Open-Source Terminal Coding Agents

Maat Agent is a coding assistant for developers who want testable evidence before accepting AI edits. It runs in a terminal or an Electron desktop app on macOS, Windows and Linux, and checks the actual project files against acceptance criteria set before work begins. Failed checks send their output back to the model for another attempt; if the work still fails, the agent reports failure.

Devo is a coding agent for developers who want to choose their model provider and run the agent on their own machine. Its desktop app and terminal interface handle coding and other engineering tasks that require multiple steps.

Clippinator is a Python AI coding assistant that runs on your machine while its agents use GPT-4 through OpenAI's cloud API. It's for developers who want to delegate project work and review the results as it proceeds. It requires an OpenAI API key and internet access, so model processing happens in the cloud rather than on your hardware.

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.

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.

Stakpak is an open source AI agent for developers and DevOps teams managing production apps on their own machines or servers. It works interactively in a terminal or runs continuously to investigate problems, take corrective action and ask for human help.

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.

Codex CLI is a terminal coding assistant that works in your local repository on macOS, Windows and Linux. Developers can use it with models running locally through Ollama, including gpt-oss:120b, or connect to OpenAI through a paid ChatGPT account or API key. With OpenAI access, model requests go to the remote service even though file edits and commands run on your computer.

Swarm Fleet manages multiple terminal AI agents on your machine for developers coordinating coding, review and ticket work. Each agent has its own terminal, with shared controls for supervising their work.

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.

NullClaw runs AI agents on your own hardware or server for coding work and automated background tasks. It's aimed at developers who want an assistant that can carry out multi-step jobs with controls over its access and actions.

Deep Agents is an AI agent framework for developers building assistants that carry out multi-step work. It provides planning and task execution defaults that you can customize without forking the project.

MartinLoop runs around coding agents to keep software jobs within agreed boundaries and check their results. It's for developers and engineering teams who want to delegate longer tasks while retaining limits, recovery information and a record of what happened.

Claude Squad is a terminal app for developers who want several AI coding agents working on separate tasks at once. It keeps their sessions in one window and gives each task its own Git workspace and branch.

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.

Pi Extensible Workflows is an extension for developers who want repeatable processes involving several AI agents. It coordinates resumable workflows inside the Pi host environment and lets you inspect work while it runs.

VibeHQ Hub coordinates coding agents for developers who want several agents to work on the same project without conflicting interfaces or unfinished handoffs. It adds shared coordination to Claude Code, Codex and Gemini CLI while preserving each agent's native capabilities.

tlm is a terminal assistant for people who want help writing shell commands or understanding commands they've found elsewhere. It uses local models through Ollama rather than a cloud AI service.

DwarfStar is a local LLM inference engine for people who want to run large DeepSeek, GLM and Qwen models on their own computers or servers. It focuses on selected models and hardware setups, and requires the project's own GGUF files rather than accepting arbitrary GGUF downloads.

Aiden is a local AI agent for people who want help carrying out coding, research, and file management tasks. It plans multi-step work and keeps records you can inspect to check what happened and whether the result meets the goal.

Claude Code Local lets developers use Claude Code with a model running on their own computer. It suits people who want to keep coding offline or continue working when they hit cloud usage limits.

Foreman is a terminal app for developers who want to supervise Claude Code agents working in a repository. It takes feature requests through planning, design review and implementation, with human approval before agents begin the build.

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.

Liza coordinates AI coding agents for developers who want to delegate software work while keeping control over goals and constraints. It supports human-led pairing and multi-agent delivery runs that can proceed unattended.

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.

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.

SuperClaude is a configuration framework for developers who want predefined workflows in Claude Code. It adds task-specific commands and specialist agents for planning software, writing code and reviewing the results.

Oh My Pi is a terminal coding assistant for developers who want an AI agent working directly in their codebase with IDE tools. It's a fork of Pi that supports both local model servers and cloud providers.

Codex Orchestration is a plugin for developers who want different models to plan, review, design and implement a coding task. It runs locally, but its Claude and Kimi K3 routes require authentication and send task content to cloud services.