- For the installer path, run CodeWhaleSetup.exe; it installs
- Extract the archive for your machine: codewhale-windows-x64.zip or
- Double-click codewhale.bat (not the raw .exe) to launch
- Run install.bat to copy the binaries and launcher to %USERPROFILE%\bin
- Add %USERPROFILE%\bin to your PATH
- Children never inherit desktop or computer-control tools. Desktop control is
CodeWhale by CodeWhale
Pulse Score
29 / 100
Rank #138 of 258
Downloads, last 7 days
7,310
up 37.1% vs previous week
Downloads, last 30 days
19.5K
down 2.9% vs previous 30 days
GitHub stars
41.1K
about +10 a day
Latest release
0.10.0
14d ago · 2 in 30 days
Price
Free
checked Oct 6, 2026
Overview
A provider-neutral terminal coding agent written in Rust that reads projects, edits files, runs commands and tests to check its work, with approval-based permissions, undo and sub-agents. It grew out of the deepseek-tui project.
CodeWhale was downloaded 7,310 times from npm in the week ending Oct 4, 2026, up 37.1% on the week before and down 2.9% over the last 30 days compared with the 30 before. The GitHub repository has 41.1K stars, 373 of them added in the last 30 days. The latest stable release is 0.10.0, published Sep 22, 2026; there were 2 stable releases in the past 30 days. It was mentioned in 1 Hacker News posts and comments over the last 30 days.
CodeWhale usage and attention over time
Download the raw daily series: codewhale.csv
Install CodeWhale
| npm | npm install -g codewhale |
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These commands use the packages tracked on this page. The vendor may recommend a different installer; see the official documentation.
Key facts
| Maker | CodeWhale |
|---|---|
| Type | Open-source terminal coding agent |
| First released | January 2026 |
| License | MIT |
| Local models | Hosted providers or local models (docs) |
| Main language | Rust |
| Open issues and PRs | 202 |
Pricing
Free and open source (MIT); users pay their chosen model provider directly or run local models.
Source: official pricing page, checked Oct 6, 2026. Prices change often; confirm before you buy.
Pulse Score breakdown
Adoption19
Community67
Attention0
Momentum47
Each component is scored 0 to 100 from public signals; a dash means no data for it. Methodology.
CodeWhale news and signals
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CodeWhale 0.10.0 released
For the installer path, run CodeWhaleSetup.exe; it installs; Extract the archive for your machine: codewhale-windows-x64.zip or; Double-click codewhale.bat (not the raw .exe) to launch
What changed: recent CodeWhale releases
15 stable releases in the last 90 days · Full changelog
- For the installer path, run CodeWhaleSetup.exe; it installs
- Extract the archive for your machine: codewhale-windows-x64.zip or
- Double-click codewhale.bat (not the raw .exe) to launch
- Run install.bat to copy the binaries and launcher to %USERPROFILE%\bin
- Add %USERPROFILE%\bin to your PATH
- /pet turns the terminal over to the Codewhale pet. /pet on (or bare
- For the installer path, run CodeWhaleSetup.exe; it installs
- Extract the archive for your machine: codewhale-windows-x64.zip or
- Double-click codewhale.bat (not the raw .exe) to launch
- Run install.bat to copy the binaries and launcher to %USERPROFILE%\bin
- Add %USERPROFILE%\bin to your PATH
- Computer use ships with the binary. The computer-use plugin — 38 tools
- For the installer path, run CodeWhaleSetup.exe; it installs
- Extract the archive for your machine: codewhale-windows-x64.zip or
- Double-click codewhale.bat (not the raw .exe) to launch
- Run install.bat to copy the binaries and launcher to %USERPROFILE%\bin
- Add %USERPROFILE%\bin to your PATH
- Added first-party deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp discovery and selection for
- For the installer path, run CodeWhaleSetup.exe; it installs
- Extract the archive for your machine: codewhale-windows-x64.zip or
- Double-click codewhale.bat (not the raw .exe) to launch
- Run install.bat to copy the binaries and launcher to %USERPROFILE%\bin
- Add %USERPROFILE%\bin to your PATH
- Show the full slash-command or /model completion row in a bounded, wrapping hover popover whenever narrow terminals truncate it, closing the remaining scoped gap from #998. Thanks @AiurArtanis and…
- For the installer path, run CodeWhaleSetup.exe; it installs
- Extract the archive for your machine: codewhale-windows-x64.zip or
- Run install.bat (copies to %USERPROFILE%\bin)
- Add %USERPROFILE%\bin to your PATH
- The lowercase bash tool no longer wedges when its complete-output spill
- A concrete route/offering output limit now outranks the conservative
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CodeWhale FAQ
How much does CodeWhale cost?
Free and open source (MIT); users pay their chosen model provider directly or run local models.
Is CodeWhale open source?
Yes. CodeWhale is open source, released under the MIT license.
How popular is CodeWhale?
CodeWhale was downloaded 7,310 times from npm in the week ending Oct 4, 2026, up 37.1% on the week before and down 2.9% over the last 30 days compared with the 30 before. The GitHub repository has 41.1K stars, 373 of them added in the last 30 days. The latest stable release is 0.10.0, published Sep 22, 2026; there were 2 stable releases in the past 30 days.
What is the latest version of CodeWhale?
The latest stable release we track is 0.10.0, published on Sep 22, 2026.
What are the alternatives to CodeWhale?
The closest alternatives in the same category by Pulse Score are OpenAI Codex, Claude Code, Pi, OpenCode.
Where these numbers come from
npm: codewhale. GitHub: codewhale-hq/codewhale. Site rank: codewhale.net on the Tranco list. See data sources for how each one is collected.
Product facts and pricing were checked against: github.com, codewhale.net, registry.npmjs.org.