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🛠️ hax: Minimalist Terminal-Native Coding Agent

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In a landscape dominated by AI tools written in Python and TypeScript, hax stands out. It is a minimalist, terminal-native coding agent written entirely in C. The direction here is straightforward: no bloated graphical interfaces and no heavy dependency chains. It operates directly in the command line via a REPL interface, allowing developers to interact with large language models seamlessly. It supports cloud APIs like OpenAI, Anthropic, and OpenRouter, while also integrating with Llama.cpp for local model execution. The interesting part is the choice of C. This ensures a tiny memory footprint and near-instant startup times, making it highly portable even in constrained environments. It acts as a lightweight, terminal-focused utility for developers who prefer to stay in their CLI while getting AI assistance for coding tasks.