Pi
Minimal, extensible terminal coding agent.
A deliberately small coding-agent harness for the terminal: strong defaults, no built-in sub-agents or plan mode, and everything else added through extensions, skills, prompt templates and shareable packages. Runs interactively, in print/JSON mode, over RPC or embedded through its TypeScript SDK.
- Vendor
- Earendil Works
- Category
- Coding assistants
- Pricing
- Open source
- Open source
- Yes
- License
- MIT
- Platforms
- CLI
- Launched
- 2025
- Website
- pi.dev
Features
- Extensions and packages
- RPC and SDK
- Any model
Best for
- Coding
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