Coding Agent

Reasonix stores global state in ~/.reasonix/, project state inside the project, and the runtime in two more places. Knowing which directory holds what makes backup scripts trivial. The trickiest file is .env — it is excluded from MCP child environments but you still want it under version control, just redacted. A backup script #!/usr/bin/env bash... » read more

Reasonix already speaks the Model Context Protocol. Adding an MCP server means one more [[plugins]] entry under ~/.reasonix/config.toml (or reasonix.toml per-project). Three transports are supported, and MCP prompts automatically become slash commands. The configuration Two files: TOML for non-secret configuration, .env for key values. Resolution order is flag > ./reasonix.toml > ~/.reasonix/config.toml > built-in defaults.... » read more

A Reasonix session that runs for two hours will eventually forget what file you were in, write something into the wrong directory, or charge you for repeating the same prefix. The slash commands are the controls that keep the cache warm and the diff readable. Most of them are local — they cost nothing and... » read more

Reasonix is hard-coded to talk to a provider endpoint, not to a model name. Adding a new endpoint is a [[providers]] entry in ~/.reasonix/config.toml and a matching API key in ~/.reasonix/.env. The same shape works for local llama.cpp, Ollama, vLLM, and remote gateways. Common endpoints Provider base_url Sample model API key env Ollama (local) http://127.0.0.1:11434/v1... » read more

The VS Code extension is a thin shell. It does not bundle the Reasonix CLI; it starts your local reasonix acp backend and adds chat, workspace sessions, editor context, and approval cards. If reasonix --version works on the terminal, the extension will work; if it does not, the extension cannot save you. Before you start... » read more

Reasonix is a DeepSeek-native coding agent that runs as a single Go binary in your terminal. It keeps DeepSeek’s prompt prefix stable so long sessions stay cheap. On Ubuntu you can install it three ways; pick the one that matches what your machine already has. Before you start You need three things on a stock... » read more

Walk into any 2026 developer’s terminal and you’ll find at least one AI coding agent already configured. The space moved faster than most people tracking it could follow: terminal-native agents have overtaken IDE plugins for serious engineering work, open-source caught up to commercial tools feature-for-feature (mostly), the Model Context Protocol is the de facto standard... » read more

Goose started as Block’s internal coding agent, then moved to the Linux Foundation’s Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) in late 2025. Apache-2.0, written in Rust, distributes as a single static binary with no Node runtime, no Python runtime, no Electron. The latest stable is v1.42.0 (2026-07-13). Where Claude Code is for solo power users and Cline... » read more

Cline is an open-source (Apache-2.0) autonomous coding agent that runs inside VS Code. It edits files, runs commands, and asks for approval at every meaningful step. The latest stable VS Code extension is v4.0.8 (2026-07-11); the parallel CLI build is at v3.0.40 (2026-07-13). Compared to Claude Code and OpenCode (which are terminal-first), Cline lives where... » read more

Aider is the OG terminal-native AI pair programmer — Apache-2.0, runs on Python, mapped your repo for context long before “agentic loops” became the marketing term, and commits its own changes to git by default. The latest release is v0.86.0 (2025-08-09); the project is in maintenance mode but still functions. This article shows the install... » read more

OpenCode (formerly sst/opencode, now anomalyco/opencode) is a provider-agnostic, open-source terminal coding agent. It’s MIT-licensed, has provider adapters for Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Bedrock, Vertex, Groq, and any OpenAI-compatible API (Ollama, LM Studio, OpenRouter), and at v1.17.20 it ships with a polished TUI, multi-session support, and an LSP-aware edit pipeline. This article shows the install, the minimum... » read more

Claude Code is Anthropic’s terminal-native coding agent. It reads your project, edits files, runs commands, and handles git — all via natural language. The latest stable release as of writing is v2.1.209 (2026-07-14). This article walks through installation on Ubuntu 22.04/24.04, the recommended daily-driver workflow, and the configuration patterns that show up most often in... » read more

Hermes Desktop is the Electron GUI companion to the Hermes Agent CLI. It launches the same agent/ core that runs in your terminal, just wrapped in a chat window with a sidebar, file previews, and provider settings. If you’ve already installed Hermes CLI (see the companion article), the desktop is one command. This piece covers... » read more

Hermes Agent is Nous Research’s open-source assistant that runs the same agent core across a CLI, a TUI, an Electron desktop, and ~20 messaging platforms (Telegram, Discord, Slack, Feishu, and others). It learns across sessions via memory and skills, runs scheduled jobs, delegates to subagents, and drives a real terminal and browser. This article walks... » read more