VTCode

Why we included this project

VTCode brings an AI coding agent into the terminal as a full TUI, which suits developers who rarely leave the shell. You can ask questions, run refactors, and review uncommitted changes without switching windows, and the tooling underneath is practical: ripgrep for search, ast-grep for symbol maps, and file operations designed to be safe. It supports 30 built-in model providers, and local inference works through Ollama, LM Studio, or llama.cpp. The project also connects to the wider agent ecosystem via MCP, Agent Skills, plugins, and the Agent Client Protocol, so it can slot into workflows you already have. Safety gets explicit attention through a restricted shell sandbox, tool guardrails, and provider whitelisting, which gives teams control over what the agent is allowed to execute.