kolega-code 0.5.1

Local-first AI coding agent for the terminal

kolega-code

Kolega Code is a local-first AI coding agent for the terminal.

The package owns the kolega_code import namespace and provides the kolega-code command.

Install

Install with the public installer:

curl -fsSL https://kolega.dev/install-kolega-code.sh | sh

Or install directly from PyPI with uv:

uv tool install kolega-code

Verify the command is available:

kolega-code --version

Upgrade or uninstall:

kolega-code update
uv tool uninstall kolega-code

Running the installer again also updates an existing install to the latest released version.

Run the Textual UI and open the Settings tab to pick any provider and model from the catalog, choose the model's thinking effort, and save your API key:

kolega-code .

In the Textual UI, press Shift+Tab to switch between build mode and planning mode. Planning mode uses a standalone read-only planning agent; when it submits a complete plan, choose whether to implement it or keep discussing the plan.

All CLI sessions use the CLI-specific coding-agent prompt, including resumed sessions. Launching the UI starts a fresh thread by default. Resume an existing thread explicitly:

kolega-code . --resume
kolega-code . --resume <thread-or-session-id>

You can also use env/flag based configuration for non-UI commands. API key variables provide credentials only; set a provider/model explicitly or save one in the Settings UI:

export KOLEGA_CODE_PROVIDER=deepseek
export DEEPSEEK_API_KEY=...
kolega-code ask "summarize this repository" --project .
kolega-code ask "summarize this repository" --project . --provider deepseek --model deepseek-v4-pro
kolega-code sessions list --project .
kolega-code doctor --project .

The Settings UI exposes every model in the catalog (kolega_code/llm/specs.py) across all supported providers — the provider and model dropdowns are derived from that catalog, so adding a model there makes it selectable in the UI automatically. A saved UI selection is used for all agent model roles, and switching models resets thinking effort to that model's default. API keys are stored in the local CLI settings file with restrictive permissions. Existing environment and model/provider flag overrides continue to work, but API key variables alone never select a provider or model. Local session state is stored under the platform state directory unless KOLEGA_CODE_STATE_DIR is set.

From source

git clone https://github.com/kolega-ai/kolega-code.git
cd kolega-code
uv sync --extra dev
uv run kolega-code --version

Tests

Fast tests run by default:

./run_tests.sh

Some slow and integration tests require real provider credentials. To run them locally, create an ignored .env file from the example and fill only the keys you need:

cp .env.example .env
./run_tests.sh --all

The test runner loads .env through pytest and keeps existing shell environment variables higher priority than values in the file. You can pass additional pytest arguments through the wrapper:

./run_tests.sh kolega_code/agent/tests/llm/test_client.py -ra