Same brain. Zero GUI.
Seven modes, the full toolset, persistent memory, the whole persona conductor — in your terminal. No browser, no editor. Run it from source today; the npm package is on the way.
Model: Qwen 3.5 Flash (free)
Mode: Code
Run it from source
It’s fully open source. Clone, build, run — three lines. A one-command npm install is coming.
Sign in for 300 free credits a month, or add your own API keys — or point it at a local model and pay nothing.
The conductor, in your terminal
In Code mode every response flows through specialists — and the CLI shows each one think in real time.
No nonsense. Full power.
The full toolset
File ops, search, git, shell, web, testing, architecture, security, memory, tasks, journal, learning — all of it, in the terminal.
Seven modes
Code (>>), Plan (::), Chat (..), Teach (??), Security (!!), Brainstorm (**), Write (<<) — switch with a prefix.
20+ models
300 free credits a month with an account. Bring your own keys, or run a local model for $0.
Five-layer memory
Recall before acting, distil after. She carries your decisions across sessions.
Streaming output
Token-by-token, with markdown rendering and syntax highlighting. Watch Ava think.
20 languages
The REPL adapts to your locale, like every other surface.
Tiny footprint
No Electron, no browser, no GUI runtime. Just Node.js.
Open source
Apache-2.0. Read it, fork it, run it your way.
Works anywhere you have a terminal
SSH into a remote box, open a Chromebook shell, spin up a container. If you can run node, you can run Ava — no display server, no port forwarding.