Acolyte

An open-source, terminal-first AI coding agent with a single-pass lifecycle, on-demand memory, and transparent execution. Every decision visible, every behavior overridable.

Install

curl -fsSL https://acolyte.sh/install | sh

What does this do?

Then initialize your provider:

acolyte init

Development

Requires Bun.

git clone https://github.com/cniska/acolyte.git
cd acolyte
bun install
bun run dev           # starts server + CLI client

bun run verify        # lint + typecheck + all tests
bun test              # all tests
bun run test:unit     # unit tests only
bun run test:int      # integration tests
bun run test:tui      # visual regression tests
bun run test:perf     # performance baselines

Documentation

• Index
• Why Acolyte
• Contributing
• Benchmarks
• Agent policy

License

MIT