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CodeAlta TUI: a keyboard-first terminal UI for agentic AI coding on your local projects, with durable sessions, model providers, MCP servers, skills and plugins. Start it with the altatui command.

Published
Oct 12, 2026
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Install

dotnet add package CodeAlta.Tui.linux-x64 --version 1.7.3

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README

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CodeAlta is an open-source workspace for AI coding agents, local code, terminals and Git. It runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, with a desktop app and a terminal UI.

No telemetry: CodeAlta does not send usage analytics to its developers.

🚀 Install

Install .NET 10, then install CodeAlta Desktop, the app we recommend:

dotnet tool install -g CodeAlta
alta

CodeAlta TUI shares your profile, providers and sessions. Install both and continue your work in either:

dotnet tool install -g CodeAlta.Tui
altatui

Launch the app from a project folder. On first launch it opens the provider setup: sign in with a ChatGPT or GitHub Copilot subscription, or add an API key.

See Getting Started for requirements and the first steps.

✨ Features

CodeAlta Desktop brings together:

  • Sessions & delegation: run agents in split panes; resume, queue, steer and delegate work.
  • Code & Git: search and edit files, run terminals and inspect diffs.
  • Worktrees: give sessions separate checkouts and branches; manage and clean them up.
  • Work items: review agent-proposed tasks and plans; start, defer or dismiss them.
  • Issues & pull requests: browse issues and PRs on GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps or Bitbucket, plus Jira issues; start sessions and open PRs.
  • Automations: start sessions on a schedule, issue/PR events or on demand.
  • Canvases: use interactive boards, checklists and custom tools beside your conversations.
  • Plugins: ask agents to build trusted local .NET canvases, dialogs, tools, commands and buttons for one project or the whole workspace.
  • Local statistics: track activity, models, tokens, costs and tool use by project, session or sub-agent, all on your computer.
  • Spaces: group projects and tab layouts; switch spaces while agents keep working.
  • Welcome page: jump back to recent projects and sessions, with useful shortcuts.
  • Built-in documentation: read the guide beside your work, or ask an agent to help.
  • Model choice: use Claude Code, Codex or GitHub Copilot subscriptions, or APIs; choose provider, model and reasoning effort per session.
  • Permissions & visibility: set each session to ask first, accept edits or run freely; inspect tool inputs, outputs, file changes and live commands.
  • Agent prompts: plan, build, review or define your own roles.
  • Skills & MCP: bring in skills, tools and services.
  • Copilot compatibility: reuse .github instructions, skills and agents unchanged.
  • UI automation: let agents see and drive CodeAlta through built-in tools or MCP.
  • Storage: manage local disk usage and cleanup.

📖 Documentation

Visit the website for the feature tour and user guide, including model providers and how Desktop and TUI compare.

For architecture and contributor guidance, see the developer documentation.

🪪 License

CodeAlta is released under the BSD-2-Clause license.

🤗 Author

Alexandre Mutel aka xoofx.

Changes from Previous Version

No structural changes between v1.7.2 and v1.7.3.

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