Ask HN: I can't remember the name of a AI CLI tool I saw a few weeks ago

5•explosion-s•5mo ago

I recall an AI CLI tool along the lines of opencode/goose/aider that was on HN recently, it had a newt/salamander icon and the company also hosts open models in an openrouter esque way. I can't for the life of me remember what that is - PLEASE help guys!! It was Claude API compatible I think but also supports other providers

Comments

giardini•5mo ago

Google is your friend!8-))

explosion-s•5mo ago

I googled so much and found nothing I literally spent a full half an hour googling

busymom0•5mo ago

Would this search help?

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...

giardini•5mo ago

Maybe do an "image" search with Google or DDG instead of searching for text, e.g.,

https://www.google.com/search?q=AI+CLI+TOOL+LOGO+NEWT+SALAMA...

https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=AI%2BCLI%2BTOOL%2BLOGO%2BNE...

or, as busymom0 suggested below, use the Hacker News search at the bottom of each HN page.

stargrazer•5mo ago

go into your browser history and follow the time frame and trail. in firefox, the browser history is very detailed.

explosion-s•5mo ago

Okay it turned out to be octocat - and that company offers a subscription service to open models as well. That explains my confusion because the image looks very amphibian like but it wasn't actually a newt or salamander or anything. I eventually found this because I recalled that it was a subscription, not just an open router s service

giveita•5mo ago

Octocat? You have a link? I get Github Github and more Github if I search.

jamessb•5mo ago

I think they mean Octofriend (https://github.com/synthetic-lab/octofriend) from Syntethci Lab (https://synthetic.new/landing/home).

explosion-s•4mo ago

Yeah sorry that's what I meant. My apologies

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