# pool

> Pool is a self-hosted AI coding agent for terminal and ACP-compatible editors, supporting Poolside Platform, OpenRouter, Ollama, and OpenAI-compatible APIs.

- **Category:** AI Assistant
- **Licence:** Proprietary
- **Latest version:** v1.0.16
- **Open source:** source_available
- **Platforms:** Windows, macOS
- **Tags:** Terminal, CLI, Tui, Mcp, Automation, LLM, Ollama, Agent, Coding Assistant, Openrouter, Acp, AI Coding Agent, Agent Client Protocol, Editor Integration

## Description

Pool is a command-line AI coding agent from Poolside that runs on your local machine. It operates as an interactive terminal program, an ACP server for editor integration, an ACP client for other agent servers, or a non-interactive tool for automation. The agent reads code, answers questions, suggests modifications, edits files, runs commands, and works with external tools and reusable workflows. You control its actions through approval modes, permissions, and sandboxes. Install via a download script on Linux, macOS, or Windows (beta), then authenticate with Poolside Platform (free tier), an enterprise deployment, OpenRouter, or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint. The software is proprietary under Poolside's End User License Agreement with source available on GitHub.

## Links

- [Homepage](https://github.com/poolsideai/pool)
- [Website](https://docs.poolside.ai/cli/pool)
- [GitHub Repository](https://github.com/poolsideai/pool)
- [CLI Reference](https://docs.poolside.ai/cli/cli-reference)
- [Install Guide](https://docs.poolside.ai/cli/install)
- [Settings Reference](https://docs.poolside.ai/settings-file-reference)
- [Discord Community](https://discord.com/invite/poolsideai)
- [Twitter/X](https://x.com/poolsideai)
- [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/company/poolsideai)
- [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@poolsideai)

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