hax
hax is a terminal-native coding agent distributed as a lightweight C binary. It supports local models through llama.cpp and Ollama as well as OpenAI-compatible, Anthropic-compatible, Codex, and OpenRouter providers, with streaming output, inspectable transcripts, and resumable sessions for terminal-focused developers.
Overview
8 featuresIn the Coding AI & assistants space, hax takes a focused approach. It focuses on writing and reviewing code with AI directly from a lightweight terminal workflow. hax is an open-source project aimed at developers who work primarily in the terminal. The project is open source (MIT). hax is available on the command line, and it can be self-hosted.
Open Source Maintainers builds and maintains hax, and it first shipped in 2026. Development happens publicly on GitHub with 56 stars and 237 commits in the last 90 days. Among its 8 catalogued features are Streaming Markdown, live tool output, and transcript view.
Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.
- Streaming Markdown
- Live tool output
- Transcript view
- Wire protocol trace
- Local model support
- Provider switching
- Session resume
- One-shot mode
Built with & integrations
- openai
- bgpt- in the HTML
- local_oss
- bollama in the HTML · bllama in the HTML
- Cloudflare
- cf-ray header · cf-cache-status header
Trust & compliance
Indexing history
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- Indexed12 Aug · 15:10 UTCHax – a minimalist, terminal-native coding agent written in C verified against its public sourceSource: PulseGate · Open
Frequently asked questions about hax
- What is hax?
- Hax focuses on writing and reviewing code with AI directly from a lightweight terminal workflow. It is catalogued under Coding AI & assistants on PulseGate.
- Who should use hax?
- hax is an open-source project built for developers who work primarily in the terminal.
- Does hax have a free plan?
- Yes — hax is open source under the MIT license and free to use.
- What platforms does hax run on?
- hax runs on the command line. It can also be self-hosted.
- Is hax still active?
- The GitHub repository shows 237 commits in the last 90 days.
- Who develops hax?
- hax is developed by Open Source Maintainers.
- When did hax launch?
- hax first shipped in 2026.
- Is hax open source?
- Yes — hax is open source under the MIT license, developed on GitHub.
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