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CodeWhale: AI-Powered Coding

Name: CodeWhale: AI-Powered Coding
Author: Hmbown

Get AI-driven coding assistance in your terminal with CodeWhale, ideal for founders. 36k+ GitHub stars.

36,603 stars3,148 forksRustUpdated 6/2/2026100% free · open source

What it does

CodeWhale provides AI-driven coding assistance directly in your terminal, helping founders with coding tasks using the DeepSeek and MiMo coding agents

Install / run

git clone https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale.git && cd CodeWhale

When to use it

•You're a founder who needs help with coding tasks but lacks extensive programming knowledge
•You want to automate repetitive coding tasks and focus on higher-level decisions
•You're looking for a terminal-based AI coding assistant with a large community of users (36k+ GitHub stars)

Quick start

1Build the project with the command 'cargo build' to compile the Rust code
2Run the CodeWhale agent with the command './target/debug/codewhale'
3Use the '--help' flag to explore available options and commands, such as './target/debug/codewhale --help'
4Configure the agent by modifying the 'config.json' file in the project directory
5Test the agent with a simple prompt, such as 'codewhale suggest function to sort a list in Rust'

Ready-to-paste prompt

./target/debug/codewhale suggest function to implement a binary search algorithm in Rust

Heads up: Make sure you have Rust and Cargo installed on your system, as CodeWhale is built with Rust and requires these tools to run

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Topics

cli

deepseek

llm

rust

terminal

tui

What's inside — free to inspect

No purchase needed

Read the entire source before you build — unlike paid marketplaces that hide it behind a buy button.

top-level files

folders

45.3M

repo size

MIT

license

Key files

AGENTS.md

config.example.toml

package.json

README.ja-JP.md

README.md

README.vi.md

File tree

.cargo/

.codewhale/

.devcontainer/

.github/

assets/

benchmark_results/

crates/

deploy/

docs/

extensions/

integrations/

nix/

npm/

scripts/

web/

workflows/

.cnb.yml

.dockerignore

.env.example

.gitattributes

.gitignore

.mailmap

AGENTS.md

Cargo.lock

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Details

Creator

Hmbown

Language

Rust

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