Best CLI Tool Tools (2026)

Claude Code

paid

Command-line AI coding agent that understands your codebase and automates tasks via natural language

Aider

open-source

AI pair programming in your terminal with clean commits

Codex CLI

free

OpenAI's lightweight terminal chat interface for code operations

Goose

open-source

Local on-machine AI agent that allows any LLM and MCP servers as extensions

MyCoder.ai

open-source

Open source AI coding assistant with Git/GitHub integration and parallel execution

RA.Aid

open-source

Standalone coding agent built on LangGraph's agent-based task execution

Gemini CLI

open-source

Open-source AI agent from Google bringing Gemini to your terminal

Qwen Code

open-source

Alibaba's coding agent that lives in the digital world

opencode

open-source

AI coding agent built for the terminal

Crush

open-source

Glamorous AI coding agent for your terminal that generates CLIs

Warp

free

Modern Rust-based terminal with native AI integration

Ralph

open-source

Terminal-first agent loop persisting state via git

mistral-vibe

open-source

Mistral AI's vibe coding tool

vibe-cli

open-source

AI-powered CLI for collaborative coding sessions and workflow automation

langchain-code

open-source

LangChain-based coding agent for AI-assisted development

kimi-cli

open-source

Moonshot AI's CLI for coding tasks and development workflows

GitHub Copilot CLI

unknown

GitHub Copilot coding agent in terminal with MCP extensibility