- Antigravity agy
- Gemini gemini
Data
State of AI Coding Agent CLIs
Who ships terminal AI coding agents, how each one installs, where they run, and which take API keys — 24 CLIs from 23 vendors. Every number derives from the agent integration registry inside CodeSplash AI, the desktop app that runs these CLIs side by side. Section anchors and the JSON dataset are stable for citation.
Count
How many AI coding agent CLIs exist in 2026?
CodeSplash AI's integration registry tracks 24 AI coding agent CLIs as of August 22, 2026 — from Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini to open-source agents like OpenCode and Plandex.
Scope, stated plainly: this counts the CLIs integrated into the CodeSplash AI desktop app, not every CLI ever published. It is a maintained registry — entries are added as the app integrates them, and this page recomputes from it on every build.
24
Agent CLIs
23
Vendors
23
Run on Windows
7
Take an API key env var
Platforms
Which AI coding CLIs run on Windows?
23 of 24 CLIs run on Windows. All 24 run on macOS and Linux. Roo Code is the only macOS/Linux-only CLI in the registry.
Windows often gets a different installer than macOS/Linux: of the 23 Windows-capable CLIs, 10 via npm, 8 via PowerShell script, 4 via Shell script (curl), and 1 via pip.
| CLI | macOS | Linux | Windows | Windows install |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aider | Yes | Yes | Yes | pip |
| Antigravity | Yes | Yes | Yes | PowerShell script |
| Claude Code | Yes | Yes | Yes | npm |
| Cline | Yes | Yes | Yes | npm |
| CodeSplash Agent | Yes | Yes | Yes | PowerShell script |
| Codex | Yes | Yes | Yes | npm |
| Copilot | Yes | Yes | Yes | npm |
| Crush | Yes | Yes | Yes | npm |
| Cursor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Shell script (curl) |
| Droid | Yes | Yes | Yes | PowerShell script |
| ForgeCode | Yes | Yes | Yes | Shell script (curl) |
| Gemini | Yes | Yes | Yes | npm |
| Goose | Yes | Yes | Yes | Shell script (curl) |
| Grok | Yes | Yes | Yes | PowerShell script |
| Hermes | Yes | Yes | Yes | PowerShell script |
| Kilo Code | Yes | Yes | Yes | npm |
| Kimi Code | Yes | Yes | Yes | PowerShell script |
| Kiro | Yes | Yes | Yes | PowerShell script |
| OpenClaw | Yes | Yes | Yes | npm |
| OpenCode | Yes | Yes | Yes | npm |
| Pi | Yes | Yes | Yes | npm |
| Plandex | Yes | Yes | Yes | Shell script (curl) |
| Qwen Code | Yes | Yes | Yes | PowerShell script |
| Roo Code | Yes | Yes | — | — |
Install
How do you install each AI coding CLI?
3 install paths cover all 24 CLIs, counted from each CLI's default (macOS/Linux) install command. Windows overrides are in the platform matrix above.
14
Shell script (curl)
9
npm
1
Homebrew
| CLI | Method | Default install command |
|---|---|---|
| Aider | Shell script (curl) | curl -LsSf https://aider.chat/install.sh | sh |
| Antigravity | Shell script (curl) | curl -fsSL https://antigravity.google/cli/install.sh | bash |
| Claude Code | npm | npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code |
| Cline | npm | npm install -g cline |
| CodeSplash Agent | Homebrew | brew install codesplash-ai/tap/codesplash-agent |
| Codex | npm | npm install -g @openai/codex |
| Copilot | npm | npm install -g @github/copilot |
| Crush | npm | npm install -g @charmland/crush |
| Cursor | Shell script (curl) | curl https://cursor.com/install -fsS | bash |
| Droid | Shell script (curl) | curl -fsSL https://app.factory.ai/cli | sh |
| ForgeCode | Shell script (curl) | curl -fsSL https://forgecode.dev/cli | sh |
| Gemini | npm | npm install -g @google/gemini-cli |
| Goose | Shell script (curl) | curl -fsSL https://github.com/block/goose/releases/download/stable/download_cli.sh | bash |
| Grok | Shell script (curl) | curl -fsSL https://x.ai/cli/install.sh | bash |
| Hermes | Shell script (curl) | curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/main/scripts/install.sh | bash |
| Kilo Code | npm | npm install -g @kilocode/cli |
| Kimi Code | Shell script (curl) | curl -fsSL https://code.kimi.com/kimi-code/install.sh | bash |
| Kiro | Shell script (curl) | curl -fsSL https://cli.kiro.dev/install | bash |
| OpenClaw | Shell script (curl) | curl -fsSL https://openclaw.ai/install.sh | bash |
| OpenCode | npm | npm install -g opencode-ai@latest |
| Pi | npm | npm install -g --ignore-scripts @earendil-works/pi-coding-agent |
| Plandex | Shell script (curl) | curl -sL https://plandex.ai/install.sh | bash |
| Qwen Code | Shell script (curl) | curl -fsSL https://qwen-code-assets.oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/installation/install-qwen-standalone.sh | bash |
| Roo Code | Shell script (curl) | curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RooCodeInc/Roo-Code/main/apps/cli/install.sh | sh |
API keys
Which AI CLIs need API keys?
7 of 24 CLIs accept an API key through an environment variable tracked in the registry — the variable CodeSplash AI sets when you provide a key.
For the other 17, the registry defines no key variable; authentication, where required, happens inside the CLI itself.
No tracked key variable: Aider, Antigravity, Cline, CodeSplash Agent, Crush, ForgeCode, Goose, Grok, Hermes, Kilo Code, Kimi Code, OpenClaw, OpenCode, Pi, Plandex, Qwen Code, Roo Code.
Vendors
Who ships AI coding agent CLIs?
24 CLIs come from 23 vendors. Google ships 2 (Antigravity, Gemini); every other vendor ships one.
Aider
- Aider aider
Anthropic
- Claude Code claude
AWS
- Kiro kiro-cli
Block
- Goose goose
Charmbracelet
- Crush crush
Cline
- Cline cline
CodeSplash AI
- CodeSplash Agent codesplash
Cursor
- Cursor agent
Earendil Works
- Pi pi
Factory
- Droid droid
ForgeCode
- ForgeCode forge
GitHub
- Copilot copilot
Kilo Code
- Kilo Code kilo
Moonshot AI
- Kimi Code kimi
Nous Research
- Hermes hermes
OpenAI
- Codex codex
OpenClaw
- OpenClaw openclaw
OpenCode
- OpenCode opencode
Plandex
- Plandex plandex
Qwen
- Qwen Code qwen
Roo Code
- Roo Code roo
xAI
- Grok grok
Reference
Every AI coding agent CLI in the registry
All 24 CLIs, alphabetical. Names link to their CodeSplash AI integration pages; docs links go to each vendor. The same data is served as JSON at /state-of-ai-coding-agents/data.json.
| CLI | Vendor | Install | Platforms | API key env var | Docs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aider | Aider | Shell script (curl) | macOS, Linux, Windows | — | Docs |
| Antigravity | Shell script (curl) | macOS, Linux, Windows | — | Docs | |
| Claude Code | Anthropic | npm | macOS, Linux, Windows | ANTHROPIC_API_KEY | Docs |
| Cline | Cline | npm | macOS, Linux, Windows | — | Docs |
| CodeSplash Agent | CodeSplash AI | Homebrew | macOS, Linux, Windows | — | Docs |
| Codex | OpenAI | npm | macOS, Linux, Windows | OPENAI_API_KEY | Docs |
| Copilot | GitHub | npm | macOS, Linux, Windows | COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN | Docs |
| Crush | Charmbracelet | npm | macOS, Linux, Windows | — | Docs |
| Cursor | Cursor | Shell script (curl) | macOS, Linux, Windows | CURSOR_API_KEY | Docs |
| Droid | Factory | Shell script (curl) | macOS, Linux, Windows | FACTORY_API_KEY | Docs |
| ForgeCode | ForgeCode | Shell script (curl) | macOS, Linux, Windows | — | Docs |
| Gemini | npm | macOS, Linux, Windows | GOOGLE_API_KEY | Docs | |
| Goose | Block | Shell script (curl) | macOS, Linux, Windows | — | Docs |
| Grok | xAI | Shell script (curl) | macOS, Linux, Windows | — | Docs |
| Hermes | Nous Research | Shell script (curl) | macOS, Linux, Windows | — | Docs |
| Kilo Code | Kilo Code | npm | macOS, Linux, Windows | — | Docs |
| Kimi Code | Moonshot AI | Shell script (curl) | macOS, Linux, Windows | — | Docs |
| Kiro | AWS | Shell script (curl) | macOS, Linux, Windows | KIRO_API_KEY | Docs |
| OpenClaw | OpenClaw | Shell script (curl) | macOS, Linux, Windows | — | Docs |
| OpenCode | OpenCode | npm | macOS, Linux, Windows | — | Docs |
| Pi | Earendil Works | npm | macOS, Linux, Windows | — | Docs |
| Plandex | Plandex | Shell script (curl) | macOS, Linux, Windows | — | Docs |
| Qwen Code | Qwen | Shell script (curl) | macOS, Linux, Windows | — | Docs |
| Roo Code | Roo Code | Shell script (curl) | macOS, Linux | — | Docs |
Methodology
Every field derives from the agent CLI integration registry that ships inside the CodeSplash AI desktop app — the registry the app uses to launch, install, and monitor each CLI. Counts are recomputed from that registry at build time; the page and dataset update with it. No surveys, no estimates, no popularity or benchmark data.
Updated August 22, 2026. Per-CLI detail lives at /works-with; the dataset at /state-of-ai-coding-agents/data.json.
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