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5 Powerful CLI-Based Coding Agents for Developers in 2025 [Don't Miss These!]

Pankaj Singh on July 02, 2025

Imagine this: you’re at the terminal, juggling Docker containers and Git branches, and you simply ask your shell, “Create a user authentication API...

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Luis Faria • Jul 3

Thank you for the article. I currently use Windsurf with the Cascade Model and custom available models there on the chat and suits me well.
I'm going to give a try on #1 of your list, @pankaj_singh_1022ee93e755

Pankaj Singh • Jul 5

Thanks for reading Luis!!! Let me know your experience with ForgeCode!!!

Dotallio • Jul 3

These tools sound like a huge step forward for dev productivity, especially with how much context they can handle right in the CLI. Curious which agent actually becomes your daily driver - or is there one feature that totally sold you?

Pankaj Singh • Jul 3

It's forgecode, totally free no limitations as of now. Just get the and start working. Try it man!!

Ricardo Sueiras • Jul 4

Great list - I would add Amazon Q CLI to that list. It is my daily driver and its not let me down yet.

Pankaj Singh • Jul 5

Thanks Ricardo!!!! Yeah how can I miss this, thanks for adding!!

Nathan Tarbert • Jul 2

this is extremely impressive, all that work just to break it down for people like me who geek out over dev workflow upgrades. you ever wonder what gets lost when you rely on tools like this for everything, or is it just pure gain

Pankaj Singh • Jul 2

Thanks for the support, Nathan. No, we can't fully rely on these tools, but they are like assistants to our coding journey. It's like a senior who knows things and can give us a roadmap or clear some doubts on the way to developing something good. I won't recommend fully relying on this!!

Abhiwan Technology • Jul 7

Very intresting topic is shared nowadays most of the India based top mobile game development company were using such tools to do complex task in a well optimized manner.