Darkcode
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Darkcode, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Darkcode's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| CLI | Free | Free and open source CLI |
| Free CLI | Free | CLI is free and open source · hosted models use credits · bring-your-own key is never metered |
The facts
Each one read from Darkcode's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Authentication
- The CLI uses a browser-based Clerk OAuth flow for authentication.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Bring your own key
- The site says users can add their own model key with `/keys` and that its use is never metered.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Codebase indexing
- Nochecked 22 Sep 2026
- Coding agent
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Distribution
- Darkcode is distributed as a single self-contained binary with no runtime to install.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Installation
- Darkcode ships as a single self-contained binary, and the homepage provides a shell install command.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Limit
- Ollama inference is resolved by the Darkcode server, so on the hosted darkcode.sh API it points to that server rather than the user's machine.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Models
- The site names Kimi K2.6 as the default hosted model and lists Claude, GPT, DeepSeek, and Gemini as additional models available on credits.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Modes
- Plan mode provides read-only planning tools, while Build mode can enable writing, editing, and shell execution.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Product
- Darkcode is a terminal-based AI coding agent that works inside an existing project.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Project access
- It reads and writes files in the working directory, runs shell commands you approve, and says it never uploads your project to do so.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Project files
- The CLI reads and writes files in the working directory directly, and the site says it does not upload the project to do so.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Self-hosting
- The repository describes self-hosted deployments and says Ollama support is available only for those deployments.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Sessions
- Darkcode streams responses and stores session history server-side so sessions can resume after the terminal closes.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Shell commands
- The CLI can run shell commands that the user approves.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Terminal access
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- What it does
- Darkcode is a terminal-based AI coding agent that works inside the project already open, with no upload or indexing step.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Billing
- Hosted AI usage is metered as credits through Polar, and the repository describes attaching credits to a one-time purchase product.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Plan and Build modes
- Plan mode uses read-only tools, while Build mode can enable writing, editing, and shell execution.checked 12 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Platforms
- The maker’s repository documents installation for macOS and Linux with a shell command and Windows through PowerShell.checked 12 Oct 2026
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