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✨ Fully autonomous AI Agent that can perform complicated tasks and projects using terminal, browser, and editor.
About Codel
Codel is an open-source AI agent that runs tasks using a terminal, a web browser, and a text editor. The project describes itself as fully autonomous: it detects the next step of a task and performs it. It is self-hosted and distributed as a Docker image, with source code in a public GitHub repository under the AGPL-3.0 license.
To use Codel, you run the pre-built Docker image and set environment variables for the language model you want to use. Supported options include OpenAI models, using an OpenAI API key, and locally hosted Ollama models. The homepage also lists OpenAI-compatible and Ollama-compatible server URLs as configurable. Users need access to one of these supported models for Codel to work.
Key features
- Runs tasks inside a sandboxed Docker environment
- Automatically detects and performs the next step of a task
- Built-in browser fetches current web information such as tutorials and docs when needed
- Built-in text editor shows modified files in the browser
- Saves all command history and outputs to a PostgreSQL database
- Supports OpenAI models and locally hosted Ollama models
Best for: Developers and technical users who want a self-hosted AI agent and already have access to an OpenAI API key or a local Ollama model.
Good for
- Self-hosted, so the user runs the agent on their own system
- Open source under the AGPL-3.0 license, with public source code
- The project describes its execution environment as sandboxed in Docker
Watch out for
- Requires a supported language model, configured through an OpenAI API key or a locally hosted Ollama model
- The documented setup depends on Docker and mounts the Docker socket into the container
Codel at a glance
- Website
- github.com/semanser/codel
- Category
- AI & Machine Learning › AI Agents & Automation
- Type
- Open-source project
- Pricing
- Not confirmed. Check the site
- Open source
- Yes · Source code
- Language
- English
- Last checked
- Oct 6, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
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Codel FAQ
Which language models does Codel support?
The homepage lists OpenAI models, configured with an OpenAI API key and a model name, and locally hosted Ollama models, configured with an Ollama model name. Both OpenAI-compatible and Ollama-compatible servers can be used by changing the server URL setting.
How do I start Codel?
The simplest method is to run the pre-built Docker image from the GitHub Container Registry with the required environment variables. After the container starts, the homepage says to open localhost:3000 in a browser.
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