Chat in your terminal
Multi-turn coding conversations.
⌘ Ruby CLI Coding Agent
Your terminal.
Your agent.
Kward is an extendable Ruby CLI coding agent that helps you understand your project, edit files, run commands, search the web, and automate workflows—right from your terminal.
Supports OpenAI, Anthropic, OpenRouter & more.
Read, write, edit files
With read-before-write guardrails.
Run shell commands
Execute local commands safely.
Search the web
Get live answers and inspect repos.
Extend with plugins
Trusted Ruby plugins for workflows.
Sessions & memory
Save, resume, clone, compact, export.
⇩ Install
Install Kward from RubyGems and get started in seconds.
gem install kwardThen initialize the starter pack, if you want the defaults.
kward initQuick StartRun from Source
# Start an interactive chat
kward
# Show available commands and examples
kward help
# Sign in or save provider credentials
kward login
# Run one prompt and exit
kward "Explain this project"
# Use a specific working directory
kward --working-directory ~/code/project "Explain this project"⌘ What Kward can do
- Keep a multi-turn coding conversation in your terminal.
- Read, write, and edit workspace files with read-before-write guardrails.
- Run local shell commands from the workspace.
- Search the live web and inspect cached public GitHub repositories.
- Save, resume, clone, compact, and export sessions.
- Use optional memory, personas, prompt templates, and skills.
- Extend the Agent with trusted Ruby plugins for custom workflows.
- Serve an experimental JSON-RPC backend for UI clients.
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