Boxcode
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The facts
Each one read from Boxcode's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Where it runs
- Approval controls
- Destructive actions such as deletes, force-pushes, and publishing wait for approval; catastrophic commands are never offered.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Approval gate
- Destructive actions such as deleting, force-pushing, publishing, and putting things on the internet wait for user approval; catastrophic commands are never offered.checked 12 Oct 2026
- IDE macOS status
- The download page says macOS IDE builds are unsigned while the IDE is in development.checked 12 Oct 2026
What it does
- Authentication
- The docs say Boxcode login uses Google and writes credentials to ~/.boxcode/config.toml; users can skip login and configure their own API key.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Chat assistance
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- CLI
- The CLI is a native Rust TUI whose sessions print as ordinary terminal output.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Codebase indexing
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Coding agent
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Community
- The homepage invites users to join the community for notices about build days, builder days, and campus workshops.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Deploy integrations
- The CLI page says Boxcode can deploy projects to Vercel or Netlify and return a live URL after an approval-gated call.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Editor
- Boxcode IDE is a Code-OSS fork whose chat participant launches the same CLI binary.checked 12 Oct 2026
- File changes
- The CLI presents file changes as diffs against the current on-disk files before they are applied.checked 12 Oct 2026
- File edits
- File changes are previewed as diffs with line numbers against the current file before they are applied.checked 12 Oct 2026
- IDE
- Boxcode IDE is a Code-OSS build that uses the same CLI agent binary and includes Ask, Edit, and Agent chat modes.checked 12 Oct 2026
- IDE features
- Boxcode IDE includes Ask, Edit, and Agent chat modes, Boxcode Light and Dark themes, and an integrated browser for localhost.checked 12 Oct 2026
- IDE signing status
- The download page says macOS IDE builds are unsigned while the IDE is in development.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Installation
- The CLI is distributed as a checksum-verified prebuilt binary, and the IDE download page lists macOS, Linux, and Windows builds.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Install requirements
- The CLI is distributed as a checksum-verified prebuilt binary and does not require a Rust toolchain.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The CLI page says Boxcode can deploy projects to Vercel or Netlify in the same conversation.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- The Boxcode CLI is MIT licensed.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Model compatibility
- Boxcode connects to any OpenAI-compatible endpoint, including hosted, self-hosted, or user-deployed models.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Model endpoints
- Boxcode supports OpenAI-compatible endpoints, including custom endpoints, configured through `/provider` or `BOXCODE_ENDPOINT`.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Other project features
- The CLI page describes publishing a project to a shareable link and adding sign-up, a per-project SQLite database, live reload, and change requests from the live page.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Planning and rollback
- The `/plan` command creates an editable plan before file changes, and `/rollback` restores files the model wrote during the session.checked 12 Oct 2026
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