openlaoke 0.1.8

Open-source terminal AI coding assistant

OpenLaoKe

Open-source terminal AI coding assistant.

Features

• Interactive REPL with rich terminal UI
• Multi-Provider Support - Anthropic, OpenAI, Ollama, LM Studio, and custom endpoints
• Tool System with 9 built-in tools:
  • Bash - Execute shell commands with streaming output
  • Read - Read file contents with line range support
  • Write - Create/overwrite files
  • Edit - Targeted find-and-replace file edits with diff output
  • Glob - Fast file pattern matching (respects .gitignore)
  • Grep - Regex search across files with multiple output modes
  • Agent - Spawn sub-agents for parallel work
  • Taskkill - Kill running tasks
  • NotebookWrite - Write Jupyter notebook cells
• MCP Support - Connect to external MCP tool servers
• Permission System - Three modes: default, auto, bypass
• Session Persistence - Auto-save and resume sessions
• Cost Tracking - Real-time token usage and cost display
• Slash Commands - 11 built-in commands (/help, /model, /cost, /compact, etc.)
• Hook System - Extensible pre/post hooks for tool and API calls
• Proxy Support - No proxy, system proxy, or custom proxy

Installation

# Clone and install
cd OpenLaoKe
pip install -e .

# Or with uv (recommended)
uv pip install -e .

Usage

# First run (shows configuration wizard)
openlaoke

# Reconfigure
openlaoke --config

# Non-interactive mode
openlaoke "Write a Python script that sorts a list"

# With options
openlaoke -m gpt-4o -p auto
openlaoke --provider ollama -m llama3.2
openlaoke --proxy http://127.0.0.1:7890
openlaoke --cwd /path/to/project

Supported Providers

Provider	Type	API Key Required
Anthropic	Cloud	Yes
OpenAI	Cloud	Yes
Ollama	Local	No
LM Studio	Local	No
OpenAI-Compatible	Custom	Optional

Environment Variables

Variable	Description
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY	Anthropic API key
OPENAI_API_KEY	OpenAI API key
OPENLAOKE_MODEL	Default model

Slash Commands

Command	Description
/help	Show available commands
/exit	Exit OpenLaoKe
/clear	Clear screen and conversation
/model [name]	Show or change model
/permission [mode]	Change permission mode
/compact	Compact conversation
/cost	Show session cost and usage
/cwd [path]	Show or change working directory
/resume	Resume last session
/commands	Show example commands
/settings	Show current settings

Architecture

openlaoke/
├── core/           # Core systems
│   ├── state.py    # Centralized state management
│   ├── tool.py     # Tool base class and registry
│   ├── task.py     # Task lifecycle management
│   ├── multi_provider_api.py  # Multi-provider API client
│   ├── repl.py     # REPL interaction loop
│   ├── config_wizard.py  # Configuration wizard
│   └── ...
├── tools/          # Tool implementations
├── commands/       # Slash commands
├── services/       # External services (MCP)
├── components/     # UI components (TUI)
├── types/          # Type definitions
└── utils/          # Utilities

Development

# Install dev dependencies
pip install -e ".[dev]"

# Run linter
ruff check .

# Run tests
pytest

# Build package
python -m build

Configuration

User config is stored at ~/.openlaoke/config.json. You can edit it directly or use /settings in the REPL.

License

GPLv3