Hmbown/CodeWhale
Open-source coding agent for your terminal, built in Rust and on a journey of continuous community improvement. Issues and PRs welcome. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
78/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 87
- Longevity 16
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 0.0
- age_days: 226
- days_rel: 10
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 135
Adoption not part of the score
40866 stars · 3538 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Codewhale is an open-source, terminal-native coding agent written in Rust that reads your repository, edits files, runs commands, and works toward goals under configurable approval modes. It supports any hosted or local model (Ollama, vLLM, SGLang, 45+ providers), multi-agent fleets, MCP servers, and hooks, with a TUI and headless exec mode.
Use cases
- fix failing tests from the terminal with an AI agent
- run a coding agent with local models via Ollama
- orchestrate multiple AI agents on coding tasks
- automate code edits with approval gates and undo
- connect MCP servers to a terminal coding assistant
- use different LLM models for different agent roles
- run headless coding agent tasks in CI or scripts
When to choose
- you want a terminal-native coding agent that works with local or self-hosted models
- you need fine-grained permission modes, undo, and workspace snapshots
- you want multi-agent orchestration (Fleet/Workflow) with MCP and hooks extensibility
- you prefer open-source, local-first tooling with no vendor lock-in
When to avoid
- you want a GUI or IDE-integrated assistant rather than a terminal TUI
- you need a fully managed cloud coding service with no local setup
- you require long-term stability guarantees — the project is pre-1.0 and evolving quickly
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
agent-framework cli mcp llm-inference developer-tools terminal-ui developer-tools large-language-models cli windows rust cross-platform coding-agent tui multi-model local-first multi-agent bring-your-own-model terminal-agent ollama vllm ai-agents command-line linux macos android
9 sources
- readme: https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale · fetched 2026-08-28 · 6611f6aab8dc
- homepage: https://codewhale.net/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · be940973ee80
- site_page: https://codewhale.net/en/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · aed3e55238b0
- site_page: https://codewhale.net/en/docs/guide · fetched 2026-08-29 · 318cd1cdacdf
- site_page: https://codewhale.net/en/install · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3c7c83decb1c
- site_page: https://codewhale.net/en/docs/vocabulary · fetched 2026-08-29 · c9444df335db
- site_page: https://codewhale.net/en/docs/fleet · fetched 2026-08-29 · 7846c7db47db
- registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/codewhale · fetched 2026-08-29 · 900dedfb3718
- site_page: https://codewhale.net/en/faq · fetched 2026-08-29 · b58e6d4d9a02
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| Hmbown/CodeWhale | main | 78 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="Hmbown/CodeWhale")
Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00 · Report a problem