AI CLI agents

• 2021 openai/codex: cloud (OpenAI+codex-1+codex-mini/AzureOpenAI/LiteLLM) or local (Ollama/LMStudio) [autonomous/multimodal] [$/token]
• 2023 Aider-AI/aider: local (Ollama/LiteLLM) or cloud (Anthropic/OpenAI/DeepSeek/Google) [agentic/autonomous/multimodal]
• 2023 TheR1D/shell_gpt: local (Ollama) or OpenAI [shell/one-shot]
• 2024 aws/amazon-q-developer-cli: cloud (Anthropic) [chat] [$0-19/mo]
• 2024 github/gh-copilot: cloud (OpenAI/Anthropic/Google/xAI) [chat/multimodal] [$0-39/mo]
• 2025 smol-ai/developer: cloud (OpenAI/LiteLLM) or local (Ollama) [agentic/semi-autonomous/one-shot/multimodal]
• 2025 block/goose: local (Ollama/LiteLLM) or cloud (Anthropic/OpenAI/Google) [agentic/autonomous]
• 2025 anthropics/claude-code: cloud (Anthropic) [agentic/autonomous/multi-modal] [$0-200/mo]
• 2025 All-Hands-AI/OpenHands: local (LiteLLM) or cloud (Anthropic/Google/DeepSeek/OpenAI) [agentic/autonomous/multimodal]
• 2025 google-gemini/gemini-cli: cloud (Google) [agentic/autonomous/multimodal] [$0-45/mo]
• 2025 cline/cline: local (Ollama/LMStudio) or cloud (Anthropic/OpenAI/xAI/Google) [agentic/autonomous/multimodal]
• 2025 Cursor Agent CLI: cloud (OpenAI/Anthropic/Google/xAI) or local (workaround) [agentic/autonomous]

cloud: $ per API call (key required)

contributions ideas

• support additional local LLM runners
• support additional LLM gateways
• improve autonomy
• add multimodal support

⚠️ DO NOT: modify BUSL agents to work with other LLMs (even if free), functionality likely considered bypassing core functionality to work with competitive products (my opinion)

BUSL: Business Source License

TODO: test eastlondoner/vibe-tools and others