Best AI agents for coding in the terminal (2026)
Agents that live in your terminal: give them a task and they read files, run commands and propose changes. We list 128 tools for coding in the terminal below, each with a link-checked page, pricing as the maker states it and alternatives.
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128 tools: 105 open source, 4 source-available, 11 free or freemium, 6 paid, usage-based or enterprise, 2 pricing on the maker's site.
MCP servers (25)
WaveSpeed MCP
WaveSpeed MCP is WaveSpeedAI's official MCP server and CLI, which lets an AI agent run any model in WaveSpeed's live catalog of over a thousand image, video, audio and 3D generation models from one connection. Agents can pick a model, submit a generation job and get the result back without switching tools. It is available as a hosted remote server or a local install, and usage is billed per generation at WaveSpeed's API prices.
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OpenOSINT
An open-source OSINT engine with about 20 passive investigation tools usable from a CLI, a web UI or an MCP server for AI assistants, with hosted monitoring and due-diligence plans.
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Kernel
Cloud browsers for AI agents: launch headless or live-view Chrome sessions in milliseconds with stealth mode, persistent profiles and replays, controlled through an API, CLI or MCP server. Free tier plus usage pricing.
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remotify-mcp
remotify-mcp is a free, open-source (Apache-2.0) local stdio MCP server (npx remotify-mcp) that gives Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, OpenCode, Gemini CLI and other MCP hosts a remote_exec tool for running shell commands on a remote computer through an HTTP relay. The remote machine needs only curl and bash (no SSH port or installed agent), and each command can wait for human approval or run automatically.
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SEAL
SEAL is an MCP server (npx sealnet-mcp) that lets AI agents send and request files and secrets with end-to-end encryption. After pairing, the default delivery route sends the file to the user's SEAL inbox and returns a handle to the model. Also has a browser app, CLI and SDK; free up to 1 GB per seal.
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Paper Search MCP
MCP server and CLI that searches and downloads academic papers from arXiv, PubMed, bioRxiv, Semantic Scholar and other sources for research agents.
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MoonPay CLI (MoonAgents)
MoonPay's CLI, local MCP server and API that give AI agents non-custodial wallets, swaps, bridges, transfers and fiat on and off ramps.
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CC Switch
Desktop manager for Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, OpenClaw and other coding agents that switches API providers in one click and manages MCP servers, skills and prompts.
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Repomix
CLI and web tool that packs an entire repository into a single AI-friendly file (with an MCP server) so coding agents and LLMs get full codebase context.
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MCP Inspector
Official developer tool for testing and debugging MCP servers through a web UI, CLI or terminal UI.
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MobileBuildMCP
Sentry's MCP server and CLI that gives coding agents build, test and run tools for iOS and macOS projects.
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Peekaboo
macOS CLI, menu-bar app and MCP server for screen capture, accessibility inspection and native UI automation by AI agents.
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MCPorter
TypeScript runtime and CLI for discovering and calling MCP servers from scripts, terminals and agents, or packaging them as standalone CLIs.
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CodeGraphContext
MCP server and CLI that index local code into a graph database so AI assistants can query code relationships.
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Container Use
Dagger's MCP server and CLI that gives each coding agent its own containerized environment so several can work in parallel safely.
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Google Workspace MCP
MCP server and CLI that gives AI assistants natural-language control of Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, Tasks and Chat.
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ripwire
Zero-dependency CLI and MCP server that gives coding agents a ranked call graph, blast radius and tests-to-run before and after edits.
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webclaw
Rust web extraction tool that turns sites into clean Markdown or JSON for agents, as a CLI, MCP server and REST API, with a hosted API.
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Gemini MCP Tool
MCP server that lets Claude and other assistants call the Gemini CLI to analyze large files and codebases with its big context window.
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Sentry MCP
Sentry's MCP server and CLI that give coding agents access to Sentry issues, errors and traces for debugging.
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Cloud Run MCP
Google Cloud's MCP server and Gemini CLI extension that lets AI agents deploy apps to Cloud Run.
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Pimlico AI
CLI and MCP server that lets coding agents manage a Pimlico smart-account infrastructure account, from balances and logs to sponsorship policies.
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REA
MCP server and CLI that lets coding agents reverse engineer native binaries, Electron and JavaScript apps, .NET assemblies and live websites, using Ghidra, Hopper or IDA under the hood.
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CircleCI MCP
CircleCI's MCP servers (hosted and CLI) for diagnosing build failures, inspecting runs and managing CI pipelines from coding agents.
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Sharpe Labs
Free crypto trading intelligence terminal (derivatives, funding, on-chain, sentiment) with an MCP server for AI agents.
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Agent frameworks and SDKs (16) See the full list →
opencodex
A local provider proxy that lets OpenAI Codex (CLI, app and SDK) and Claude Code run on other model providers such as Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek or local Ollama models.
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ai-memory
Fabio Akita's open-source long-term memory layer for coding agents: one Rust binary that keeps plain-markdown project memory and typed handoffs shared across 20+ harnesses such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and Gemini CLI, so you can switch agents, machines or teammates without re-explaining the project.
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ZCode
ZCode is Z.ai's open-source AI coding workspace and official harness for GLM-5.3, with a desktop app, web interface and terminal agent that run multiple agents on long goals, plus control from WeChat, Feishu or Telegram.
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LCU
Brings the computer-use runtime from the ChatGPT desktop app to Claude Code, Codex CLI and Pi, so any agent harness can see and control your desktop without a Codex sign-in.
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AgentEnv Framework
AgentEnv Framework is Scale AI's open-source Python SDK and CLI for building RL environments for agents: containerized worlds with realistic apps and data behind an MCP gateway, plus tasks (as DAGs) that grade any agent in any sandbox.
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OpenGCUA
Open stack from Tongyi Lab's MAI-UI team for generalist computer-use agents that combine GUI clicks, accessibility trees, terminal commands, APIs and code: an OSWorld harness, a macOS real-device harness, a cross-device SDK and published task runs of eight frontier models.
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Pi
Minimal, extensible open-source terminal coding agent and agent toolkit from Earendil, with a multi-provider LLM API, TypeScript SDK, RPC mode and installable extensions, skills and themes.
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HyperFrames
HeyGen's open-source framework that renders HTML, CSS and animations into deterministic MP4 videos, usable from a CLI or by coding agents through skills.
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Botpress
Platform for building and deploying LLM-powered chatbots and agents, with a visual studio, integrations hub, CLI and SDK.
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Claude Agent SDK (Python)
Anthropic's Python SDK for building agents on Claude Code's agent loop, with the CLI bundled, custom tools and hooks.
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OpenGAP
Framework-agnostic, git-native standard and CLI for defining AI agents so a repository becomes a runnable agent.
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Pydantic Deep Agents
Self-hosted terminal AI assistant and Python framework on Pydantic AI, with tool calling, sandboxed execution, multi-agent teams and checkpoints.
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Open Interpreter
Terminal coding agent forked from OpenAI's Codex and tuned for low-cost and open-weight models, with switchable harness modes that imitate tools like Claude Code.
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Agent-Native (Builder.io)
Open-source TypeScript framework for building agents that come with their own app UI; each action is shared by the UI, agent, API, CLI, MCP and A2A.
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Munder Difflin
Free, open-source harness that runs Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI and other terminal agents together like an office.
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Open Connector
Open-source auth gateway connecting SaaS apps to AI agents via SDK, CLI and MCP.
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Local and self-hosted (15) See the full list →
OpenKnowledge
OpenKnowledge is a free, local-first markdown editor and knowledge base built for working alongside AI agents. It looks and feels like a Notion-style WYSIWYG editor, with callouts, tabs, Mermaid diagrams and media blocks, but every page stays a plain markdown file on your disk. Coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI and dozens of others can read and write the same files through its integrations, so specs, team wikis and LLM wikis stay in one place that both people and agents keep up to date. It ships as a desktop app plus a web UI and CLI.
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Wake
Wake is a desktop app that collects every coding-agent conversation on your computer into one searchable place. It reads the local history kept by Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot CLI, Gemini CLI, Antigravity, Devin and other agents, groups sessions by agent and project, and lets you find a past conversation in seconds and resume it in your terminal. It is read-only and nothing leaves your machine. Built in Rust, it runs on macOS, with Linux and Windows in beta.
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Memmy
A local-first personal AI agent with a self-evolving long-term memory that its desktop app, CLI and your other AI agents can all share.
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Zero
An open-source terminal coding agent written in Go that works with 30+ model providers, supports MCP, skills and subagents, and keeps all sessions on your own disk.
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thClaws
An open-source AI agent workspace in native Rust that runs locally as a GUI, CLI, headless service or web app from a single binary, with multiple model providers.
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HOL Guard
HOL Guard is a free, open-source (Apache-2.0), local-first security layer for AI coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and GitHub Copilot CLI. On supported integrations it checks risky shell commands, reads of secret-bearing files, package installs and new or changed MCP tools before they run, lets you allow, ask or block each action, and keeps a local record for review. It installs with pipx (hol-guard) and works offline; optional Guard Cloud adds synced approvals, team policy and dashboards.
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hax
A minimalist terminal coding agent shipped as a single native C binary using a few MB of RAM, with first-class local models plus OpenAI, Anthropic and OpenRouter support.
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Shipyard
Shipyard, from coss.com, runs Claude Code, Codex and other coding agents on your own dev machines, each task in its own worktree with its own terminals, dev server and live page previews, so agents keep working when your laptop sleeps.
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Magpie
Free, open-source menu bar app and local gateway that lets any coding agent (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, OpenCode and 60+ more) use any model provider or subscription, with failover when a quota runs out.
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LongMemory
Local-first memory engine for agents that keeps durable, time-aware memories in SQLite and serves them to Claude, Copilot, Codex and others over MCP, CLI or HTTP.
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CyberStrike
Terminal agent for authorized penetration testing that runs recon, vulnerability discovery and reporting with specialized security agents on your own LLM.
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Mercury Agent
Self-hosted personal AI agent with a written personality, local memory, permission-gated tools and token budgets, reachable via CLI or Telegram.
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Open Terminal
Self-hosted terminal service from the Open WebUI team that gives AI agents an API to run commands, manage files and execute code.
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gptme
Terminal agent with local tools that writes code, runs commands, browses the web and uses vision.
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Open Dungeon Master
Free multiplayer D&D 5e app with app-enforced rules, where an AI or human runs the table using a local model, API key or CLI agent.
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Code review (6)
ThinkRail
JetBrains' lightweight agentic IDE that pairs you with the pi coding agent, with isolated git-worktree workspaces, editor tabs, terminals and diffs.
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Open Code Review
Alibaba's AI code review CLI that combines deterministic pipelines with an LLM agent to post line-level comments on Git diffs, using OpenAI or Anthropic models.
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Desktop Commander MCP
MCP server that gives Claude and other clients terminal control, process management, file search and diff-based file editing on your computer.
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GitKraken MCP
GitKraken's MCP server, via the GitKraken CLI, for managing repos, pull requests and issues across GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket.
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Qodo
AI code review and testing agents that work in the IDE, the terminal and pull requests to catch issues before merge.
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Hunk
Review-first terminal diff viewer for checking what coding agents changed.
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More tools (66)
Understand-Anything
Turns any codebase, knowledge base or docs folder into an interactive knowledge graph you can explore and question, working inside Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot and Gemini CLI.
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rtk
A CLI proxy that sits between coding agents and your shell and trims noisy command output before it reaches the model, cutting token use on everyday commands like tests, builds and git. Free and open source, with an RTK Pro tier for teams.
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opcode
A desktop app for Claude Code that lets you manage sessions, build custom agents, track usage and browse project history from a GUI instead of the terminal.
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CloudCLI
A web and mobile interface for Claude Code, Codex and Gemini CLI, so you can run and steer coding sessions from a browser or phone. Self-host free or use the hosted CloudCLI service.
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Toad
A terminal front end from Will McGugan (creator of Rich and Textual) for running AI coding agents like Claude Code, Gemini CLI and Codex through one polished, fast interface.
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FuXi
A terminal AI coding agent that edits code, runs commands and works across 30+ model families, with parallel multi-provider inference and cost-aware model routing.
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nodeterm
A node-based terminal manager for macOS and Linux that shows real terminals and coding agents like Claude Code, Codex and Gemini as live nodes on an infinite canvas you can wire together.
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tty7
A terminal workbench whose shell sessions survive closing the app, built so coding agents can drive other agents' terminals and you can reattach remotely.
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luvus
Mission control for AI coding agents: run, watch, resume and orchestrate Claude Code, Codex, Copilot, opencode and others from one terminal with a live view of each agent.
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Libretto
An open-source CLI, debugging agents and browser tools for building and maintaining reliable web integrations, helping coding agents inspect real pages and write automations that keep working.
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Reason Network
A small peer-to-peer daemon that links coding-agent sessions across your team's computers, so Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI and other agents can see who is working on what and message each other directly, with no server.
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Agentic Scientist
Sakana AI's open-source pipeline that turns coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and Gemini CLI into AI scientists: from a task file they propose ideas, run and score experiments and ablations, then write the paper.
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ClawX
Desktop app that puts a graphical interface on OpenClaw agents so you can set up and run them without the terminal.
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Vectoree
Vectoree gives coding agents a backend behind one project key: an OpenAI-compatible model gateway across providers, an MCP tool hub, auth, Postgres and storage, driven by a skill and CLI, pay-as-you-go with no monthly fee.
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Warp
Agentic development environment built from the terminal, now open source, for running coding agents and cloud software factories.
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CLI-Anything
Open-source project from HKUDS that generates agent-native command-line interfaces for existing software, codebases and web APIs, with CLI-Hub, a registry of community CLIs that coding agents can install and drive.
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skills.sh
Vercel Labs' open-source CLI (npx skills) and directory for finding, installing and sharing agent skills across Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode and 75+ other coding agents.
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Kilo Code
Open-source AI coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains, the CLI and the cloud that works with 500+ models at no markup.
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Moli
Lightweight Rust headless browser for AI agents that fetches pages, searches and extracts content, usable via CLI, CDP or WebDriver.
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Hermes WebUI
Lightweight web and mobile interface for the Hermes Agent with full parity with its CLI experience.
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RocketRide
AI pipeline engine with a C++ core and 50+ Python nodes for building, debugging and deploying LLM workflows and agents from VS Code or the CLI.
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Hermes One
Community desktop app for installing, configuring and chatting with Hermes Agent without managing it from the terminal.
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AIO Sandbox
All-in-one Docker sandbox for AI agents that combines a browser, shell, files, MCP, VS Code Server and Jupyter in one container.
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Agents CLI
Google's CLI and skills that teach coding assistants to build, evaluate and deploy agents on Google Cloud and the Gemini platform.
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coucou
Mac notch and phone companion that monitors your Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and Gemini CLI sessions and lets you approve permissions on the go.
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TUIOS
Terminal window manager with tiling panes, persistent sessions and one inbox where coding agents report their state and message each other.
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FrontierAgent
Open-source agent runtime and terminal app for long-horizon research and file work, with single-agent ReAct and parallel agent-team modes.
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AutoDev
Multi-agent development platform built on Kotlin Multiplatform for research, coding, review and data queries across IntelliJ, VS Code, CLI and more.
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Playwriter
Chrome extension and CLI or MCP that lets agents control your own logged-in browser by running Playwright snippets.
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Metorial
Open-source identity and access layer that connects AI agents to 1,200+ integrations via MCP, CLI or API with auth, permissions and observability.
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Compozy
Operating system for AI agents that turns Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI and Cursor into a team with task handoff, loops, jobs and shared memory.
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Intelligent Terminal
Experimental fork of Windows Terminal with native integration for ACP-compatible agent CLIs.
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Ante
Self-contained Rust terminal coding agent from Antigma Labs that works with any model and has no runtime dependencies.
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CLI Agent Orchestrator
AWS Labs tool that coordinates several coding CLIs such as Claude Code, Kiro and Codex as a team, each in its own tmux session.
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Mirror CLI
Reflection AI's terminal coding agent that reads code, edits files and runs commands in isolated git worktrees, using the open-weight Beam model by default.
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Orke
BOMTOBE's free desktop workspace for Claude Code, Codex and other coding agents: terminal sessions, an in-app browser the agent can use, a Git review window and scheduled AI employees.
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Factory
Agent-native software development platform whose Droids write code, run tests and handle deployments from the IDE, terminal or Slack.
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MiMo Code
Xiaomi's terminal coding agent with persistent project memory across sessions; works with any major model provider and is tuned for Xiaomi's MiMo models.
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opencode
Open-source terminal coding agent that works with many model providers.
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Claude Code
Anthropic's terminal coding agent that edits code, runs commands and handles git.
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OpenAI Codex CLI
OpenAI's open-source coding agent for the terminal; also runs in the cloud.
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Gemini CLI
Google's open-source terminal agent powered by Gemini.
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Codewhale
Rust agent engine and terminal coding client with model choice, tool approvals and review flows.
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Oh My Pi
Terminal coding agent with IDE features wired in, from Stencil Labs.
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AionUi
Open-source desktop cowork app that gives a GUI to CLI agents like Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode and others.
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Google Workspace CLI
Official Google Workspace command-line tool for Drive, Gmail, Calendar, Docs and more, usable by agents.
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OpenCLI
Turns websites into CLI commands and lets agents use your logged-in browser.
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Crush
Charm's terminal coding agent with a polished TUI, multiple models and MCP support.
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Qwen Code
Open-source terminal coding agent from the Qwen team.
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NVIDIA OpenShell
Sandboxed runtime for autonomous agents with declarative YAML policies on file, network and credential access.
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Terax
Lightweight terminal-first AI development environment.
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Worktrunk
CLI for managing Git worktrees so several AI agents can work in parallel.
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mini-SWE-agent
Tiny 100-line agent that solves GitHub issues or helps on the command line, from the SWE-agent team.
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Tokscale
Tracks token usage across AI coding agents from your terminal.
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Entire CLI
CLI that captures AI agent sessions alongside your Git commits.
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Unity MCP
MCP tools and CLI that let AI agents develop and test inside the Unity engine.
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Mirage
Virtual terminal environment for AI agents.
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Grok CLI
Open-source coding agent for the Grok API.
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Chaterm
Open-source AI terminal for deploying, troubleshooting and automating cloud infrastructure.
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Jevgrep
CLI that finds relevant repo files and excerpts from natural-language questions for coding agents; claims ~40% cheaper agent runs.
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Nanocoder
Community-built open coding agent for your terminal.
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Coddo
Desktop app that puts a visual interface and voice input on top of terminal coding agents.
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Aider
Pair-programming agent in your terminal that commits changes to git.
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Amp
Agentic coding tool for the terminal and editor.
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MyShell
Platform to build, share and use AI agents and apps.
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NVIDIA Open Agent Safety Platform
Reference stack pairing OpenShell with NVIDIA Sentry on BlueField-4 DPUs for hardware-level agent monitoring.
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GitHub repos (117)
| Repo | GitHub stars | Licence | Last push |
|---|---|---|---|
| REA ↗ | 301,645 | MIT | 2026-10-21 |
| opencode ↗ | 213,329 | MIT | 2026-10-21 |
| Claude Code ↗ | 150,707 | Proprietary (All rights reserved; Anthropic Commercial Terms of Service) | 2026-10-21 |
| CC Switch ↗ | 145,685 | MIT | 2026-10-21 |
| OpenAI Codex CLI ↗ | 129,112 | Apache License 2.0 | 2026-10-21 |
| Pi ↗ | 116,073 | MIT | 2026-10-21 |
| Gemini CLI ↗ | 107,334 | Apache License 2.0 | 2026-10-21 |
| Understand-Anything ↗ | 87,175 | — | 2026-10-21 |
| rtk ↗ | 84,058 | — | 2026-10-20 |
| Open Interpreter ↗ | 68,591 | Apache License 2.0 | 2026-10-11 |
| HyperFrames ↗ | 66,201 | Apache License 2.0 | 2026-10-21 |
| Warp ↗ | 65,511 | — | 2026-10-20 |
| CLI-Anything ↗ | 54,399 | Apache License 2.0 | 2026-09-22 |
| Open Code Review ↗ | 47,560 | Apache License 2.0 | 2026-10-20 |
| Codewhale ↗ | 41,093 | MIT | 2026-10-21 |
Top 15 of 117 by stars. Stars and licence come from each repo, checked when the listing was last verified.
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