open source · MIT · built on opencode github.com/kberkboz/neko-labs-coding-agent ↗
// free · open source · MIT

A coding agent that works like a research team.

ARIA routes each task to specialist agents, has them debate the approach, hands the code to a coder, then makes a different agent review it before anything merges, all in your terminal. Built for academic researchers, and free.

Free · runs on free & local models · no card
neko
$ neko
ariatask: add retry to the API client
ariatriage: non-trivial → convening a discussion
discusscomputer_scientist + coder · 2 rounds
coderimplementing on feat/retry
reviewreviewer + red_team on the diff
review⚠ REQUEST CHANGES: off-by-one (line 42)
coderrevised the retry bound
review✓ APPROVE, merge unlocked
$ _
A · The merge

Neko's team on opencode's engine.

Neko Labs Multi-agent model

ARIA, the specialist roster, and the discuss → review → merge workflow.

+
opencode The engine

Runtime, tools, providers, permissions, sandbox, and the terminal UI.

=
The result Neko Coding Agent

A team of agents that debate, build, and peer-review. Free, in your terminal.

Most coding agents are a single model doing everything. Neko runs a team. For researchers, that means reproducibility you can trust: every change peer-reviewed, the scientific method run end to end, and it all runs free or fully local, so unpublished work stays on your machine.

Neko Labs adds

  • ARIA orchestrator & the specialist roster
  • The discuss → implement → review → merge pull-request workflow
  • A peer-review gate enforced in code
  • The live kanban board, experiments, & academic search

opencode provides

  • The runtime, tool registry, and project storage
  • Providers: BYOK, OpenRouter free, Gemini free tier, local Ollama
  • Permissions, the sandbox, and the server / TUI / SDK
  • opencode by anomalyco ↗
B · What it does

Built on top of opencode.

The additions that turn a single coding agent into a reviewed, multi-agent workflow. Each runs automatically under ARIA, or on a slash command.

✦ It's free

Free. Open source. MIT.

No subscription, no credits, no card. Clone the repo, run it in any project, and set a different model per agent, including free provider tiers and fully local with Ollama.

  • $0. The whole agent is MIT-licensed and open on GitHub. Fork it, audit it, extend it.
  • No keys required to start. Academic search works with no API key; bring your own model keys, use free tiers, or go fully local.
  • Runs on your machine. Local models with Ollama keep unpublished research private and offline.
  • One model per agent. Your strongest model on the Coder, a free one on the Researcher. Set it with neko agent configure.
BYOK OpenRouter free Gemini free tier Ollama · local
Install in three lines
bash
# clone it
$ git clone https://github.com/kberkboz/neko-labs-coding-agent
$ cd neko-labs-coding-agent
# macOS / Linux
$ bash install.sh
# Windows (PowerShell)
> ./install.ps1
✓ installed the neko command
# then, in any project
$ neko
Star it on GitHub →

Bring your codebase.

It's free and open source. Clone the repo, run neko in any project, and let a team of specialist agents discuss, build, and peer-review your next change. MIT · built on opencode.

Get it on GitHub → How to install