Secure, open, universal.

What is VT Code?

VT Code is a local-first coding agent built in Rust, the only one with defense-in-depth security gating, broad LLM provider support, open protocols (Open Responses, A2A, MCP, ATIF), an extensible skill framework, delegated subagents, and rich tooling for long-running autonomous workflows.

Features

Agent runtime Interactive TUI, slash commands, streaming, ask/exec CLI, session resume	Coding tools Safe file ops, ripgrep search, fuzzy discovery, code intelligence, project indexing, terminal execution	Extensibility Agent Skills, MCP client/server, lifecycle hooks, subagents, custom providers, Zed ACP, VS Code, Claude Code
Model providers 21+ LLM providers: Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, OpenRouter, Ollama, LM Studio, and more	Safety Restricted shell sandbox, tool guardrails, subprocess isolation, full audit logging	Protocols Open Responses, Agent2Agent (A2A), ATIF, Anthropic Messages API

Quick start

Installing and running VT Code

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vinhnx/vtcode/main/scripts/install.sh | bash   # macOS / Linux (recommended)

brew install vinhnx/tap/vtcode    # via Homebrew (custom tap)

Then run vtcode to get started.

Common commands

vtcode                        # launch interactive TUI
vtcode ask "explain Rc vs Arc"  # one-shot question, no tools
vtcode exec "refactor main.rs" # headless task with full tool access
vtcode review                  # review uncommitted changes
vtcode --resume                # pick up the last session

Documentation

Interactive TUI Session modes, slash commands (/model, /review, /mcp, /skills, /theme, /compact, /schedule)	Autonomous agent Full-auto CLI, plan-build-evaluate harness, subagents, scheduled tasks	Providers Setup guides for all 21 providers
Configuration vtcode.toml, tool config, lifecycle hooks	Agent Skills Creating, loading, and sharing skills	MCP Integration Client and server modes
Editor guides Zed ACP, VS Code, Claude Code	Safety Shell sandbox, security hardening, threat model	Protocols Open Responses, ATIF, A2A, Anthropic Messages API

Providers

VT Code supports 21 LLM providers out of the box, plus any OpenAI-compatible API via [[custom_providers]].

All providers

Cloud LLMs Anthropic Claude · OpenAI · Gemini

Gateways OpenRouter · Atlas Cloud · Evolink

Local inference Ollama · LM Studio · llama.cpp

Other GitHub Copilot · Anthropic API Compat

Read: Provider Guides.

Xiaomi MiMo V2.5 Series

Proud partner of the Xiaomi MiMo Orbit Program

Xiaomi MiMo V2.5 Pro ships as the default model in VT Code, available both natively and through OpenRouter. It brings a 1M-token context window, deep reasoning, and strong agentic performance to every session.

Xiaomi MiMo mimo-v2.5-pro mimo-v2.5 1M context

OpenRouter xiaomi/mimo-v2.5-pro xiaomi/mimo-v2.5 1M context

Pricing: Pay-as-you-go · Subscription · Quick Access · Docs · OpenRouter

Development

git clone https://github.com/vinhnx/vtcode.git
cd vtcode
./scripts/run-debug.sh

Rust stable, edition 2024, MSRV 1.88.

./scripts/check-dev.sh  # fast quality gate (clippy, fmt, check)
cargo nextest run        # parallel test runner

Contributing

I'd love to have you, bug reports, docs, features, ideas, all welcome. Start with issues or good first issues. AI agents see AGENTS.md. Humans see CONTRIBUTING.md.

                     

Support

VT Code is a labor of love built in my spare time. If it's helped you ship something or learn something, a sponsorship would mean the world.

   

License

MIT License.