A terminal-first AI coding agent. Open-source, observable, and built for developer control.
A terminal-first AI coding agent. Open-source, observable, and built for developer control.
An open-source, terminal-first AI coding agent with a single-pass lifecycle, on-demand memory, and transparent execution. Every decision visible, every behavior overridable.curl -fsSL https://acolyte.sh/install | shThen initialize your provider:
acolyte initRequires Bun.
git clone https://github.com/cniska/acolyte.git
cd acolyte
bun install
bun run dev # starts server + CLI clientbun run verify # lint + typecheck + all tests
bun test # all tests
bun run test:unit # unit tests only
bun run test:int # integration tests
bun run test:tui # visual regression tests
bun run test:perf # performance baselines| Version | Changes | Urgency | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| v0.19.0 | ## What's Changed * fix: strip @signal in lifecycle finalize (#182) by @cniska in https://github.com/cniska/acolyte/pull/183 * refactor(paths): replace homeDir with env injection by @cniska in https://github.com/cniska/acolyte/pull/184 * test: move fs-dependent tests into .int.test.ts by @cniska in https://github.com/cniska/acolyte/pull/186 * refactor(rpc): adopt object args and zod parsing by @cniska in https://github.com/cniska/acolyte/pull/185 * test: rewrite int tests with registry dispatch | High | 4/14/2026 |
| v0.18.1 | ## What's Changed * docs: fix docs review drift by @cniska in https://github.com/cniska/acolyte/pull/180 * fix(tui): harden chat renderer by @cniska in https://github.com/cniska/acolyte/pull/181 **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/cniska/acolyte/compare/v0.18.0...v0.18.1 | High | 4/13/2026 |
| v0.18.0 | ## What's Changed * fix(config): crash on malformed config file by @cniska in https://github.com/cniska/acolyte/pull/166 * feat(install): XDG Base Directory support on Linux by @cniska in https://github.com/cniska/acolyte/pull/170 * feat(login): browser-based OAuth with manual fallback by @cniska in https://github.com/cniska/acolyte/pull/172 * feat(cloud): incremental session sync with gzip compression by @cniska in https://github.com/cniska/acolyte/pull/173 * fix(chat): harden chat subsystem by | High | 4/9/2026 |
| v0.17.0 | ## What's Changed * feat(cloud): add login and logout commands by @cniska in https://github.com/cniska/acolyte/pull/162 * fix: detect Vercel AI Gateway rate limits by @cniska in https://github.com/cniska/acolyte/pull/163 * fix: harden critical subsystems by @cniska in https://github.com/cniska/acolyte/pull/164 **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/cniska/acolyte/compare/v0.16.0...v0.17.0 | High | 4/8/2026 |