Codev: Co-Dev with AI via Terminal

π’ News
- 2026-07-04 πΌοΈ Inline Terminal Images β Native Kitty graphics protocol rendering via timg; WebSearch, WebFetch, and LocationTool results now display inline images directly in the TUI with cursor-safe hide/show and dynamic row layout.
- 2026-07-01 πΊοΈ LocationTool unlimited search β Amap places search now paginates (1000/page, up to 10000 results); Google Places uses
next_page_token (up to 60); photo limits removed.
- 2026-06-22 π Groq Whisper STT β CLI
/voice now uses Groq Whisper API (cloud whisper-large-v3, no Python needed) and node-edge-tts for TTS, matching Friend's stack.
- 2026-06-21 ποΈ Groq Free STT β Friend voice input now supports Groq Whisper API as STT provider; TypeScript-only, no Python subprocess required.
- 2026-06-21 π₯οΈ Friend Desktop β
/friend start launches a Tauri desktop VRM companion app with full-screen mode, real-time TTS/STT, and inter-process communication.
- 2026-06-21 π€ Microphone Fix β Resolved Microphone access denied in WebKitGTK; switched to arecord/parecord subprocess audio capture.
- 2026-06-20 π€ /friend Command β In-process VRM companion service: SSE broadcast, voice capture (push-to-talk + streaming), Edge TTS / Qwen TTS, and persona generation from VRM screenshot.
- 2026-06-19 π /release-notes β New command to display version release notes and what's new.
- 2026-06-15 π― Goal Tracking β New
/goal command with prompt input footsider and lastline display for real-time goal tracking.
- 2026-06-15 πΌοΈ WebSearch Image Preview β WebSearch markdown now displays inline image links natively.
- 2026-06-15 π Feishu Voice β Feishu integration now supports both VoxCPM and Edge-TTS voice synthesis.
- 2026-06-15 π Feishu Markdown β Feishu bot messages render with full markdown styling.
- 2026-06-15 π€ Feishu Connect β New Feishu (ι£δΉ¦) bot integration with message relay and voice TTS.
- 2026-06-14 π± Desktop Provider Sync β Desktop now syncs provider config from TUI; model list uses sidecar proxy to avoid CORS.
- 2026-06-14 π‘οΈ NVIDIA Sidecar Fix β Use sidecar for NVIDIA, direct fetch for OpenRouter/OpenCode.
- 2026-06-13 π£οΈ Voice CN/TW β Added Chinese (zh-CN) and Taiwanese (zh-TW) voice support for TTS.
- 2026-06-02 π€ Agent Team β Multi-agent collaboration via Tmux backend with teammate layout manager, dynamic team scaling, and spawn utilities for coordinated task execution.
- 2026-06-01 π§© SubAgent Swarm Topology β Dedicated Explore π, Plan π, and Verification π§ͺ subagents for autonomous multi-step task decomposition and execution.
- 2026-05-25 π€ AI Friend on Desktop β Companion mode with
real-time audio/video, avatar & background image upload, edge glow effect on transcript, and localStorage persistence.
- 2026-05-25 π₯οΈ Desktop app launched β Tauri-based native UI with sidebar, tabs, title bar, and session management. Subagent inherits parent class config. Branding updated to Versper AI.
- 2026-05-23 π§ Added OpenCode Zen Provider β a new model provider for calm, focused AI interactions.
- 2026-05-22 π§ Fixed OpenCode login flow and refined prompt identity for clearer agent behavior.
- 2026-05-08 π Fixed model list not refreshing after
/login opencode freemodel exit; subagent creation now works without API key in free mode.
- 2026-05-06 π Added OpenCode as a free provider β includes GPT-5 Nano and Big Pickle π₯ models,
/model list with life-free model display, and auto-refresh. Introduced ctx_line context tracking with online persistence. Better collapsing fetch results and auto-compact documentation polish. Merged PR #6 for Tavily search backend migration.
- 2026-04-30 π Added Tavily as optional search backend in WebSearchTool via PR #6.
- 2026-04-24 π§Ή Cleaned up empty contributor docs.
- 2026-04-21 π‘οΈ Fixed auto-compact env in settings.json; VersperClaw now handles Ctrl+C resume gracefully.
- 2026-04-20 π Documented ToolSearch behavior and table formatting.
- 2026-04-19 π Described auto-dream and subagent features in README; punctuation and layout polish. Tagged v2.0.1 π·οΈ.
- 2026-04-18 π Snapshot auto-dream feature; ToolSearch now uses WebSearch under the hood.
- 2026-04-15 π Auto Dream β AI autonomously reflects and builds internal memory. Fixed chatId overflow by migrating from Number to String.
- 2026-04-13 π§ All tools allowed in auto mode without classifier; auto-compact triggers on context size exceeded; ToolSearch enabled by default for all providers; OpenRouter full model loading. Tagged v2.0.0 π·οΈ.
- 2026-04-12 β‘ Live refresh typing status; WebFetch now supports shouldDefer for lazy loading; symbol links documented as usable everywhere.
- 2026-04-09 π¨ Major README overhaul β VersperAI branding with Banner & Logo, tabular layout, websearch/webfetch documentation, TypeScript main branch vs Python legacy explained. Tagged v2.0.0 π·οΈ.
- 2026-04-08 π Full WebSearch toolchain β SearXNG integration, Jina AI websearch & fetch, WebFetch UI notes, build fix. Four search approaches landed in one day.
- 2026-04-07 π Zero-search prototype; Python env removed; TLS-enabled web search working end-to-end.
- 2026-04-06 π οΈ Open ripgrep via USE_BUILTIN_RIPGREP=0; WebFetch UI notes; skill message renamed; WebSearch API error fixed.
- 2026-04-05 π€ AutoMode β autonomous decision-making execution mode.
/sandbox with sandbox-runtime @0.0.44. Project renamed to versperclaw. OpenRouter β Local model switching, auto-refresh TUI, Telegram /login local model transition.
- 2026-04-04 π± Telegram backend β
/telegram command, interactive commands, message receiving in TUI, chatId overflow fixed. /buddy companion mode; recent activity in individual directories.
- 2026-04-03 π Reborn as verspercode v0.1.0 β complete
/login system (OpenRouter + local models), /model search & UI, free OpenRouter model auto-load, onboarding flow. Local model filesystem-based provider.
Earlier news
- 2026-04-01 π§Ή Removed autoresearch, evolve modules, and Cursor scripts β streamlining toward v2. Tagged v1.0.0 π·οΈ.
- 2026-03-31 π₯οΈ CLI update for better terminal interaction.
- 2026-03-30 π Fixed error type-in when using
/resume session.
- 2026-03-29 π§ Memory routing β route-runtime-long_term for persistent context. CLI shell split to <10K lines. Browser vision click/control fixes. Paper GIF in README; --paper API call optimization.
- 2026-03-28 π Academic paper pipeline β
/evolve autonomous evolution, /compact context compression, LaTeX paper template, main.pdf compilation. Chrome-based research v1.0.
- 2026-03-27 π¬ Research workflow β
/paper and /code commands, 4-step research + autoresearch, ANN vector index, hybrid retrieval with semantic cache, external memory, token-budgeted evidence pipeline, IncompleteRead retry, long-term index cache. Workflows engine, /resume session toggle, CLI UI refresh.
- 2026-03-26 ποΈ Configuration overhaul β YAML β JSON + .env + TOML. Clean config dir.
- 2026-03-24 π Browser control β Chrome DevTools MCP integration, WeChat gateway, Telegram gateway. Setup wizard, README with demo GIF, version menu.
- 2026-03-22 π Initial commit β versperclaw v0.1.0 born.
π¦ Install
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/versperai/VersperClaw/main/install.sh | bash
git clone https://github.com/versperai/VersperClaw.git && cd VersperClaw && bun install && bun run build && bun run friend:build && ./VersperClaw
cp VersperClaw ~/.local/bin
π Quick Start
If you no need auto-compact / dream / control context-window
and websearch feature. you can no configuration anything
if you no need free local-websearch you can skip config searxng`` and just setTAVILY_API_KEY` in env
{
"env": {
"USER_TYPE": "ant",
"CLAUDE_CODE_MAX_CONTEXT_TOKENS": "200000",
"CLAUDE_CODE_AUTO_COMPACT_WINDOW": "200000",
"ENABLE_TOOL_SEARCH": "true",
"TAVILY_API_KEY": "",
"teammateMode": "tmux",
"groqApiKey": "gsk_"
"AMAP_API_KEY": "b_",
"GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY": "AI_"
}
"autoMemoryEnabled": true,
"autoDreamEnabled": true,
"voiceLanguage": "zh-TW",
"voiceTTSVoice": "zh-TW-HsiaoChenNeural"
"voiceLanguage": "zh-CN",
"voiceTTSVoice": "zh-CN-XiaoxiaoNeural"
}
sudo pacman -S docker-compose && docker
docker --version && docker compose version
sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
sudo systemctl enable --now docker
curl -fsSL \
-O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/searxng/searxng/master/container/docker-compose.yml \
-O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/searxng/searxng/master/container/.env.example
cd searxng/core-config/ && sudo nvim settings.yml
docker compose up -d
firefox http://localhost:8080
HTTP_PROXY=http://127.0.0.1:8888 HTTPS_PROXY=http://127.0.0.1:8888 <commands>
mitmproxy -p 8888
"voiceTTSVoice": "zh-TW-HsiaoChenNeural",
"voiceLanguage": "zh-TW",
uv venv
uv pip install faster-whisper edge-tts voxcpm
hf download Systran/faster-whisper-base \
--local-dir ~/.cache/huggingface/hub/models--Systran--faster-whisper-base
β¨ Features
Agent Team and View via Tmux
Auto Compact & Dream & SubAgent
π§ Core Mechanisms of Cycle Long Run
- Auto Compact β Automatically optimizes and compresses historical context to bypass sequence length bottlenecks.
- Dream β Asynchronously distills operational data into long-term insights.
ποΈ SubAgent Swarm Topology
| SubAgent Type |
Core Responsibility |
| π‘οΈ General-Purpose |
Orchestrates routing, high-level user interaction, and dispatching. |
| π Explore |
Conducts deep semantic search and autonomous tool discovery. |
| π Plan |
Handles multi-step chain-of-thought strategy and task decomposition. |
| π§ͺ Verification |
Executes automated runtime validation, assertion checks, and fault tolerance. |
WebSearch & WebFetch Tools