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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

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

Topics

cli

deepseek

llm

rust

terminal

tui

Quick Actions

Details

Creator

Hmbown

Language

Rust

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