mothx-installer 1.1.73

AI coding assistant for the terminal

Rename notice: VibeCoding is now MothX. PyPI install name: mothx-installer (pipx install mothx-installer or pip install mothx-installer).

MothX

MothX was formerly known as VibeCoding. Each wheel includes a platform-native mothx binary. The vibecoding console command is still registered as a compatibility alias during the rename transition.

Installation

pip install mothx-installer

Or with an isolated environment:

pipx install mothx-installer

After installation, the mothx command is available on your PATH.

Quick Start

# Set your API key
export DEEPSEEK_API_KEY=sk-...

# Start an interactive session
mothx

# Or ask a question directly
mothx -P "Write a Go HTTP server"

Choose Your Mode

Every session runs in one of three modes, switchable anytime with Tab or /mode:

Mode	Files	Network	Best For
Plan	Read-only	✗	Analysis, code review, safe exploration
Agent	Read/Write	✗	Daily development (default)
YOLO	Full	✓	System administration, automation

mothx --mode plan     # read-only
mothx --mode agent    # standard (default)
mothx --mode yolo     # full access

Multi-Provider Support

Switch providers with a single flag:

# DeepSeek (default)
mothx --provider deepseek-openai --model deepseek-v4-flash

# OpenAI
mothx --provider openai --model gpt-4o

# Anthropic
mothx --provider anthropic --model claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022

# 20+ vendor adapters supported: Gemini, Kimi, Volcengine, Mistral,
# OpenRouter, Groq, Bedrock, GitHub Copilot, and more

Session Management

MothX persists conversation history in SQLite with branching support:

mothx                    # start new session
mothx --continue         # resume last session
mothx --resume <id>      # resume a specific session
mothx --session <file>   # open a specific session file

Sessions live in ~/.mothx/sessions/ (Linux/macOS) or %APPDATA%\mothx\sessions\ (Windows).

Print / CI Mode

Use MothX in non-interactive mode for scripting and CI/CD:

mothx -P "Write unit tests for auth.go"
mothx -P "Generate a CHANGELOG from git log" > CHANGELOG.md
echo "Explain this function" | mothx -P

Use --mode plan for read-only tasks and pair with --print to fail fast when approval is required.

Think Mode

Enable deeper reasoning for complex problems:

mothx --thinking high "Solve this architecture problem"

Levels: off, minimal, low, medium, high, xhigh — toggle in TUI with /think.

Security & Sandboxing

MothX uses bubblewrap for process-level isolation. Three layers of protection:

• Blacklist — dangerous commands (rm -rf, sudo) are always blocked, even in YOLO mode
• Approval gates — Agent mode prompts before executing bash commands
• Whitelist — pre-approve safe commands in settings.json:

{
  "approval": {
    "bashWhitelist": ["go ", "make ", "git ", "npm "],
    "bashBlacklist": ["rm -rf", "sudo"],
    "confirmBeforeWrite": true
  }
}

Skills System

Skills are reusable prompt snippets for project conventions:

# List skills
> /skills

# Activate a skill
> /skill my-conventions

Place SKILL.md files in:

• Global — ~/.mothx/skills/<name>/SKILL.md
• Project — .skills/<name>/SKILL.md (overrides global)

Compatible with SkillHub for discovering and sharing community skills.

IDE Integration

MothX speaks Agent Client Protocol (ACP), integrating with VS Code, Zed, and JetBrains IDEs.

VS Code

Add to .vscode/settings.json:

{
  "acp.agents": {
    "mothx": {
      "command": "mothx",
      "args": ["acp", "--mode", "agent"]
    }
  }
}

JetBrains (IntelliJ, WebStorm, etc.)

Go to Settings → Tools → ACP Agents and add:

• Name: MothX
• Command: mothx
• Arguments: acp --mode agent

Serve Mode

Run MothX as a unified OpenAI-compatible HTTP API, Web UI, and messaging server:

mothx serve

Config in ~/.mothx/serve.json or .mothx/serve.json. Ideal for team sharing, CI/CD pipelines, messaging channels, and embedding into your own tools.

Multi-Agent Mode

Enable sub-agent delegation and cron workflows:

mothx --multi-agent

Sub-agent tools: subagent_spawn, subagent_status, subagent_send, subagent_destroy.

For a single blocking investigation:

mothx --delegate

Messaging Channels

Deploy MothX as a chatbot on WeChat, Feishu, or WebSocket:

mothx serve

Messaging channel config lives in serve.json. Each user gets an independent, persistent session.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Enter	Submit prompt
Alt+Enter / Ctrl+J	Insert newline
Tab	Cycle mode (plan → agent → yolo)
Esc	Abort current operation
Ctrl+O	Open tool details
Ctrl+G	Toggle compact display
Ctrl+T	Toggle thinking display

Supported Platforms

• Linux x86_64, arm64, ppc64le, s390x
• Linux musl x86_64, arm64
• macOS x86_64, arm64
• Windows x64, arm64

Other platforms (LoongArch64, RISC-V64, *BSD) are available via npm install -g mothx-installer or the one-line installer.

Diagnostics

mothx doctor

Checks config files, API connections, sandbox, MCP servers, sessions, and skills.

Uninstall

pip uninstall mothx-installer

# or if you used pipx:
pipx uninstall mothx-installer

Links

• Homepage — https://github.com/startvibecoding/mothx
• Documentation — https://github.com/startvibecoding/mothx/tree/main/docs
• Changelog — https://github.com/startvibecoding/mothx/blob/main/docs/en/changelog.md
• Issues — https://github.com/startvibecoding/mothx/issues
• License — MIT