edgecrab-cli 0.5.0

EdgeCrab CLI — Super Powerful Personal Assistant inspired by NousHermes and OpenClaw. Single static binary, blazing-fast TUI, multi-provider LLM.

edgecrab-cli (PyPI)

EdgeCrab — Super Powerful Personal Assistant inspired by NousHermes and OpenClaw.
Blazing-fast TUI · ReAct tool loop · Multi-provider LLM · ACP protocol · Rust-native prebuilt binary.

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Installation

pip install edgecrab-cli

On first run, the package automatically downloads the correct pre-built Rust binary for your platform (macOS arm64/x64, Linux x64/arm64, Windows x64) from GitHub Releases.

No Rust, GCC, or build tools are required.

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Quick Start

# First-run setup wizard — detects API keys, writes ~/.edgecrab/config.yaml
edgecrab setup

# Verify your environment
edgecrab doctor

# Start the interactive TUI
edgecrab

# One-shot query (pipe-friendly)
edgecrab "summarise the git log for today"

# Pick a specific LLM provider
edgecrab --model anthropic/claude-opus-4 "explain this codebase"

# Quiet / pipe mode
edgecrab --quiet "write a Rust hello-world"

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Why EdgeCrab?

EdgeCrab is a Rust-native autonomous coding agent and personal assistant, inspired by the reasoning depth of NousHermes and the tool-use power of OpenClaw.

Feature	Detail
Single binary	Self-contained prebuilt binary, < 50 ms startup, measured macOS release artifact is about 49 MB
Multi-provider LLM	Copilot · OpenAI · Anthropic · Gemini · xAI · DeepSeek · Ollama
ReAct tool loop	File, terminal, web search, memory, process, skill tools
ratatui TUI	60 fps capable terminal UI with streaming output
ACP protocol	Built-in JSON-RPC 2.0 stdio adapter for VS Code Copilot
Built-in security	Path safety, SSRF protection, command scanning, output redaction

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Supported Providers

copilot · openai · anthropic · gemini · xai · deepseek · huggingface · zai · openrouter · ollama · lmstudio

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Alternative Installation Methods

Method	Command
PyPI	pip install edgecrab-cli
npm	npm install -g edgecrab-cli
Cargo	cargo install edgecrab-cli
Docker	docker pull ghcr.io/raphaelmansuy/edgecrab:latest
Pre-built binary	GitHub Releases

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Documentation

Full docs: edgecrab.com

• Quick Start
• Installation Guide
• CLI Commands Reference

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License

MIT © Raphael Mansuy