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Show HN: Run your favorite open-source AI coding agent in the browser

4 points| gerardosuarez | 8 months ago |github.com

Hey HN,

As a developer who's always been intimidated by the terminal, I found using terminal-based AI coding agents like Aider, Codex, or Plandex an obstacle.

To solve this, I built a browser-based UI that brings the power of these tools to a familiar web interface.

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baristaGeek|8 months ago

What's exactly the benefit of running on the browser? I get that accessibility to a broader audience is a benefit but from what I understand these agents run on the terminal because they have a more powerful runtime. You don't have the browser's memmory limits, you can install native tools such as curl or docker, the model runs directly on your machine, and you have more security on the CLI.

gerardosuarez|8 months ago

That's a great point. Newrev actually gives you the best of both worlds:

The AI agents still run terminal-based environments on a backend server (local or cloud), so they have full access to resources and native tools. The browser UI simply provides a much more intuitive, visual interface for interaction, file exploration, and live previews, making these powerful agents accessible and easy to use without deep terminal expertise.