Agent Code
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Agent Code, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Agent Code's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Open source | Free | MIT-licensed software; requires a supported LLM credential |
The facts
Each one read from Agent Code's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Chat assistance
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Coding agent
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Data handling
- The security policy says session data is stored locally and conversation history leaves the machine only for LLM API calls.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Features
- The project lists 30+ tools for files, shell, search, worktrees, web, LSP, MCP, and subagents, along with skills, plugins, and resumable sessions.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Install options
- The README lists installation through Cargo, Homebrew, Docker, prebuilt binaries, or building from source.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- It supports MCP and ACP integrations and exposes a local HTTP API for clients, including the project’s Flutter GUI.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- Agent Code is released under the MIT license.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Model providers
- It supports providers including Anthropic, OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, xAI, Google, OpenRouter, and local OpenAI-compatible APIs.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Open source
- The project is MIT licensed.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Permissions
- Its security policy says tool calls pass through permission checks, with ask mode as the default and a read-only plan mode.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Protected paths
- Write tools are blocked from modifying `.git/`, `.husky/`, and `node_modules/`.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Agent Code is an open-source AI coding agent for the terminal that reads codebases, runs commands, edits files, and iterates on tasks.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Requirements
- Installation requires an LLM API credential or subscription login; full tooling requires git and ripgrep, and Linux sandboxing optionally uses bwrap.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security controls
- The project documents permission modes, protected directories, destructive-command checks, system-path protections, and an optional OS sandbox.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security limits
- The threat model excludes the security of the LLM API endpoint and the user's local machine beyond what Agent Code touches.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security support
- The security policy asks users to report vulnerabilities by email, promises acknowledgment within 48 hours, and gives a fix-timeline response within five business days.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- The security policy asks vulnerability reports to be emailed to [email protected] and says reports are acknowledged within 48 hours.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Telemetry
- The README says telemetry is not sent unless the user opts in.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Terminal access
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Tools
- The project lists more than 30 tools, including file operations, shell, search, web, LSP, MCP, and subagents.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Usage modes
- It supports an interactive terminal UI, headless scripts and CI, an HTTP server, and the Agent Client Protocol for IDE integrations.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
The company
- Maker
- The GitHub organization identifies the maker as Avala AI and lists the United States of America as its location.checked 12 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Platforms
- Prebuilt binaries are listed for macOS, Linux, and Windows.checked 12 Oct 2026
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