# bradAGI/awesome-cli-coding-agents

Curated directory of terminal-native AI coding agents and the harnesses that orchestrate them. Covers open-source tools (Pi, OpenCode, Aider, Goose), platform agents (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI), parallel runners, autonomous loops, and agent infrastructure.

Repository: https://github.com/bradAGI/awesome-cli-coding-agents
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/awesome-cli-coding-agents
Language: Python
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-08-31T15:42:07+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 60/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 100, release rhythm 35, longevity 14
- inputs: {"age_days": 208, "days_push": 2, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1123, forks 310 (observed 2026-09-01T02:13:59.238878+00:00)

## What it is
A curated awesome-list directory of 120+ terminal-native AI coding agents and the harnesses that orchestrate them. It catalogs open-source tools, platform agents, parallel runners, autonomous loops, and agent infrastructure.

## Use cases
- find an open-source CLI coding agent for my terminal
- compare AI coding agents like Aider, OpenCode, and Claude Code
- discover harnesses for running multiple coding agents in parallel
- find tools for autonomous AI coding loops
- research the terminal AI coding agent ecosystem
- find an AI pair programmer that runs in the command line

## When to choose
- you want a curated, regularly updated overview of the CLI coding agent landscape
- you are evaluating which terminal-native AI agent to adopt
- you need to discover orchestration and sandboxing tools for coding agents

## When to avoid
- you need an actual coding agent rather than a list of links
- you want a GUI-based AI coding assistant
- you need detailed benchmarks or comparisons rather than a directory

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: agent-framework, developer-tools, cli
- domain: developer-tools, awesome-lists, large-language-models
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: awesome-list, cli-coding-agents, terminal-ai, curated-directory, agent-harnesses, ai-pair-programming, ai-agents, command-line

## Member repositories
- bradAGI/awesome-cli-coding-agents (main) score 60

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-01T02:13:59.238878+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:50:21.216992+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/bradAGI/awesome-cli-coding-agents (fetched 2026-09-01T02:13:59.238878+00:00, sha d236f34df8ff)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.