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Terminal agents

Agents that run in your shell, read and edit the repository on disk, and execute commands. The most scriptable class, and the one most likely to run unattended in CI.

Pick a terminal agent when you want control of the bill, your own editor, and a tool you can pipe.

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1
Codex CLI
OpenAI's open-source terminal coding agent, included with ChatGPT plans or billed by API usage
8.0
2
Claude Code
Anthropic's agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal and IDE
7.9
3
OpenCode
Open-source terminal coding agent from Anomaly (formerly SST) that connects to 75+ model providers and local models
7.9
4
Zero
Go terminal coding agent with 25+ providers, permission and sandbox policy, MCP client and server, and a scriptable exec mode
7.9
5
Aider
Open-source AI pair programming in the terminal that edits files in your git repo and auto-commits
7.6
6
pi
Earendil's minimal, MIT-licensed terminal coding agent and toolkit, extended with TypeScript extensions and skills instead of MCP
7.5
7
goose
Open-source, model-agnostic local AI agent from Block, now under the Agentic AI Foundation, with desktop app and CLI
7.4
8
Mistral Vibe
Mistral's open-source terminal coding agent powered by Devstral, now the Code Mode of the unified Vibe product
7.4
9
Poolside
Coding agent CLI, desktop app and editor extensions built on poolside's own Laguna models, deployable into your own VPC or air-gapped
7.4
10
Qwen Code
Alibaba's open-source terminal coding agent, forked from Gemini CLI, with subagents, agent teams, MCP and multi-provider auth
7.3
11
Warp
Open-source terminal with built-in coding agents, a standalone Agent CLI, and cloud agents
7.2
12
Continue CLI
Continue's terminal coding agent `cn`, with an interactive TUI, a headless mode and the same config.yaml as its IDE extensions
7.0
13
Crush
Charm's terminal coding agent with LSP context, MCP servers and support for any LLM provider including local models
7.0
14
Open Interpreter
Open-source terminal coding agent, rewritten in Rust on Codex, targeting low-cost and open models
7.0
15
phi
Minimal Go terminal coding agent with sub-agents, hash-anchored edits, a permission gate and MCP servers that never enter the prompt
7.0
16
Forge
Open-source terminal coding agent from Tailcall that lives inside your zsh prompt behind a ':' prefix
6.8
17
KIT
Go coding-agent CLI with a Bubble Tea TUI, named sub-agent presets, an ACP server mode and detachable tmux-style sessions
6.8
18
mini-SWE-agent
The 100-line bash-only coding agent from the SWE-bench team, scoring over 74% on SWE-bench Verified
6.8
19
Neo
Workflow-first Go coding agent that shows the plan, tests and delegated subagents in one terminal and contains tools in a sandbox
6.7
20
Auggie CLI
Augment Code's terminal agent, bringing its context engine and tool suite to an interactive TUI and to headless automation
6.6
21
Kimi CLI
Moonshot AI's terminal coding agent, evolving into Kimi Code CLI, with shell mode and ACP editor support
6.6
22
Late
Zero-config Go coding agent that forces every unit of work into an ephemeral subagent so the main context stays small
6.6
23
minion
Single-file Python coding agent built for self-hosted models that sends about 625 tokens of prompt overhead per turn
6.6
24
Tau
Hugging Face's small, readable Python terminal coding agent, written to be studied as well as used
6.6
25
VT Code
Secure, open, universal terminal coding agent in Rust, with MCP, Agent Skills, plugins and an Agent Client Protocol bridge for Zed
6.5
26
Ante
Self-contained ~15MB Rust coding agent from Antigma Labs, benchmarked continuously on Terminal-Bench 2.1 across model families
6.4
27
Code Puppy
Python terminal coding agent built on Pydantic AI, with MCP tools and a model list spanning OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, xAI, Mistral and Qwen
6.4
28
Factory Droid
Factory's coding agent available as a terminal CLI, web app, Slack and Teams bot, and headless runner for CI
6.4
29
Gemini CLI
Google's open-source Gemini terminal agent; free and Google AI Pro/Ultra access ended June 18, 2026 in favor of Antigravity CLI
6.4
30
Rovo Dev
Atlassian's coding agent for the terminal, VS Code, Jira and Bitbucket, billed per developer with monthly Rovo Dev credits
6.4
31
SmallCode
Terminal coding agent built for local 8B to 35B models, with budgeted context, forgiving tool parsing and search-and-replace edits
6.4
32
zerostack
Rust terminal coding agent tuned for a small binary and low memory, with five permission modes and bubblewrap sandboxing
6.4
33
kimchi
Terminal coding agent on the pi-mono SDK that runs on one model or splits roles across an orchestrator, builder and explorer
6.3
34
SolonCode
Java coding agent from the Solon team that runs as a CLI, a local web UI or a Tauri desktop IDE, with Skills, MCP, LSP and ACP
6.3
35
CLIO
Pure-Perl terminal coding agent with no CPAN, npm or pip dependencies, that plans, edits, runs tests and commits with your approval
6.2
36
Grok Build
xAI's terminal coding agent with an interactive TUI, headless scripting and Agent Client Protocol support
6.2
37
Kon
Minimal coding agent whose default system prompt stays under 270 tokens and whose whole fixed harness costs about 1,000
6.2
38
WrongStack
From-scratch coding agent with 70 built-in tools and six surfaces, from a plain REPL to a cross-machine HQ, all behind a permission gate
6.2
39
Command Code
Terminal coding agent tuned for open-weight models, with plan mode, headless runs, worktrees, MCP and 60+ models
6.1
40
Deep Code CLI
Terminal coding assistant tuned for DeepSeek V4, with thinking mode, reasoning-effort control, Agent Skills and MCP
6.1
41
FuXi
Terminal coding agent shipped as a single Go binary with 50+ built-in tools, cost-aware provider routing and MCP in both directions
6.1
42
Globant CODA
Globant's terminal coding agent with parallel subagents, worktree checkpoints, MCP, ACP and a headless mode for CI
6.1
43
OpenDev
Open-source Rust coding agent for the terminal that spawns parallel agents, each bound to the LLM you choose for it
6.1
44
Orca Agent
DeepSeek-native terminal coding agent in Rust, with a TUI, headless exec, ACP and JSONL surfaces and a subagent task tree
6.1
45
Snow CLI
Terminal coding agent from a Chinese-speaking maintainer with sub-agents, team mode, LSP tools, headless and SSE service modes
6.1
46
Cosine
Coding agent with a CLI, cloud web app and desktop app, its own Lumen models and a parallel Swarm mode
6.0
47
deepx-code
DeepSeek-native terminal coding agent in a single Go binary, built around prefix-cache reuse, a symbol-level code graph and an OS sandbox
6.0
48
Herm
Model-agnostic Go coding agent that runs inside a Docker container it builds for the project, so no permission prompts are needed
6.0
49
Oh My Pi
Coding agent built on Pi with the IDE wired in, from LSP and a debugger to a headless browser and subagent fan-out
6.0
50
whip
Fast Go coding-agent harness with a bash, read, write, edit and subagent tool loop and live model discovery from every provider catalog
6.0
51
zot
Lightweight Go coding-agent harness in one static binary, with 30-plus built-in providers, a TUI, print and JSON modes and a Telegram bot
6.0
52
Amp
Multi-model coding agent with a CLI, editor integrations, and remote cloud sandboxes, spun out of Sourcegraph in December 2025
5.9
53
Code Assistant
Open-source Rust coding agent with a native GPUI desktop app, a terminal mode and MCP and ACP integrations for editors
5.9
54
CodeAlta
Keyboard-first .NET terminal workspace for agentic coding, with durable sessions, provider-neutral model setup and trusted local plugins
5.9
55
codehamr
Deliberately minimal terminal coding agent built for local LLMs, with one loop, four tools, no router, no sub-agents, no skills and no MCP
5.9
56
fast-agent
MCP-native Python coding agent and workflow toolkit with a shell, subagents and a skills registry
5.9
57
gptme
Provider-agnostic personal agent that runs anywhere a terminal runs, including headless CI
5.9
58
Octomind
CLI-first coding agent runtime that runs the same session interactively, piped, as a daemon, over WebSocket or as an ACP sub-agent
5.9
59
OpenWorker
An open-source AI coworker that lives on your desktop, delivering finished work like code reviews, document creation, and task automation.
5.9
60
DeepSeek-Reasonix
DeepSeek-native terminal coding agent in Go engineered for prefix-cache stability on long autonomous runs
5.8
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