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Manicode: Make your terminal write code for you

"Very f****** cool" CLI for AI code generation

James Grugett
Codebuff
 
https://codebuff.com
#ai_assistant#generative_ai#developer_tools#enterprise_software#artificial_intelligence

Manicode is a CLI-based coding agent – invoke it in your Terminal and ask it to write code for you. We launched on BookFace last week and got 500 downloads and 60+ upvotes!

It’s a Cursor alternative that’s simpler and frequently performs better. Try it out:

npm install -g manicode

What people are saying

Fewer clicks, more codebase context

Manicode is different from all the other coding agents, we swear!

  • It chooses files to read automatically on each message — unlike Cursor’s composer feature. This saves you time and makes Manicode respond more comprehensively.
  • It takes 0 clicks — type your instructions and Manicode will edit your files directly. It's simple and fast. Theoretically, you can do all your development by just chatting with it!
  • It has full access to your existing tools, scripts, and packages — Manicode can install packages, run terminal commands and tests, etc. Whatever awk/grep/pip install stuff you used to do, Manicode can do it for you instead!
  • It is portable to any development environment — no lock-in here! Feel free to bring your IDE: VSCode, Cursor, Vim, Emacs, Replit, or plain text editor (if you’re a monster).
  • We don’t store your codebase — we just pass individual files along to OpenAI and Anthropic as is necessary to generate code. We didn’t even have a database until a couple weeks ago!

Manicode can write code for every tech stack – we know because we’ve built software from full-stack web apps to IoT device firmware.

https://www.tella.tv/video/code-coding-agent-bh6l

Offer

To celebrate our launch, we are giving away 2,500 free Manicode credits per month for a limited time to new users!

To claim, 1. get Manicode in your terminal:

npm install -g manicode

2. Run manicode in your project directory.

3. Finally, enter “login” to sign up and claim the 2,500 free credits.

Also, existing users: you can refer your friends at manicode.ai/referrals — when you refer a friend, you’ll both get 500 credits per month!

🙏 Ask

Try it out and give us feedback! Check out our website https://manicode.ai

If you have any thoughts, please join our Discord: https://discord.gg/mcWTGjgTj3. We love love love all feedback, positive and negative! Even slightly backhanded ones like this 😅:

So please try Manicode out and let us know what you think!

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