Coding agent · CLI / TUI
Crush (Charmbracelet)
Quick answer: Terminal lovers who want a glamorous BYOK coding agent on the Charm stack.
Best for
Terminal lovers who want a glamorous BYOK coding agent on the Charm stack.
Skip if
You want GUI IDE agents or cloud orchestration.
Pros
Polished Charm TUI coding agent; multi-model mid-session switch; MCP; LSP-enhanced context; wide OS packaging; large GitHub traction.
Cons
Terminal-only; you manage model keys/quality.
Facts
- Locality:
- Local-first
- Surfaces:
- CLI
- Maturity:
- General availability
- BYOK:
- Bring your own API key
- Open source:
- Source available
- Free tier:
- Free option available
- MCP:
- Model Context Protocol support
Agent standards & memory
AGENTS.md: PartialSKILL.md: PartialRules / memory: Session contexts; LSP-enhanced project context.100% Free (Open-source, BYOK).
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