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Your AI Coding Partner, On Your Terms.

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Local-First • Sandboxed • Model-Agnostic

Dodo is an open-source AI agent that lives in your terminal. It helps you build, refactor, and understand code without sending your IP to the cloud (unless you want to).

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Dodo Demo

Why Dodo?

Most AI coding tools are either: 1. Closed Source SaaS: You have no control over data privacy or internal logic. 2. IDE Plugins: Great for autocomplete, but bad at "Big Picture" agentic tasks.

Dodo is different. It's a standalone agent engine that runs locally on your machine.

✨ Key Features

  • Sandboxed Execution --- Every command runs in an isolated Docker container. Let the agent run tests or builds without fear of rm -rf /.

  • Model Agnostic --- Bring your own keys. Works with GPT-4o, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Gemini Pro, or Local Models (Ollama/LM Studio).

  • Semantic Indexing --- Dodo indexes your codebase into a local vector database, allowing it to "understand" project structure and find relevant files instantly.

  • Terminal Native --- Built for developers who live in the CLI. Full keyboard control, beautiful TUI (Ink), and integrates with your existing workflow.

How It Works

graph LR
    subgraph Your Machine
        UI[Terminal UI] <--> Engine["Dodo Engine (Go)"]
        Engine <--> Index[SQLite Vector DB]
        Engine <--> Docker[Docker Sandbox]
    end

    Engine <--> API[LLM Provider API]

Quick Start

Install via npm:

npm install -g dodo-ai

Start Coding