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terax-ai
Terminal-first desktop workspace with editor, git panel and agentic AI side-panel
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- Stars
- 9.3k
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Last commit
- Oct 2026
- Last release
- Jul 2026
- Language
- TypeScript
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Overview
Terax is a desktop app built on Tauri 2, Rust and React 19 that combines a PTY terminal, CodeMirror editor, file explorer, git graph and web preview. Its AI side-panel runs agents with approval-gated bash and file edits against your own API keys or local Ollama, LM Studio and MLX models. About 7-8 MB on disk, with no telemetry or account.
Who it is for: Developers wanting a local terminal and editor with BYOK or local-model agents
Strengths
- Many BYOK providers plus Ollama, LM Studio and MLX for local models
- API keys go to the OS keychain; no telemetry or account
- AI edit diffs can be accepted or rejected hunk by hunk
- Runs on macOS, Linux and Windows, with WSL workspaces
Weaknesses
- README says v0.9.0 will replace xterm.js with libghostty and WebGPU, so internals will change
- Language server support is opt-in and needs configuration
- Desktop install only; no Docker or server mode
- Author notes development time went to another product (Zephium)
What it needs
- GPU optional
- Needs Rust (build from source), Node 22+ and pnpm (build from source), Tauri platform prerequisites (build from source)
- Models: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Groq, xAI
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