Pi
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Pi, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Pi's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Pi | Free | MIT-licensed software · model access requires a connected provider, subscription, API key, local model, or compatible endpoint |
The facts
Each one read from Pi's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Where it runs
- Android support
- Pi runs on Android through Termux; text input, file tools, shell commands, and optional text clipboard integration are supported.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Windows support
- Pi can run as a native Windows process or inside WSL, using Git Bash by default for native Bash commands.checked 12 Oct 2026
What it does
- Chat assistance
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Codebase indexing
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Coding agent
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Customization
- Users can extend Pi with prompts, skills, executable integrations, terminal interface changes, model connections, and packages.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Extensibility
- Extensions are TypeScript modules with access to tools, commands, keyboard shortcuts, events, and the full terminal UI.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Intended work
- The maker lists software development, research notes, writing projects, data files, and hobby work as uses for Pi.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- The site identifies Pi as MIT-licensed software.checked 12 Oct 2026
- MCP
- The product page says MCP is built in, Codemode lets agents compose tool calls in a JavaScript sandbox, and MCP extensions remain supported.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Model authentication
- The product page says users can authenticate to providers using API keys or OAuth.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Model providers
- The product page lists Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Azure, Bedrock, Mistral, Groq, Cerebras, xAI, Hugging Face, Kimi For Coding, MiniMax, NVIDIA, OpenRouter, and Ollama among supported providers.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Modes and embedding
- Pi supports print mode, JSON event stream mode, RPC mode, and a TypeScript SDK for embedding it in an application.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Notable omissions
- The maker says Pi does not include built-in sub-agents, plan mode, permission popups, to-dos, or background bash.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security
- Pi runs tools and extensions with the permissions of its process and does not sandbox tool calls; its security guide recommends isolation to limit access and impact.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Session history
- Pi stores sessions as trees in a single file, lets users navigate branches, and can export sessions to HTML or share them as a GitHub gist.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support and community
- The product page directs bug reports and feature requests to GitHub, discussion and sharing to Discord, and setup help to its documentation.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Terminal access
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- What it does
- Pi is an extensible AI agent that runs from a terminal and can inspect files, run commands, edit content, and work through multi-step tasks.checked 12 Oct 2026
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