OpenClaude is an open-source coding-agent CLI that runs anywhere and works with almost any model. One terminal-first workflow gives you prompts, tools, agents, and MCP โ no matter which provider is behind it.
OpenClaude is an open-source project on GitHub with around 34,000 stars, created in 2026 and updated daily. Rather than tying you to one vendor, it connects to OpenAI-compatible APIs, Gemini, GitHub Models, Codex, Ollama, Atomic Chat, and many other backends, while keeping a single consistent interface: bash and file tools, grep and glob search, sub-agents, tasks, slash commands, streaming output, and MCP support. A guided /provider command sets up credentials and saved profiles, background sessions let long prompts run detached, and a bundled VS Code extension adds editor integration.
The project keeps growing extra capabilities around the core agent: smart auto-routing that picks models per task, per-agent routing and step limits, reusable skills, scheduled tasks, a repository map for codebase intelligence, and even an Android installation path. A security policy and a large automated test suite are part of the repository, reflecting its aim to be a daily-driver tool rather than a demo.
OpenClaude is free and open source โ install it with npm and bring your own model access, whether that is a cloud API key, a subscription login, or a fully local model running on your machine.
Developers who like the terminal-based coding-agent workflow but want provider freedom: switching between OpenAI, Gemini, open-weight models, and local inference without changing tools.