CodingBuddy is a terminal-native coding agent written in Rust. It combines chat, planning, tool execution, patch workflows, indexing, and long-running autopilot loops in one cross-platform CLI.

CodingBuddy

An open-source, multi-model AI coding agent for the terminal. Written in Rust.

Connect any LLM — DeepSeek, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Groq, Ollama, OpenRouter — and get a production-grade coding assistant with tool execution, planning, code search, and safety guardrails.

Why CodingBuddy?

• Any model, any provider. 7 providers preconfigured. Any OpenAI-compatible endpoint works.
• Fast. Rust binary, no runtime dependencies. Sub-100ms startup with profiling.
• Safe. 0 production unwraps. Tree-sitter bash AST analysis, 4-stage permission system, default deny rules.
• Smart. 7-strategy fuzzy editing, coordinator mode for parallel agents, per-turn RAG, doom loop detection.
• Extensible. MCP servers, 12 lifecycle hooks, custom skills with model/effort metadata, SendMessage for inter-agent communication.

Installation

One-liner (recommended)

macOS / Linux:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aloundoye/codingbuddy/main/scripts/install.sh | bash

Windows (PowerShell):

irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aloundoye/codingbuddy/main/scripts/install.ps1 | iex

The installer downloads the correct binary for your platform, verifies the SHA-256 checksum, and adds it to your PATH.

Other methods

npm (any platform with Node.js):

npm install -g codingbuddy

Homebrew (macOS / Linux):

brew install aloundoye/tap/codingbuddy

From source (requires Rust 1.94.1+):

cargo build --release --bin codingbuddy
# Binary at target/release/codingbuddy — move it to a directory in your PATH

Installer options

The install scripts accept flags to customize behavior:

# Install a specific version
curl -fsSL .../install.sh | bash -s -- --version v0.3.0

# Install to a custom directory
curl -fsSL .../install.sh | bash -s -- --install-dir ~/.local/bin

# Dry run (show what would happen)
curl -fsSL .../install.sh | bash -s -- --dry-run

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