A terminal-first directory of AI coding agents (tools that can read/edit repos and run commands) plus the harnesses that orchestrate, sandbox, or extend them.

• Terminal-native coding agents

  • Open Source agents
  • Platform agents

• Harnesses & orchestration

  • Session managers & parallel runners
  • Orchestrators & autonomous loops
  • Agent infrastructure

• Contributing

Standalone open-source projects with active communities.

• Pi — Minimal, adaptable terminal coding harness from the pi-mono toolkit; unified LLM API, TUI, skills, and MCP support.

• OpenCode — Terminal-native coding agent with 75+ provider support, LSP integration, and privacy-first design (formerly opencode-ai; now at opencode.ai).

• Aider — Pair-programming agent for editing files via diffs/patches, with strong git and multi-file workflows.

• Goose — Local, extensible agent that can execute, edit, and test; designed to run on-device and integrate with MCP.

• Plandex — "Plan-first" CLI agent for building features across multiple files with structured steps and 2M token context.

• Cline CLI — Model-agnostic autonomous agent for planning, file edits, command execution, and browser use.

• Roo Code CLI — Multi-mode CLI agent (architect/code/debug/orchestrator modes); 22k+ stars, Claude-like terminal interface with skills and checkpoints.

• Kilo Code CLI — Agentic engineering platform with CLI; orchestrator mode, 100s of LLMs, skills, and checkpointing (15k+ stars).

• ForgeCode — AI pair programmer supporting 300+ models, with task management, custom agents, and large-scale refactor tooling.

• OpenHands CLI — CLI entrypoint for the OpenHands agent (ex-OpenDevin lineage), focused on autonomous repo tasks.

• Continue CLI — Open-source terminal extension for multi-model coding with local/privacy focus.

• SWE-agent — Agent for resolving real repo issues/PR tasks; frequently used in SWE-bench-style workflows.

• AutoCodeRover — Autonomous program improvement agent; patches real GitHub issues using code search and analysis.

• Agentless — Lightweight approach to autonomous software engineering without persistent agent loops.

• RA.Aid — Autonomous coding agent built on LangGraph with research/plan/implement pipeline; optional aider integration for near-full autonomy.

• Devon — Open-source pair programmer with a TUI; autonomous planning, execution, and debugging in Git workflows.

• Open Interpreter — Terminal tool that can execute code and actions; often used as a "do things on my machine" agent.

• Claude Engineer — Community-driven CLI for agentic Claude workflows with file management and iterative development.

• Crush — Charmbracelet's glamorous agentic coding TUI in Go; multi-provider, LSP-aware, with rich terminal UI.

• gptme — Personal AI assistant in the terminal; runs code, manages files, and browses the web with tool-use.

• g3 — "Coding AI agent" in Rust: tool-running, repo interaction, skills system, and provider abstraction.

• Kode CLI — ShareAI's open-source CLI agent for terminal-native coding with multi-provider support.

• OpenClaw — Personal AI assistant you run locally (170k+ stars); CLI with onboarding wizard, skills, tools, and multi-channel support (WhatsApp/Slack/Discord).

• NanoClaw — Security-first lightweight alternative to OpenClaw; runs agents in Apple containers/Docker with sandboxed execution, built on Anthropic's Agents SDK.

• PicoClaw — Ultra-lightweight personal AI assistant in Go inspired by OpenClaw; runs on $10 hardware with less than 10MB RAM.

• IronClaw — OpenClaw rewritten in Rust by NEAR AI; WASM sandbox isolation, capability-based permissions, and prompt injection defense.

• LettaBot — Personal AI assistant with persistent unified memory across Telegram, Slack, Discord, WhatsApp, and Signal; built on the Letta platform.

• Dexto — Coding agent and general agent harness with CLI/web/API modes; ships a production-ready coding agent with sub-agent spawning.

• 2501 CLI — AI-powered autonomous CLI agent for coding, debugging production issues, and DevOps automation.

• OH-MY-PI — Terminal coding agent ("Pi") with a TypeScript/Rust monorepo and local-first ergonomics.

• Groq Code CLI — Customizable, lightweight CLI powered by Groq's ultra-fast inference; extensible tools/commands with multi-model support.

• QQCode — Lightweight CLI coding agent in Rust focused on speed, determinism, and developer control; supports skills.

• Coro Code — High-performance Rust CLI coding agent with rich terminal UI.

• Codebuff — Multi-agent AI coding assistant with CLI support for collaborative coding workflows.

• Codel — Autonomous agent for performing complex tasks via terminal; runs in Docker with a web UI.

• cursor-agent — Python-based agent replicating Cursor's coding assistant capabilities; supports Claude, OpenAI, and local Ollama models.

• Grok CLI — Community CLI agent built on xAI's Grok models for terminal-based coding tasks.

• Every Code — A community "Codex-inspired" CLI agent focusing on local, scriptable coding workflows.

• Mini-Kode — An educational AI coding agent CLI, intended as a readable reference implementation.

• CodeMachine-CLI — Community multi-agent CLI aimed at running coding workflows locally (vibe-coding oriented).

• CLAII — CLI-first AI coding agent with multi-agent orchestration, MCP toolchains, and memory-persistent refactors.

• picocode — Minimal Rust-based coding agent focused on CI workflows and small codemods; multi-LLM with personas.

• Binharic — A multi-provider "tech-priest persona" coding agent CLI (stylized, tool-using).

• Smol Developer — Embeddable developer agent (12k+ stars) that generates entire codebases from a prompt; designed to be embedded in apps.

• nori-cli — Multi-provider CLI built on Codex CLI; switch between Claude, Gemini, and Codex from the same native terminal.

• open-codex — Lightweight fork of Codex CLI with multi-provider support (OpenAI, Gemini, OpenRouter, Ollama).

• OpenDevin — Open-source agentic developer environment (not purely CLI, but often run locally with terminal entrypoints).

• Letta Code — Memory-first CLI coding agent built on the Letta platform (formerly MemGPT); persistent memory across sessions, model-agnostic (Claude/GPT/Gemini), skill learning, and context repositories.

• ZeroClaw — Fully autonomous AI agent runtime in Rust; trait-driven pluggable architecture (providers, tools, memory, channels), runs on minimal hardware (<5MB RAM), multi-channel CLI/Telegram/Discord/Slack, with sandboxed execution and hybrid vector+keyword search.

First-party CLI agents from major AI model providers and dev-tool companies.

• Claude Code — Anthropic's repo-aware terminal agent for code edits, refactors, and git workflows.

• Codex CLI — OpenAI's local coding agent for reading/editing/running code, with an interactive TUI and tool execution.

• Gemini CLI — Google's open-source terminal agent powered by Gemini, with tools for repo work and research.

• Amazon Q Developer CLI — AWS's agentic terminal chat for building apps, debugging, and DevOps with natural language.

• Qwen Code — Alibaba Qwen's official CLI agent for Qwen coder models (workflow tool + repo operations).

• Kimi CLI — Moonshot AI's open-source CLI coding agent with skills, MCP support, and ACP IDE integration.

• Mistral Vibe — Mistral's open-source CLI coding assistant for conversational repo interaction and edits.

• Trae Agent — ByteDance's research-friendly CLI agent for software engineering tasks, with modular architecture and multi-LLM support.

• Neovate Code — Ant Group's open-source CLI agent with plugin system, multi-model/multi-provider support, MCP integrations, and headless automation mode.

• FetchCoder — Terminal coding agent powered by ASI1, with interactive TUI, CLI, and API server modes plus MCP integration.

• Amp — Sourcegraph's AI coding agent with a CLI for implementing tasks across real codebases.

• Junie CLI — JetBrains' LLM-agnostic CLI coding agent (EAP); supports GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, Grok with plan mode and CI/CD headless usage.

• Cortex Code CLI — Snowflake's data-native AI coding agent CLI for building pipelines, analytics, and AI apps with enterprise governance.

• Devin — Cognition's autonomous AI software engineer with full shell/browser access, self-healing code, and PR collaboration.

• GitHub Copilot in the CLI — GitHub's agentic CLI for repo/PR/issue workflows, command suggestions, and headless automation.

• Cursor CLI — Cursor's official command-line agent (agent) with shell mode, headless/CI support, parallel agents, and multi-model access.

• Mentat CLI — Cloud-native coding agent CLI for managing remote Mentat agents from your terminal; auto-detects repo/branch context.

• Command Code — CLI coding agent that continuously learns your coding style via taste-1 neuro-symbolic AI; adapts to preferences over time with project-specific taste profiles.

Tools for running and managing multiple agent sessions side-by-side.

• Catnip — Containerized environment + worktree automation for running multiple coding agents in parallel (optimized for Claude Code).

• Claude Squad — tmux-based harness to run and manage multiple Claude Code sessions side-by-side.

• Emdash — Run multiple coding agents concurrently with coordinated workflows.

• Superset — A terminal built for coding agents; orchestrates parallel agent sessions.

• Toad — Agent orchestrator for running and managing parallel CLI coding sessions.

• amux — Terminal UI designed for running multiple coding agents in parallel.

• cmux — Open-source platform for running multiple coding agents in parallel.

• Crystal — Execute multiple Codex and Claude Code sessions in parallel git worktrees.

• mux — Desktop application for isolated, parallel agentic development.

• vibe-tree — Execute Claude Code tasks in parallel git worktrees.

• Agent of Empires — tmux-based multi-agent harness for parallel terminal agents and task routing.

• CLI Agent Orchestrator (CAO) — AWS's hierarchical multi-agent orchestration via tmux with intelligent task delegation patterns.

• AgentPipe — Open-source, self-hosted platform for running and monitoring real-time multi-agent conversations across CLI tools.

• multi-agent-workflow-kit — Orchestrate parallel AI agents in isolated git worktrees with shared tmux visibility.

• vibe-kanban — Kanban interface for administering AI coding agents.

• jean — Administer multiple projects, worktrees, and sessions with Claude CLI.

• supacode — Native macOS coding agent orchestrator.

• CodexMonitor — Coordinate multiple Codex agents across local workspaces.

Multi-agent coordination, swarm patterns, and autonomous execution loops.

• claude-flow — Deploy multi-agent swarms with coordinated workflows.

• gastown — Multi-agent orchestration with persistent work tracking.

• loom — Infrastructure enabling autonomous loops to evolve products via multi-agent coordination.

• ralph-orchestrator — Hat-based system maintaining agents in a loop until task completion.

• ralph-tui — Direct AI agents through task lists with autonomous execution.

• wreckit — Apply the Ralph Wiggum Loop pattern across your roadmap for autonomous agent execution.

Sandboxes, routers, browser/terminal automation, and extension tools.

• AgentManager — Lightweight CLI for managing multiple agent runs/sessions and workflows.

• AgentDeck — CLI-driven "deck" of agents with configs/presets for different tasks and repos.

• Claude Code Tools — Utilities around Claude Code workflows (automation helpers, helpers for common tasks).

• claude-cmd — Terminal wrapper for interacting with Claude models; often used as a building block in harness scripts.

• claude-code-router — Route Claude Code calls to alternative providers/endpoints (useful for self-hosting proxies).

• claudebox — Sandboxed environment for Claude Code (focused on isolation/safety).

• agent-browser — Headless browser automation CLI for agents (useful as a tool plugin for coding agents).

• agent-terminal — Headless terminal automation for AI agents using node-pty; capture output and send input programmatically.

• subtask — Claude Skill for delegating tasks with subagents in Git worktrees.

• claude-northstar — Transforms CLI agents from task executors into autonomous project partners.

• open-claude-cowork — Open-source version of Claude Cowork with 500+ SaaS app integrations.

• pi-builder — TypeScript monorepo that wraps any installed CLI coding agent (Claude Code, Aider, OpenCode, Codex, Gemini CLI, Goose, Plandex, SWE-agent, Crush, gptme) behind a single interface; capability-based routing, health caching, fallback chains, SQLite persistence, and a streaming OrchestratorService. MIT.

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