GitHub - tallesborges/zdx: An agentic CLI, built in rust.

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Zdx is a coding agent built in Rust. I made it to have customization freedom and also for learnig purpose.

Zdx demo

Disclaimer

  • YOLO mode: the agent can access your files and tools. It can make destructive changes. Use at your own risk.
  • Early-stage: expect breaking changes and unstable behavior while the project evolves.

Quickstart

Install

Shell (macOS/Linux):

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/tallesborges/zdx/releases/latest/download/zdx-installer.sh | sh

Homebrew:

brew install tallesborges/zdx/zdx

From source:

git clone https://github.com/tallesborges/zdx.git
cd zdx
cargo install --path crates/zdx-cli

Run

Exec mode

Telegram bot

First time? Run zdx config init and set your provider + telegram keys.

Features

  • Just the ones I use

Inspiration

This project was inspired by several excellent tools in the agentic coding space:

  • pi-mono — AI-powered coding agent with terminal UI and SDK for AI-assisted development
  • codex — OpenAI's open-source terminal-based agentic coding assistant
  • AMP — Great UX inspiration for agentic coding workflows
  • opencode — Open-source AI coding agent with TUI, desktop app, and VS Code extension
  • oh-my-pi

License

MIT