Anime is now open source
Today we're releasing the full source code of Anime under the MIT license. Build with it, fork it, make it yours.
From day one, Anime was designed to be an open tool. We believe that the best developer tools are the ones you can inspect, modify, and extend. Today, we're making that official.
Why open source
AI coding assistants sit at the center of your development workflow. They read your code, execute commands on your machine, and modify your files. We think it's important that developers can:
- • Audit the code — know exactly what's running on your system
- • Extend functionality — add custom tools, integrations, and workflows
- • Self-host — run Anime with your own infrastructure and API keys
- • Contribute back — help shape the future of terminal-native AI
What's included
The repository contains everything you need to build and run Anime from source:
- 📦 The full Rust codebase, including the terminal UI and sandbox runtime
- 🔧 All built-in tools: file editing, terminal, search, web fetch, and codebase graph
- 📖 Documentation for building custom tools and providers
- 🧪 The full test suite
Built on Grok Build
Anime is powered by Grok Build, xAI's frontier coding model. The open source release includes the client, tools, and runtime — bringing the power of Grok's reasoning directly to your terminal.
Get started
Clone the repo and start building: