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On the recordRead 11 Oct 202619 facts
Code Assistant
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Open source
Free
MIT-licensed software · Requires a configured model provider and API key
Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com
On the record
- Agent controls
- Features include sub-agents, permission tiers, a command sandbox, and automatic context compaction.github.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Coding agent
- Yesgithub.com · read 22 Sep 2026
- Browser use
- The agent can navigate, read, click, and type in a browser to test web apps, with a human-in-the-loop login handoff.github.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Chat assistance
- Yesgithub.com · read 22 Sep 2026
- Credential setup
- Users configure a provider by supplying an API key and selecting a model in the app's Settings screen.github.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Document support
- It can consume Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF documents as Markdown alongside source code.github.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Edit handling
- Format-on-save reconciles the agent's edits with formatter output, and file encoding and line endings are preserved when files are written.github.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The project is presented for people who want an autonomous coding assistant and editor or MCP client integrations.github.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Interfaces
- It offers a native GUI, terminal mode, headless MCP server, and ACP agent mode for editors such as Zed.github.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- License
- The repository lists an MIT license.github.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Maintainer location
- The GitHub maintainer profile lists Großbeeren, Germany.github.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- MCP integration
- In MCP client mode, it can connect to external MCP servers over stdio or HTTP and register their tools.github.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Platform downloads
- Prebuilt downloads are listed for macOS Apple Silicon and Intel, Linux x86_64, and Windows x86_64.github.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Providers
- It supports providers including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Vertex AI, Ollama, OpenRouter, SAP AI Core, Groq, Cerebras, and Mistral.github.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Code Assistant is an LLM-powered autonomous coding agent that reads, searches, and edits code and runs commands.github.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Security controls
- The project describes smart filtering that blocks unsafe tool combinations and provides configurable sandbox modes, including read-only and workspace-write.github.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Supported IDEs
- Zed,Visual Studio Codegithub.com · read 22 Sep 2026
- Terminal access
- Yesgithub.com · read 22 Sep 2026
