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Yet another coding agent harness, lightweight and written in go.
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<a href="https://www.zot.sh">
<img src="packages/provider/auth/assets/zot-logo.png" alt="zot coding agent harness" width="130" height="130" />
</a>
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<a href="LICENSE"><img alt="license" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue"></a>
<img alt="Go 1.25+" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Go-1.25+-00ADD8?logo=go&logoColor=white">
<img alt="30+ providers" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/providers-30+-34E2EA">
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<a href="https://www.zot.sh">zot.sh</a>
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## What is it?
Yet another coding agent harness, lightweight and written (vibe-slopped) in go.
- one static binary.
- built-in providers for Anthropic, OpenAI/Codex/Responses, Kimi, DeepSeek, Google Gemini/Vertex, GitHub Copilot, Bedrock, Azure OpenAI, OpenRouter, Groq, Cerebras, xAI, Together, Hugging Face, Mistral, Moonshot, Z.AI, Xiaomi, MiniMax, Fireworks, Vercel AI Gateway, OpenCode, Cloudflare AI, and Ollama/local models.
- four tools (read, write, edit, bash).
- three run modes (interactive tui, print, json).
- built-in telegram bot.
- extensions in any language via subprocess + json-rpc. None installed by default; opt in with `zot ext install` or `zot --ext`. See [docs/extensions.md](docs/extensions.md).
- user and extension themes via JSON; see [docs/themes.md](docs/themes.md).
- standing instructions via `AGENTS.md` files (global and per-project); see [Persistent instructions](#persistent-instructions-agentsmd).
- reusable instructions via `SKILL.md` files; see [docs/skills.md](docs/skills.md).
- portable agents from local directories, `.zot` files, or temporary public GitHub downloads; see [docs/zotfiles.md](docs/zotfiles.md).
## Install
### One-liner (macOS, Linux)
```bash
curl -fsSL https://www.zot.sh/install.sh | bash
```
Detects your OS and architecture, downloads the latest release from GitHub, verifies the SHA-256 against the release's `checksums.txt`, extracts the binary, and drops it in `/usr/local/bin`, `~/.local/bin`, or `~/bin`, whichever is writable first. Pass a version or prefix to pin:
```bash
curl -fsSL https://www.zot.sh/install.sh | bash -s -- v0.0.1 ~/bin
```
### One-liner (Windows, PowerShell)
```powershell
iwr -useb https://www.zot.sh/install.ps1 | iex
```
Drops `zot.exe` into `$HOME\bin` and adds it to the user PATH if missing. Open a fresh terminal afterwards.
### go install
```bash
go install github.com/patriceckhart/zot/cmd/zot@latest
```
The installed binary reports the tagged module version and supports `zot update`.
### From source
```bash
git clone https://github.com/patriceckhart/zot
cd zot
make build # produces ./bin/zot
make install # into $GOPATH/bin
```
### Prebuilt binaries
Every release on the [releases page](https://github.com/patriceckhart/zot/releases) ships archives for Linux, macOS, and Windows on amd64 and arm64 (except windows/arm64), plus a `checksums.txt` file. Download, verify, `chmod +x`, and drop on your `$PATH`.
## Authenticate
The easiest way is to just run `zot` and type `/login`. The TUI opens even without credentials and walks you through a browser-based login flow.
### Credential lookup order
1. `--api-key` flag
2. provider-specific env var (`ANTHROPIC_API_KEY`, `OPENAI_API_KEY`, `KIMI_API_KEY`, `MOONSHOT_API_KEY`, `DEEPSEEK_API_KEY`, `GEMINI_API_KEY`, `GOOGLE_API_KEY`, `GROQ_API_KEY`, `OPENROUTER_API_KEY`, `MISTRAL_API_KEY`, `XAI_API_KEY`, `CEREBRAS_API_KEY`, `TOGETHER_API_KEY`, `HF_TOKEN`, `ZAI_API_KEY`, `XIAOMI_API_KEY`, `MINIMAX_API_KEY`, `FIREWORKS_API_KEY`, `AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY`, `COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN`, `GITHUB_COPILOT_TOKEN`, and others for provider-specific backends)
3. `$ZOT_HOME/auth.json` (API key or OAuth token; mode 0600)
`$ZOT_HOME` defaults to:
- All platforms: `$XDG_STATE_HOME/zot` when `XDG_STATE_HOME` is set
- macOS fallback: `~/Library/Application Support/zot`
- Linux fallback: `~/.local/state/zot`
- Windows fallback: `%LOCALAPPDATA%\zot`
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