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pi

Terminal coding agent with extensions, skills, and an SDK

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Stars: 115.2k
License: MIT
Last commit: Oct 2026
Last release: Oct 2026
Language: TypeScript

Stars, last 29 weeks+87,776

27,418 on 25 Mar 2026115,194 on 14 Oct 2026

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Checked 15 Oct 2026 on GitHub.

Overview

Pi is a TypeScript coding agent CLI that runs in your project directory and connects to LLM providers through a login or API key. It is customized with extensions, skills, prompt templates and themes, shared as npm or git packages, and can be driven interactively, in print/JSON mode, over RPC, or through a TypeScript SDK. The monorepo also ships a multi-provider LLM API, an agent runtime and a terminal UI library.

Who it is for: Developers who want a scriptable, customizable terminal coding agent

Strengths

Multiple interfaces: interactive CLI, print/JSON mode, RPC and a TypeScript SDK
Extensions, skills, prompt templates and themes ship as npm or git packages
Core libraries (pi-ai, pi-agent-core, pi-tui) are published as separate packages
Installer pins dependencies; Nix flake builds on Linux and macOS, ARM64 and x86-64

Weaknesses

No built-in permission system; runs with the launching user's full permissions
Sub-agents and plan mode are intentionally omitted and must be added via packages
Requires Node.js 22.19 or newer
New contributors' issues and PRs are auto-closed by default

What it needs

no GPU
Needs Node.js 22.19+, LLM provider API key or subscription
Models: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google

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How to choose

Check which models it can use: your own keys, local models, or only the vendor's.
See what it may do without asking (edit files, run shell, push) and how you approve.
Prefer agents that work in a branch or worktree you can throw away.

Health

Releases: 100 or more in 12 monthsLast one 3 days ago
Top contributor: 57% of commits3,399 of 5,912 in the last 12 months
Security advisories: 4 published ↗ (opens in a new tab)On GitHub, in the last 12 months; 1 critical or high
OpenSSF Scorecard: Not checked

Read from GitHub, deps.dev and OpenSSF on 15 Oct 2026. Bots and coding-agent accounts are left out of the commit counts. Not part of the score: how we check.

License in plain words

MIT Permissive

Use it at work: Yes
Change it and rebrand it: Yes
Sell it or host it for others: Yes

Your part: Keep the copyright and license notice in copies you ship.

A plain summary, not legal advice. Read the license on GitHub ↗ (opens in a new tab)

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