Pi is a minimal agent harness for the terminal. It ships with sensible defaults but leaves out features like sub-agents and plan mode; you add what you want with extensions, skills, prompt templates and themes, or ask Pi to build them. It also runs in print/JSON mode, over RPC, or as a TypeScript SDK.
It needs Node.js 22.19 or later; the install script sets that up. Pi has no built-in permission system and runs with your user's rights, so its docs show how to put it in a container or sandbox.
Pi is free under MIT. It works with Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, OpenRouter, Ollama and more, so your code goes only to the provider you pick, or stays on your Mac with a local model.
How to Get It
curl -fsSL https://pi.dev/install.sh | shnpm install -g --ignore-scripts @earendil-works/pi-coding-agentbrew install pi-coding-agentOfficial downloads only. MLX never re-hosts an app, and never runs a command for you.
MLX Score
Ranked against the coding agents listings, from real public data only. How the score works.
Pairs Well With
OllamaRun locally
HerdrAgents
oh-my-piCodingInformation
- Developer
- Earendil
- Category
- Coding agents
- Price
- Free (Free and open source; you pay your model provider, or use a local model through Ollama.)
- Your data
- On your Mac or in the cloud
- Licence
- MIT
- Mac
- Runs on a Mac (no minimum stated)
- iPhone and iPad
- —
- Facts checked
- 2026-11-03
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