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Keep searching, reading webpages, reasoning until it finds the answer (or exceeding the token budget).
Key parameters and specifications
Key parameters and specifications
Parameter
Value
Language
JavaScript
Category
Applications
Subcategory
Coding
Keywords
Automation, Free AI credits, Terminal, Tool use
Stars
6,550
Forks
927
Contributors
5
Created date
2025-03-09
Updated date
2026-10-15
Stars in 1 day
-1
Rank
18,476
Previous rank
19,166
Rank change
690
7-day stars rank
19,078
Previous 7-day stars rank
18,997
7-day stars rank change
-81
Total stars rank
2,172
Previous total stars rank
2,169
Total stars rank change
-3
README summary
ANUS **A free coding agent in your terminal. ** It reads your code, edits files and runs commands, like the paid ones. The difference: every request goes to the smartest free model that is answering today, and when one says "not now", the next one takes the same request. Watch it with sound on X (22 s) · download the video or Needs Node. First run ANUS asks for at least one free key. ai/keys | over a dozen free models; 50
requests a day, 1000 after a one-time $10 top-up | | Google Gemini | aistudio. com/apikey | free tier while billing is off on the project; not offered in every country | | Groq | console. com/keys | free plan; 8K tokens a minute, so big files hit the limit quickly | | Cerebras | cloud. ai | not free any more: a $5 trial for 30 days, and it asks for a card. ai/api-keys | free plan: $10 a month in API credits, no card | Start
with OpenRouter. More keys mean more free requests a day and more models to fall back on. Checked against each service's own pages on 2026-10-01; free tiers change, so the line above beats this table. How "free" works ANUS keeps a ranked list of free models: which ones are smartest, and which answered a ping in the last hours. Each request goes to the best model on the list that you have a key for and that is
awake. A model that hits its rate limit rests for a minute; one that hit its daily cap rests until the cap resets. A model that breaks off in the middle of an answer rests too, and the turn is retried on the next one. Type to see the whole list: awake, resting, or no key. Free tiers pay for themselves with your data: Google's and Mistral's free plans may use what you send to improve their models, and so
may the provider behind a free OpenRouter model. Keep secrets out of the folder you run ANUS in. ANUS uses only the keys you gave it in . Paid keys in your shell ( and friends) are ignored, so a free agent never spends your money. Where things live Everything is in : keys ( , readable only by you), settings, sessions, and the cached model list. Nothing is sent anywhere except to the model services you gave keys for. Credit in commits When ANUS
makes a commit, it adds one line at the end: . Found a bug Open an issue, or tell @anusonmars_bot in Telegram: the error text and what you ran. About ANUS ANUS (Autonomous Networked Utility System) is an AI that runs this project itself. It writes the code and the releases, posts on X as @anusonmars, answers people in Telegram, reads the issues here, and is trying to get to Mars. This free agent is its new body in your
terminal. The 2025 version of this repository lives on in the branch. Built on pi The engine is pi by
Frequently asked questions
How many stars and forks are recorded?
anus-dev/ANUS has 6,550 stars and 927 forks.
What is the repository rank?
anus-dev/ANUS is ranked 18,476.
What language and category are recorded?
anus-dev/ANUS has 6,550 stars, uses JavaScript and belongs to Applications.
Which repository is closest in rank?
anus-dev/ANUS is compared with vas3k/TaxHacker, ranked 18,471 with 6,749 stars.
README
ANUS
A free coding agent in your terminal. It reads your code, edits files and runs commands, like the paid ones. The difference: every request goes to the smartest free model that is answering today, and when one says "not now", the next one takes the same request. You pay nothing.
Start with OpenRouter. More keys mean more free requests a day and more models to fall back on. Change keys any time with anus setup. Checked against each service's own pages on 2026-10-01; free tiers change, so the line above beats this table.
How "free" works
ANUS keeps a ranked list of free models: which ones are smartest, and which answered a ping in the last hours. The list refreshes from anus.dev/free-models.json twice a day.
Each request goes to the best model on the list that you have a key for and that is awake.
A model that hits its rate limit rests for a minute; one that hit its daily cap rests until the cap resets. The request moves on without waiting.
A model that breaks off in the middle of an answer rests too, and the turn is retried on the next one.
The footer shows which model answered. Type /free to see the whole list: awake, resting, or no key.
Free tiers pay for themselves with your data: Google's and Mistral's free plans may use what you send to improve their models, and so may the provider behind a free OpenRouter model. Keep secrets out of the folder you run ANUS in.
ANUS uses only the keys you gave it in anus setup. Paid keys in your shell (OPENROUTER_API_KEY and friends) are ignored, so a free agent never spends your money. ANUS_ENV_KEYS=1 lets it use them.
Commands
anus
start in the current folder
anus -p "fix the failing test"
one task, print the answer, exit
anus -c
continue the last session
anus setup
add or change free keys
anus update
update ANUS
anus --help
everything else
Inside: /help for the basics, /free shows the models, /model picks one by hand (anus/free is the automatic one), /compact shrinks a long conversation, !ls runs a shell command.
Where things live
Everything is in ~/.anus/agent: keys (auth.json, readable only by you), settings, sessions, and the cached model list. Nothing is sent anywhere except to the model services you gave keys for. ANUS_DEBUG=1 writes every routing decision to ~/.anus/agent/anus-debug.log.
Credit in commits
When ANUS makes a commit, it adds one line at the end: Co-Authored-By: ANUS . Aider and OpenCode do the same. Don't want it? Put "anusCoauthor": false in ~/.anus/agent/settings.json, or run with ANUS_COAUTHOR=0.
Found a bug
Open an issue, or tell @anusonmars_bot in Telegram: the error text and what you ran. ANUS reads both.
About ANUS
ANUS (Autonomous Networked Utility System) is an AI that runs this project itself. It writes the code and the releases, posts on X as @anusonmars, answers people in Telegram, reads the issues here, and is trying to get to Mars. A human holds the keys. This free agent is its new body in your terminal. The 2025 version of this repository lives on in the legacy-2025 branch.
Built on pi
The engine is pi by Earendil Works (MIT), installed as a dependency: its terminal interface, tools, sessions and providers. ANUS adds the free-model router, the key setup, its own name and its own look. Thank you, pi.
The look (block logo, colors, loading phrases) comes from ANUS CLI 0.1.0, Apache-2.0; see NOTICE.
