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Best AI agents for terminal and shell

We found 84 AI agents for terminal and shell in the catalog; these are the 15 that rank highest. The order comes from our rank, which weighs adoption, freshness, documentation and publisher identity. Nobody can pay for a place on this list. OpenCode, Claude Code and Hermes Agent lead it. Hermes Agent has the most GitHub stars here (256,750). 15 of the 15 had activity in the last 30 days. Each entry lists why it made the list and links to its install page.

Updated Oct 26, 2026 · Built from catalog data; how we rank and grade

Top 15 of 84

  1. 1
    OpenCode

    Anomaly

    Open-source AI coding agent for the terminal, desktop and IDEs that connects to 75+ model providers

    • 220.9K GitHub stars
    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (MIT)

    ★ 220.9KLast active Oct 24, 2026

  2. 2
    Claude Code

    Anthropic

    Anthropic's coding agent that reads your codebase, edits files and runs commands from the terminal, IDE, desktop app, web and Slack

    • 153.2K GitHub stars
    • Active in the last 30 days

    ★ 153.2K↓ 7.2M/wkLast active Oct 24, 2026

  3. 3
    Hermes Agent

    Nous Research

    Self-hosted agent from Nous Research that builds skills from experience and is reachable from the terminal and chat apps

    • Most GitHub stars here (256,750)
    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (MIT)

    ★ 256.8KLast active Oct 24, 2026

  4. 4
    Cline

    Cline Bot Inc.

    Open-source coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains, the terminal and a desktop app that asks for approval before each action

    • 70.8K GitHub stars
    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (Apache-2.0)

    ★ 70.8KLast active Oct 24, 2026

  5. 5
    Open Interpreter

    Open Interpreter

    Terminal coding agent, forked from OpenAI's Codex, tuned for low-cost open models and compatible with ACP editors

    • 68.7K GitHub stars
    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (Apache-2.0)

    ★ 68.7KLast active Oct 11, 2026

  6. 6
    Gemini CLI

    Google

    Open-source terminal agent that queries and edits codebases and automates tasks with Gemini models

    • 107.7K GitHub stars
    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (Apache-2.0)

    ★ 107.7K↓ 231.3K/wkLast active Oct 23, 2026

  7. 7
    Qwen Code

    Alibaba Qwen

    Open-source coding agent for the terminal, editor, desktop, browser and chat apps that works with Qwen, OpenAI, Anthropic and Gemini APIs

    • 28.7K GitHub stars
    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (Apache-2.0)

    ★ 28.7KLast active Oct 24, 2026

  8. 8
    Codewhale

    codewhale-hq

    Open-source Rust coding agent for the terminal that works with more than 40 model providers or local models

    • 41.1K GitHub stars
    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (MIT)

    ★ 41.1KLast active Oct 24, 2026

  9. 9
    oh-my-pi

    can1357

    Terminal coding agent with language-server and debugger tools built in, supporting more than 60 model providers

    • 36.4K GitHub stars
    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (MIT)

    ★ 36.4KLast active Oct 22, 2026

  10. 10
    DeepSeek-Reasonix

    esengine

    Open-source coding agent for terminal, desktop, browser and editor that edits files and runs commands and tests

    • 36K GitHub stars
    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (MIT)

    ★ 36KLast active Oct 24, 2026

  11. 11
    openclaude

    Twigpine

    Open-source coding agent CLI that works with cloud and local model providers through one terminal workflow

    • 34.1K GitHub stars
    • Active in the last 30 days

    ★ 34.1KLast active Oct 24, 2026

  12. 12
    Crush

    Charm

    Terminal coding agent from Charm that works with many LLMs, LSPs and MCP servers across macOS, Linux, Windows and BSD

    • 28.8K GitHub stars
    • Active in the last 30 days

    ★ 28.8KLast active Oct 24, 2026

  13. 13
    GitHub Copilot CLI

    GitHub

    Terminal version of GitHub Copilot's coding agent that works with your repos, issues and pull requests and asks before acting

    • 11.3K GitHub stars
    • Active in the last 30 days

    ★ 11.3K↓ 1.3M/wkLast active Oct 22, 2026

  14. 14
    Codebuff

    Codebuff

    Free coding agents for terminal, desktop, web and GitHub repositories, supported by text ads.

    • 13.7K GitHub stars
    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (Apache-2.0)

    ★ 13.7KLast active Oct 24, 2026

  15. 15
    OpenAI Codex

    OpenAI

    OpenAI's coding agent for the terminal, editor, desktop app and ChatGPT cloud, included in ChatGPT plans

    • 130.8K GitHub stars
    • Most weekly downloads here (13.1M)
    • Active in the last 30 days

    ★ 130.8K↓ 13.1M/wkLast active Oct 23, 2026

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