gocode — Claude Code, Rewritten in Go. Now Multi-Model.

One binary. Zero dependencies. 200+ models. A team of agents.
This is what an AI coding agent should feel like.

go install github.com/AlleyBo55/gocode/cmd/gocode@latest

Why gocode Exists

Every great product starts with a simple observation.

Claude Code is a remarkable piece of engineering. But the implementation carries weight it doesn't need. And it only works with Claude.

We asked two questions: what if the best AI coding agent was also the fastest? And what if it worked with any model?

A complete, ground-up reimplementation in Go — every registry, every scoring algorithm, every subsystem — enhanced with multi-model support, multi-agent orchestration, model fallback chains, IDE-level tooling, and a skills system. One binary, any LLM, instant startup.

gocode starts in under 10 milliseconds. Ships as a single 12MB binary. Works with 200+ models across 11 providers. You download it. You run it. That's it.

What's New

v0.8.0 — Every Model. Every Provider. One Binary.

We ripped out the four-provider ceiling and replaced it with a universal model layer. 200+ models. 11 providers. Local inference. Persistent memory. Task management. Runtime hardening. The agent can search the web, delegate to specialists, and remember what you told it last week.

v0.7.0 — The Agent Operating System

Full terminal UI. Multi-agent orchestration. Model fallback. 21 slash commands. Skills system. Plugin architecture. LSP integration. AST-grep. Everything Claude Code does, plus everything it doesn't.

v0.3.0 — The Foundation

38 internal packages. 14 MCP tools. 5 IDEs. 4 providers. One binary. The complete Go reimplementation of Claude Code.

Full Changelog →

Two Modes. One Binary.

Supported Models

Every model. Every provider. One binary. We don't lock you in.

4 native providers. 7 proxy services. Local inference. 200+ models. Set one env var and go.

gocode chat --model sonnet          # Claude
gocode chat --model gpt5            # GPT-5.4
gocode chat --model deepseek        # DeepSeek
gocode chat --model groq-llama      # Llama on Groq (800 tok/s)
gocode chat --model llama           # Ollama local
gocode chat --goal coding           # auto-pick the best coding model

Full Model List — 200+ Models →

Skills — Expertise on Demand

Coding agents are generalists. Skills change that. One flag, and your agent becomes a specialist.

gocode chat --skill golang-best-practices    # writes Go like a senior engineer
gocode chat --skill nothing-design           # designs like Teenage Engineering
gocode chat --skill clone-website            # reverse-engineers websites

8 Built-in Skills

Create your own — drop a JSON file in .gocode/skills/.

Community Skills — Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

Installation

One-Line Install (macOS / Linux)

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AlleyBo55/gocode/main/install.sh | bash

One-Line Install (Windows PowerShell)

irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AlleyBo55/gocode/main/install.ps1 | iex

Go Install (all platforms, requires Go 1.21+)

go install github.com/AlleyBo55/gocode/cmd/gocode@latest

Download Binary Manually

Grab the binary for your platform from GitHub Releases:

Linux Packages (deb/rpm)

# Debian/Ubuntu
curl -fsSL https://github.com/AlleyBo55/gocode/releases/latest/download/gocode_amd64.deb -o gocode.deb
sudo dpkg -i gocode.deb

# Fedora/RHEL
curl -fsSL https://github.com/AlleyBo55/gocode/releases/latest/download/gocode_amd64.rpm -o gocode.rpm
sudo rpm -i gocode.rpm

Build from Source

git clone https://github.com/AlleyBo55/gocode.git
cd gocode
go build -o gocode ./cmd/gocode/
sudo mv gocode /usr/local/bin/

Verify

gocode --version
# gocode version v0.8.0

Quickstart

# 1. Install
go install github.com/AlleyBo55/gocode/cmd/gocode@latest

# 2. Set your API key
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-...

# 3. Chat
gocode chat

# Or one-shot
gocode prompt "find all TODO comments in this project"

No Python. No Node. No virtual environments. One binary, one env var, go.

Documentation

Contributing

git clone https://github.com/AlleyBo55/gocode.git
cd gocode
make test && make build

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License

MIT — use it, fork it, ship it.

"The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do."

gocode — the Go version of Claude Code. Now a multi-agent operating system.
One binary. Zero dependencies. Instant startup. Any LLM. A team of agents.

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