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A terminal-native AI coding agent for C and C++. It edits your repo, runs the real toolchain, and hands you a diff that survived the debugger.

Get startedCLI reference
$curl -fsSL https://code.byteask.ai/install.sh | sh
Overview

ByteAsk is a terminal-native AI coding agent built for C and C++ development.

Features

A complete reference to everything ByteAsk can do. Nothing here is speculative.

Self-hosted models

Bring any OpenAI-compatible model into the TUI and drive it like a built-in one.

CLI reference

Complete reference for the byteask command-line interface and its subcommands.

Headless and CI

byteask exec runs one task to completion and exits, for scripts and pipelines.

Slash commands

Commands typed into the composer: press / and an autocomplete menu appears.

Changelog

Notable changes to ByteAsk, release by release.