AI AGENTS
Plandex
by Plandex AI
Overview
Open-source terminal AI coding agent for large, multi-step software tasks across real-world codebases.
Details
Plandex is an open-source terminal AI coding agent for large, multi-step software tasks across real-world codebases. The supplied official sources describe support for planning, diffs, command execution, and local self-hosting. Its documentation includes a quickstart for installation, hosting options, model-provider setup, and starting the Plandex REPL with `plandex` or `pdx`; the self-hosting guide describes a client-server architecture and local-mode setup using the GitHub repo, Docker, and the CLI.
When to Use
Use for large, multi-step coding tasks that need planning and reviewable diffs across an existing codebase. Use when a terminal-based AI coding workflow and local self-hosting option are important. Use when you want an open-source AI coding agent with documented quickstart and self-hosting guides.
Getting Started
- Read the official quickstart at https://docs.plandex.ai/quick-start/.
- Install Plandex and choose a hosting option as described in the quickstart.
- Configure a model provider, then start the Plandex REPL with `plandex` or `pdx`.
- For local self-hosting, follow the local-mode self-hosting guide using the GitHub repo, Docker, and the CLI.
Key Features
- •Terminal AI coding agent workflow
- •Planning for large, multi-step software tasks
- •Diff generation for code changes
- •Command execution
- •Open-source project with GitHub repository
- •Local self-hosting support with documented client-server architecture
Capabilities
- •code-generation
- •coding-agent
- •planning
- •diff-generation
- •command-execution
- •self-hosting
Last updated Jun 12, 2026