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gptme

Your agent in your terminal, equipped with local tools.

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What is gptme?

gptme is an open-source terminal agent that writes code, runs shell commands, browses the web and remembers context. It runs on your machine with local tools and supports OpenAI, Anthropic, OpenRouter and local models, making it a persistent autonomous assistant for developers.

Pros

  • Fully open-source and self-hosted
  • Local tools for code, shell and browsing
  • Supports many model providers

Cons

  • Terminal-first workflow
  • Setup requires some technical comfort

Who should use gptme

Developers who want a private, terminal-based AI agent with local tool use.

Who may not need it

Users who want a polished GUI assistant or fully managed cloud service.

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