flux
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The facts
Each one read from flux's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI providers
- Flux supports OpenRouter, OpenAI, and Anthropic, and lets users switch models while working.checked 12 Oct 2026
- API keys
- The setup instructions accept OpenRouter, OpenAI, or Anthropic API keys through environment variables.checked 12 Oct 2026
- CI use
- Flux supports non-interactive headless runs with --yolo and --max-turns for workflow tasks.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Codebase indexing
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Coding agent
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Headless use
- The --yolo and --max-turns options let Flux run non-interactively in workflow steps.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Installation
- The site describes a single static binary installer for macOS and Linux that detects OS and architecture and needs no build toolchain.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The maker presents Flux for people who work in a shell and describes CI workflows such as nightly dependency updates and documentation sync as use cases.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- The product site identifies Flux as MIT licensed.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Model providers
- Flux supports OpenRouter, OpenAI, and Anthropic, and lets users switch models in the interface.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Parallel work
- Flux can run independent tool calls in parallel when safe.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Prerequisites
- The repository's source-build instructions list Go 1.26.1 or later, Git, Python 3, and ripgrep as prerequisites.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Product
- Flux is a terminal-based AI coding assistant built with Go and tuix.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Reusable skills
- Users can add reusable prompt templates as skills in ~/.flux/skills/ and invoke them as slash commands.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security-related capability
- The GitHub repository lists secret detection and redaction among its code components.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Sub-agents
- It includes code_explorer and bug_investigator sub-agents for focused codebase tasks.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Supported IDEs
- none stated; terminal TUIchecked 22 Sep 2026
- Terminal access
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Terminal interface
- Its keyboard-driven TUI includes slash commands, a model switcher, file diffs, and a live status bar.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Workspace tools
- Its tools can read and write workspace files, search code, find files, and run shell commands.checked 12 Oct 2026
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