grok-cli
An open-source coding agent for the Grok API
About grok-cli
An open-source terminal coding agent that connects to xAI’s Grok API — real-time X search, web search, the full Grok model lineup, sub-agents on by default, remote control via Telegram (pair once, drive the agent from your phone while the CLI runs), and a terminal UI built with Bun and OpenTUI.
Prerequisites: a Grok API key from x.ai and a modern terminal emulator for the interactive OpenTUI experience. Headless --prompt mode does not depend on terminal UI support. If you want host desktop automation via the built-in computer sub-agent, also enable Accessibility permission for your terminal app on macOS.
For the most reliable interactive OpenTUI experience, use a modern terminal emulator. We currently document and recommend:
grok-cli is an open-source project written primarily in TypeScript, with 3.2k stars on GitHub. It was last updated in July 2026.
grok-cli vs. the alternatives
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| grok-cli | 3.2k | TypeScript | MIT | Open source |
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