free-code 0.1.0

Free AI coding assistant — Claude Code alternative

free-code

Free AI coding assistant for your terminal. Powered by Free.ai.

Install

pip install free-code

Quick Start

# Interactive coding session in your project directory
cd your-project/
free-code

# Ask a one-shot question about your codebase
free-code ask "How does the auth system work?"

# Execute a task
free-code run "Add unit tests for the User model"

# Initialize and scan codebase
free-code init

Commands

Command	Description
free-code	Interactive coding session (alias: free-code chat)
free-code ask "question"	One-shot question about the codebase
free-code run "task"	Execute a coding task
free-code init	Initialize config, scan codebase
free-code config	Show current configuration
free-code config set key value	Set a config value
free-code login	Authenticate with Free.ai

Configuration

Config is stored at ~/.free-code/config.yaml.

# Set your Free.ai token
free-code config set token sk-free-xxx

# Use your own API key (BYOK)
free-code config set provider openai
free-code config set api_key sk-xxx

# Choose a model
free-code config set model qwen2.5-coder-32b

# Enable safe mode (confirm before file writes)
free-code config set safe_mode true

Supported Providers

• free.ai (default) — Free tier with daily limits, paid plans for more
• openai — Bring your own OpenAI API key
• anthropic — Bring your own Anthropic API key
• google — Bring your own Google AI API key
• openrouter — Access 300+ models with one key

Features

• Reads and edits files in your project
• Shell command execution (with confirmation)
• Git integration (status, diff, commit, branch)
• Test runner auto-detection (pytest, jest, go test, cargo test)
• Streaming output with syntax highlighting
• Context window optimization
• .gitignore-aware file discovery

License

MIT