet with extended thinking for complex architectural decisions. Built for terminal-first developers.

Agentic coding tool by Sourcegraph (formerly Cody)

Amp is a multi-model coding agent for terminal, web, macOS/iOS, and IDE-connected workflows. Vendor docs describe the same agent and threads across surfaces, with remote Orbs, local Runners, Dial modes (low / medium / high / ultra), shared threads, MCP, plugins, and BYOK / linked ChatGPT subscriptions. Pricing spans a free Hobby tier, optional Megawatt ($20/mo) and Gigawatt ($200/mo) Individual plans, no-extra-charge Teams workspaces, pay-as-you-go credits, and Enterprise.

OpenAI coding agent for app, editor, terminal, and cloud work

Codex is OpenAI's coding agent for software development across the Codex app, editor, terminal, and cloud tasks. It helps write, review, debug, refactor, and automate code, with ChatGPT plan access for managed surfaces and API-key usage for CLI, SDK, and IDE workflows. The open-source CLI and SDK support local repository work, while cloud features add GitHub review, Slack/Linear integrations, worktrees, skills, MCP, and automations.

Open-source AI agent framework with persistent memory, reusable skills, tools, and messaging gateways

Hermes Agent is an open-source AI agent framework with persistent memory, reusable skills, 40+ tools, cron jobs, and messaging gateways.

Glamorous agentic coding for the terminal by Charm

LSP-enhanced terminal coding agent from Charmbracelet with the broadest cross-platform support including Android. Features mid-session model switching and MCP extensibility for custom tool integration. Combines the elegance of Charmbracelet's TUI toolkit with practical coding assistance, offering a polished terminal experience for developers on any platform.

Google's official CLI agent for coding with Gemini

Gemini CLI is Google's open-source terminal agent for coding with Gemini models, shell/file tools, web fetching, Google Search grounding, and MCP extensions. As of 18 June 2026, free and Google AI Pro/Ultra individual accounts no longer use Gemini CLI for requests — use Antigravity CLI instead. Gemini CLI remains for organizations on supported Gemini Code Assist / Google Cloud paths and for paid API-key usage.

Open-source extensible AI agent by Block

Autonomous coding agent from Block (Square) that works with any LLM through MCP-first extensibility. Apache 2.0 licensed with 47K+ GitHub stars and a Linux Foundation AAIF founding project. Designed for terminal-based workflows with deep tool integration, making it a strong open-source option for developers who want agent-assisted coding without vendor lock-in.

Minimal terminal coding harness

Pi Coding Agent is an MIT-licensed Node.js CLI from earendil-works for building and running coding agents in a local terminal. The current package describes a read/bash/edit/write toolset and session management, while the repo positions Pi as a unified LLM API, agent loop, TUI, and coding-agent CLI. It is best framed as a lean, self-extensible BYO-model toolkit rather than a managed IDE.

Open-source terminal AI agent by Alibaba

Open-source AI coding assistant CLI with multi-model support and subagent capabilities in the terminal.

AI pair programming in your terminal

Terminal-based AI pair programmer with deep git integration. Auto-commits changes with meaningful messages and creates repository maps for navigating large codebases. Works with Claude, GPT, DeepSeek, and local models. One of the most popular open-source AI coding tools, known for its reliability, broad model support, and seamless command-line workflow.

Google async coding agent for GitHub tasks, plans, and PRs

Jules is Google's async coding agent for GitHub repositories. Users start work from a prompt, GitHub issue label, scheduled task, or opt-in Suggested Task; Jules runs in a Google Cloud VM, proposes a plan, and opens PR-ready diffs. Free Jules offers 15 tasks/day and 3 concurrent tasks on Gemini 2.5 Pro; Pro/Ultra raise limits and start with Gemini 3 Pro access.

Open-source AI coding agent for the terminal

Open-source terminal-based AI coding agent built in Go by the SST team, with a rich TUI (Bubble Tea) supporting 75+ model providers including OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Bedrock, Groq, and OpenRouter. Features vim-like editing, persistent SQLite sessions, and LSP integration for 40+ languages. Fully free with no vendor lock-in, it has rapidly grown to 95k+ GitHub stars.

Cross-agent messaging for CLI coding agents

agmsg is an MIT-licensed Bash and SQLite messaging layer for CLI coding agents. It lets Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot CLI, Antigravity, OpenCode, Hermes, and other terminal agents exchange messages through a shared local database instead of relying on a human copy-paste relay. It is intentionally not MCP, not a broker, and not a subagent framework.

Enterprise-grade AI coding agent system by Factory

System of specialized AI Droids — Code, Knowledge, Reliability, and Product — each optimized for specific development tasks. Ranked #1 on Terminal-Bench with 58.75% score. BYOK model with support for Anthropic and OpenAI models. Enterprise-focused approach that treats AI coding as a team of specialized agents rather than a single general-purpose assistant.

xAI's terminal coding agent with parallel subagents and worktree-aware automation

Grok Build is xAI’s terminal-first coding agent for planning, editing, testing, and reviewing code from a local CLI. It exposes subagent controls, worktree mode, headless JSON output, best-of-N parallel attempts, sandbox profiles, and cross-session Memory (/memory, /dream) for durable project conventions and facts. It fits developers comparing Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini CLI for local agentic workflows with deeper parallel execution.

Community Grok terminal agent for xAI-powered coding and command-line workflows

Grok CLI is a community command-line interface for using xAI/Grok models from a terminal workflow. It fits developers who want a lightweight, scriptable Grok surface for coding help, command-line experiments, and local agent-style interactions without waiting for a heavier IDE integration. For aicoolies, it belongs in the fast-growing AI CLI agents lane beside Grok Build, Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, and Qwen Code.

Open-source agentic engineering platform

Open-source agentic AI coding platform for VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, CLI, Slack, and Cloud that combines inline autocomplete, browser automation, automated refactoring, and custom planning/coding/debugging modes. Operates on a plan-act-observe-fix loop with 500+ model support (Gemini, Claude, GPT via OpenRouter). Memory Bank feature maintains repo-resident context across sessions, and codebase indexing keeps the agent grounded in your project.

ByteDance's open-source LLM coding agent with multi-provider support

Trae Agent is ByteDance's open-source software engineering agent that autonomously resolves GitHub issues, fixes bugs, and implements features using any LLM provider. It supports OpenAI, Anthropic, Doubao, Azure, Ollama, and Gemini backends, making it one of the most provider-flexible coding agents available. With over 11,000 GitHub stars and a modular research-friendly architecture, it offers a strong alternative to Western-centric coding agents.

GitHub Copilot in your terminal

Brings GitHub Copilot to the terminal, giving developers AI assistance for shell commands, error explanations, and code generation directly from the command line. Supports natural language queries to generate complex shell commands, explains error messages in plain English, and integrates with the broader GitHub Copilot ecosystem including model selection and premium request management.

Spec-driven agentic IDE and CLI by AWS

Spec-driven agentic AI IDE from AWS, built on Code OSS (the VS Code foundation), that transforms ad-hoc prompting into a structured workflow by auto-generating requirements documents, design specs, and implementation plans before writing code. Kiro keeps AI-written code tied to explicit acceptance criteria defined up front.

Multi-agent CLI pair programmer with FORGE, MUSE, and SAGE agents

Model-agnostic terminal coding tool with 3 specialized agents: FORGE for code editing, MUSE for planning and review, and SAGE for research. Connects to hundreds of LLM providers and models with local-first privacy and conversational Git integration. Apache 2.0 licensed. A thoughtfully designed multi-agent approach that separates concerns between coding, thinking, and information gathering for more reliable results.

AI coding agent by Moonshot AI

Terminal-based AI coding agent from Moonshot AI, powered by Kimi K2.5 with a 256K context window that achieves 76.8% on SWE-Bench Verified. Reads and edits code, executes shell commands, fetches web pages, and autonomously plans multi-step development workflows through natural language. Moonshot's entry into the AI coding agent market, leveraging their strength in large-context language models.

AWS AI assistant for terminal and code

Amazon Q Developer CLI is an agentic AI assistant from AWS that enhances the terminal experience with deep AWS integration, code generation, and natural-language command translation. Completes multi-step development tasks, troubleshoots AWS services, writes infrastructure code, and handles documentation lookups directly from the shell. Included with AWS accounts and integrates with existing AWS credentials.

Natural language interface for running code on your computer

Open Interpreter is an open-source natural-language interface for computers. It runs Python, JavaScript, shell commands, and other code locally through a ChatGPT-like terminal workflow, with user approval before execution. It can use hosted providers or local models, but its main tradeoff is safety: approved commands can access local files, apps, and system resources.

Open-source desktop AI coworker for browsing and code execution.

Accomplish Coworker is an MIT-licensed open-source AI coworker that runs on the desktop, combining computer-use style browsing with code execution so agents can research, implement, run, and debug workflows in one local environment.

Codebase-aware agentic CLI by Augment Code

Terminal coding agent with deep codebase understanding powered by Augment's context engine. Connects to GitHub, Linear, and Jira via MCP for project-aware assistance. Supports print mode for CI/CD automation, making it useful for both interactive development and automated pipeline tasks where AI-generated code changes need to happen without human intervention.

Autonomous LLM-powered terminal coding agent

Autohand is an AI platform for adaptive continuous engineering and autonomous code evolution, giving teams infrastructure to coordinate multiple AI agents inside sandboxed execution environments. Its open-source Commander tool builds command interfaces that orchestrate multi-agent workflows, while the broader platform lets agents iteratively write, test, and evolve code safely. Aimed at engineering teams pushing beyond simple code generation toward continuous AI-driven software improvement.

Multi-agent terminal coding assistant

Codebuff is an open-source AI coding assistant that operates from the terminal, editing your codebase through natural language instructions while understanding project structure, dependencies, and patterns. Uses multi-agent architecture with specialized File Explorer, Planner, and execution agents for precise code modifications across files. Editor-agnostic via terminal-level operation. Supports any OpenRouter model including Claude, GPT, DeepSeek, and Qwen.

Open-source, plugin-based agent harness from DeepSeek

DeepSeek Harness (dsh) is an open-source, MIT-licensed agent harness from DeepSeek with a web UI, desktop app, CLI and SDK, in developer preview. It is built on a plugin architecture and works with a DeepSeek API key or other compatible model providers. Session-log upload to the DeepSeek API is on by default in the master branch as of 30 Sep 2026 and can be turned off.

Community fork of Codex CLI with Auto Drive, browser integration, and multi-agents

Open-source terminal coding agent (npm `@just-every/code`) — a substantive community fork of OpenAI's Codex CLI adding Auto Drive orchestration, browser/CDP integration, multi-agent commands, theming, and Auto Review, while staying upstream-compatible.

MCP gateway and integration catalog for AI agents

Executor is an MIT-licensed integration layer and MCP gateway for AI agents. It gives Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and other MCP-speaking clients one endpoint for connected OpenAPI specs, GraphQL APIs, MCP servers, Google Discovery sources, and custom JavaScript tools, with local, cloud, and self-hosted deployment options for teams centralizing tool access.

AI-native terminal multiplexer and session orchestrator for CLI agents

Herdr is an open-source terminal multiplexer built for AI coding agents. It orchestrates parallel sessions, tracks lifecycle states, maintains persistent background runtimes, and provides MCP and socket APIs for inter-agent coordination.

Terminal AI coding agent with multi-model and AGENTS.md support

Open-source terminal coding agent (npm `@shareai-lab/kode`) that understands your codebase, edits files, and runs commands across 20+ AI models, with native AGENTS.md and legacy `.claude`/`CLAUDE.md` compatibility.

Terminal-native coding agent by Mistral AI

Mistral Vibe is a native CLI coding agent from Mistral AI, powered by their Devstral coding model, that runs directly in the terminal with deep project awareness including automatic file structure scanning and Git status integration. Released December 2025 alongside Devstral 2, it features smart @-file references, shell command execution, and conversational workflows. Mistral's entry into the agentic CLI coding market alongside Claude Code and OpenCode.

Terminal AI coding agent powered by Meta Muse Spark models

Muse Code is Meta autonomous terminal coding agent powered by the Muse Spark model family. Designed for multi-agentic software engineering, it inspects repositories, plans architectural changes with approval gating, executes edits across multiple files, and maintains crash-resilient session event logs.

Community-built, local-first terminal coding agent — bring your own model

An open-source terminal coding agent from the non-profit Nano Collective. Runs agentic coding on the model of your choice — local via Ollama or any OpenAI-compatible API — with no paid tiers and nothing gated behind a vendor.

DeepSeek-native terminal coding agent with a Go rewrite and MCP support

Reasonix is an open-source terminal coding agent built around DeepSeek workflows, with a newer Go-based 1.0 line, MCP integration, repository-aware code understanding, and BYOK model usage. It fits developers who want a DeepSeek-first CLI agent rather than a Claude- or OpenAI-native workflow.

Agentic AI for software teams by Atlassian

AI-powered coding agent from Atlassian, deeply integrated with Jira, Bitbucket, and Confluence so it can validate code changes against acceptance criteria and plan multi-step development workflows aligned with team goals. Achieved 41.98% on SWE-bench full leaderboard at release. Available as both CLI and IDE integration, connecting project management and development within the Atlassian ecosystem.

Z.ai desktop agentic development environment for GLM-5.2 coding

ZCode is Z.ai’s Agentic Development Environment for GLM-5.2 coding workflows. The desktop app combines a first-party coding agent, goal mode, model/provider setup, MCP server management, Git and terminal context, remote phone control, usage stats and safety confirmation modes so developers can plan, implement, review and iterate on long-running software tasks from one workspace.

The 100-line SWE agent that solves GitHub issues from your terminal

Radically minimal open-source SWE agent (~100 lines of Python) that uses nothing but bash to fix GitHub issues and assist in the command line, while scoring >74% on SWE-bench Verified.

Lossy image-token proxy for reducing Claude Code request context costs

pxpipe is a local proxy for Claude Code and compatible agent workflows that turns bulky request context—system prompts, tool docs, old history, code and JSON—into dense PNG image blocks before forwarding the call. The project README reports workload-dependent 59–70% end-to-end bill reduction, while warning exact byte values should stay as text.