Nori CLI

A CLI built for agentic development.

Nori CLI is a terminal interface thoughtfully built for agentic coding. Nori CLI is fast, supports multiple coding agents (not just models), and made for multi-tasking.

Why We Built This

As AI transformed our development workflow, we've felt more and more like we're being held back by tools built for an earlier era. Today, we multi-task between agents, expect a higher level of speed, and want freedom of motion across different coding agents so we always have the best the market has to offer.

What Nori CLI Does Well

Multi-Agent

Most AI developer tools integrate at the model layer (Opus 4.5) and displace the coding agent built alongside the model (Claude Code). We believe that's the wrong abstraction.

The agent-model connection should stay intact because:

Model providers optimize their models specifically for their agent implementations. Breaking this relationship undercuts model performance.
Each provider builds tools designed for their models. Claude Code's tool execution differs from Gemini's—each optimized for its model's strengths.
What needs to be portable is your configuration layer - your workflows, preferences, and customizations - so you can always use the best agents while preserving your configs.

Fast

Frustrated with lag and flicker in our previous tools, we built Nori CLI to deliver a responsive terminal experience.

Flicker-Free Rendering - Double-buffered rendering with explicit cell-by-cell diffing. Only changed cells are redrawn, and trailing spaces use single ANSI clear commands instead of individual writes.
Responsive Input - Sub-millisecond input-to-screen latency. No JavaScript event loop delays. Spinner animations run at 60 FPS without blocking user input.
Smooth Scrolling - O(1) cached scrolling with no rewrap on scroll. Smart text wrapping at soft breaks (whitespace, punctuation) with Unicode-aware width calculations.

Tool Intelligence

Nori CLI classifies agent tool calls into "Exploring" (read, search, list) and "Command" (execute, edit, delete) modes for appropriate TUI rendering. Commands can execute in parallel when safe—reading multiple files concurrently completes in under 750ms.

Supported Providers

Switch between AI providers using the /agent command:

Provider	Install	Auth
Claude	`npm i -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code`	`npx @anthropic-ai/claude-code setup-token`
OpenAI	`npm i -g @openai/codex`	`npx @openai/codex login`
Gemini	`npm i -g @google/gemini-cli`	`npx @google/gemini-cli` then run `/auth`

Getting Started

Installation

Install globally via npm:

npm install -g nori-ai-cli

For pre-release versions:

npm install -g nori-ai-cli@next

Platform-specific binaries are available from the GitHub Releases page.

Running Nori CLI

Start an interactive session:

nori

Configuration

Configuration is stored in ~/.nori/cli/config.toml