Open Interpreter
A command-line coding agent built to work with open language models such as Kimi and GLM.
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About Open Interpreter
Open Interpreter is a coding agent that runs in the terminal and lets a language model read, write and run code on your computer. The project now describes itself as a coding agent for open models, naming Kimi K3 and GLM 5.3.
The repository is very active, with more than 10,000 commits. It suits developers who want an agent-style coding assistant driven by open-weight models rather than a single commercial provider.
Strengths
- Designed around open-weight language models
- Runs in the terminal as a coding agent
- Large, active project with a big user base
Limitations
- Lets a model run code on your machine, so review what it does
- The project has changed direction over time, so older guides may not apply
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree to download from GitHub.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- The Open Interpreter contributors
- Platforms
- Command line
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- Developers who want a terminal coding agent powered by open models
- Categories
- Local AI tools, Developer tools, AI assistants
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
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Open Interpreter as an alternative
Listings that name Open Interpreter as an alternative.
Cline
An open-source AI coding agent for VS Code, the terminal and a standalone desktop app.
Open Interpreter is a terminal coding agent built around open-weight models such as Kimi and GLM, with no editor extension or desktop app.
Gemini CLI
Google's open source AI agent for the terminal, powered by Gemini.
Open Interpreter is a terminal coding agent designed around open-weight models such as Kimi and GLM rather than Gemini's cloud models.
GitHub Copilot
An AI coding assistant from GitHub that suggests code and carries out coding tasks in editors and terminals.
Open Interpreter is a free terminal coding agent built around open-weight models, running code on your machine instead of a GitHub-hosted service.
OpenHands
Self-hosted control centre for running coding agents against your projects.
Open Interpreter is a terminal coding agent designed around open-weight models such as Kimi and GLM, and it is not open source unlike OpenHands.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
Ollama
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LLM
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llama.cpp
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LM Studio
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