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Pi

Minimal, extensible terminal coding agent with a multi-provider LLM toolkit

  • AI coding agents
  • Agent frameworks and tools
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What it is

Pi is a command-line coding agent that runs in your project directory and works with many model providers through a shared LLM API. It intentionally omits extras such as sub-agents and a planning mode, so users can add them through extensions, skills, prompt templates, and themes distributed as npm or git packages. The monorepo also includes the libraries it is built on: a unified LLM client, an agent runtime that handles tool calls, and a terminal UI library. Developers can use it interactively, script it in JSON mode, drive it over RPC, or embed it with the TypeScript SDK.

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Stars
116,645 GitHub stars.
116,645

Forks
14,887
Commits
7,013
Contributors
291
Language
TypeScript
License
MIT
Last commit
Oct 20, 2026
On GitHub since
August 2025
First release
December 2025
Platforms
macOS, Windows, Linux, CLI, library
Self-hostable
No
Alternative to
Claude Code, Cursor
Tags
  • coding-agent
  • agent-framework
  • agent-harness
  • agent-plugins
  • llm-gateway

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What people are saying

Updated Oct 20, 2026
  • Hacker NewsPi coding agent: config folder is out of place on LinuxAug 17, 2026 · 56 points · 21 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsPi v1.0.0Oct 1, 2026 · 12 points · 2 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“recommend installing pi if you're just exploring and testing new stuff”Aug 26, 2026 · 6 likes · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“unfortunately all of the people making them are optimizing for their m5 max macbooks and are also all vibecoded. maybe pi is good but i haven't used it…”Aug 15, 2026 · 1 like · 1 reply (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“Why is with >100k stars on place #478 on the "by stars" page? ->”Sep 16, 2026 · 0 likes · 1 reply (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“AI agent toolkit: unified LLM API, agent loop, TUI, coding agent CLI”Aug 16, 2026 · 1 like · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“Recently starred a different coding agent: Pi. Most tools bake in sub-agents, plan mode, MCP, and permissions. Pi's core is runtime, LLM APIs, CLI, and TUI…”Aug 1, 2026 · 0 likes · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)