code-buddy
Active·★ 48·MIT·Updated 2026-10-12
Code Buddy is an open-source AI coding agent designed to run freely and locally on your machine, leveraging 64 LLM providers with automatic failover. It acts as a comprehensive development environment, capable of reading and writing code, running commands, and managing complex tasks through its terminal UI, desktop app, or as a service.
#AI Agent#Code Assistant#Local-first#Multi-LLM Provider#Developer Tooling#Self-Improvement#Desktop Application#Workflow Automation
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Features
01Free & local-first operation with Ollama or 30+ free-tier/local LLM providers.
02Watch AI reasoning step-by-step on screen before it acts with 200+ RAG-selected tools.
03Runs everywhere: terminal TUI, Cowork desktop app, HTTP/WebSocket server, phone, or 24/7 background service.
04App Studio for scaffolding apps, live preview, auto-fix, and one-click GitHub push for $0.
05Self-improving agent that authors and empirically gates its own tools/skills and can evolve its source code.
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Compatibility
Node.js
Runtime
Verified via docs
TypeScript
Language
Verified via docs
Ollama
Local LLM
Verified via docs
Docker
Deployment
Verified via docs
Electron
Desktop App
Verified via docs
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Quick start
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$ npm install -g @phuetz/code-buddy
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Use cases
↳Automatically write, test, and verify code like FizzBuzz with minimal human intervention.
↳Develop and scaffold new applications with live previews and automated fixes through the App Studio.
↳Conduct multi-AI collaboration, where agents observe and call each other's models and tools across a network.
↳Generate professional Office documents (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) and create video montages from prompts.
↳Serve as a personal companion with bidirectional voice, persistent memory, and messaging channel integration.
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