Best Terminal Tools

Aider

4.4 rating

Aider is an open-source AI pair programming tool for your terminal that connects to leading LLMs (Claude 3.7 Sonnet, DeepSeek, GPT-4o, o1) to help you start new projects or work on existing codebases. It integrates with git, supports multi-file editing, and is consistently ranked as a top AI coding tool by SWE-bench.

Claude Code

4.4 rating

Claude Code is Anthropic's agentic coding tool that deeply understands your codebase, edits files, runs commands, and integrates with your development workflow. Available in your terminal, IDE, desktop app, and browser, it enables fully autonomous coding sessions powered by Claude — Anthropic's most capable AI model.

Claude Squad

4.4 rating

Terminal app for managing multiple AI coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, Aider) in parallel isolated workspaces using tmux sessions and git worktrees.

How2

Unrated

AI assistant suggesting shell commands for Unix terminals with safety features preventing code injection.

Plandex

4.4 rating

Open-source, terminal-based AI coding agent designed for large projects. Features a 2M token context window, cumulative diff review sandbox, and multi-model support across 30+ languages.

cmux

4.4 rating

Native macOS terminal built for AI coding agents. Features vertical tabs, notification system, in-app browser with scriptable API, and multi-agent workspace orchestration.

gmux

4.4 rating

Lightweight Ghostty + tmux integration for agentic coding. Provides agent working indicators, live port watching, and window switching with minimal overhead.