# models
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TUI and CLI for browsing AI models, benchmarks, and coding agents.
- **Models Tab**: Browse 3,000+ models across 85+ providers from [models.dev](https://models.dev) with capability indicators, adaptive layouts, and provider categorization
- **Benchmarks Tab**: Compare model performance across 15+ benchmarks from [Artificial Analysis](https://artificialanalysis.ai), with head-to-head tables, scatter plots, radar charts, and creator filtering
- **Agents Tab**: Track AI coding assistants (Claude Code, Aider, Cursor, etc.) with version detection, changelogs, and GitHub integration
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> **Video (and screenshots below) are out-of-sync with the current state of the app, I've been moving fast on making changes and so I'll have to record a new one!**
## What's New
- **Models tab redesign** — capability indicators, adaptive provider panel, and detailed model info at a glance
- **Benchmark compare mode** — head-to-head tables, scatter plots, and radar charts for selected models
- **Linux packages** — native .deb and .rpm packages for x86_64 and aarch64
- **Agents CLI** — track agent releases, view changelogs, and compare versions from the terminal
## Features
### Models Tab
- **Capability indicators** — see Reasoning, Tools, Files, and Open/Closed status at a glance in the model list
- **Provider categories** — filter and group providers by type (Origin, Cloud, Inference, Gateway, Dev Tool)
- **Detail panel** — capabilities, pricing, modalities, and metadata for the selected model
- **Cross-provider search** to compare the same model across different providers
- **Copy to clipboard** with a single keypress
- **CLI commands** and **JSON output** for scripting and automation
### Agents Tab
- **Curated catalog** of 12+ AI coding assistants
- **Version detection** — automatically detects installed agents
- **GitHub integration** — stars, releases, changelogs, update availability
- **Styled changelogs** — markdown rendering with syntax highlighting in the detail pane
- **Changelog search** — search across changelogs with highlighted matches and `n`/`N` jump-to-match
- **Persistent cache** — instant startup with ETag-based conditional fetching
- **Customizable tracking** — choose which agents to monitor
### Benchmarks Tab
- **~400 benchmark entries** from Artificial Analysis with quality, speed, and pricing scores
- **Compare mode** — select models for head-to-head tables, scatter plots, and radar charts
- **Auto-updating** — benchmark data refreshed automatically every 30 minutes
- **Creator sidebar** with 40+ creators — filter by region, type, or open/closed source
- **Sort & filter** — sort by any metric, filter by reasoning capability, source type, and more
- **Detail panel** — full benchmark breakdown with indexes, scores, performance, and pricing
### Agents CLI
- **Status table** — see installed vs latest version, 24h release indicator, and release frequency at a glance
- **Changelogs** — view release notes for any agent by name or version
- **Interactive picker** — fuzzy-select any version with `--pick`, view its changelog
- **Dual entry point** — use as `models agents` or create an `agents` symlink for standalone usage
- **Fast** — concurrent GitHub fetching and version detection
## Installation
### Cargo (from crates.io)
```bash
cargo install modelsdev
```
### Homebrew (macOS/Linux)
```bash
brew install models
```
> **Migrating from the tap?** Run `brew untap arimxyer/tap` — Homebrew core handles updates automatically.
### Scoop (Windows)
```powershell
scoop install extras/models
```
> **Migrating from the custom bucket?** Run `scoop bucket rm arimxyer` — Scoop Extras handles updates automatically.
### Arch Linux (AUR)
```bash
paru -S models-bin # or: yay -S models-bin
```
> Maintained by [@Dominiquini](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/models-bin)
### Debian / Ubuntu
Download the `.deb` from [GitHub Releases](https://github.com/arimxyer/models/releases) and install:
```bash
# Download the latest .deb for your architecture (amd64 or arm64)
sudo dpkg -i modelsdev_*_amd64.deb
```
### Fedora / RHEL
Download the `.rpm` from [GitHub Releases](https://github.com/arimxyer/models/releases) and install:
```bash
# Download the latest .rpm for your architecture (x86_64 or aarch64)
sudo rpm -i modelsdev-*.x86_64.rpm
```
> **Verifying downloads**: Each GitHub Release includes a `SHA256SUMS` file. After downloading, verify with: `sha256sum -c SHA256SUMS --ignore-missing`
### Pre-built binaries
Download the latest release for your platform from [GitHub Releases](https://github.com/arimxyer/models/releases).
### Build from source
```bash
git clone https://github.com/arimxyer/models
cd models
cargo build --release
./target/release/models
```
## TUI Usage
### Interactive Browser
Run `models` with no arguments to launch the interactive TUI:
```bash
models
```
### Keybindings
**Global**
| `]` / `[` | Switch tabs (Models / Agents / Benchmarks) |
| `?` | Show context-aware help |
| `q` | Quit |
**Navigation**
| `j` / `↓` | Move down |
| `k` / `↑` | Move up |
| `g` | Jump to first item |
| `G` | Jump to last item |
| `Ctrl+d` / `PageDown` | Page down |
| `Ctrl+u` / `PageUp` | Page up |
| `Tab` / `Shift+Tab` | Switch panels |
| `←` / `→` | Switch panels |
**Search**
| `/` | Enter search mode |
| `Enter` / `Esc` | Exit search mode |
| `Esc` | Clear search (in normal mode) |
### Models Tab
**Filters & Sort**
| `s` | Cycle sort (name → date → cost → context) |
| `S` | Toggle sort direction (asc/desc) |
| `1` | Toggle reasoning filter |
| `2` | Toggle tools filter |
| `3` | Toggle open weights filter |
| `4` | Toggle free models filter |
| `5` | Cycle provider category filter (All → Origin → Cloud → Inference → Gateway → Tool) |
| `6` | Toggle category grouping |
**Copy & Open**
| `c` | Copy `provider/model-id` |
| `C` | Copy `model-id` only |
| `o` | Open provider docs in browser |
| `D` | Copy provider docs URL |
| `A` | Copy provider API URL |
### Agents Tab
**Filters & Sort**
| `s` | Cycle sort (name → updated → stars → status) |
| `1` | Toggle installed filter |
| `2` | Toggle CLI tools filter |
| `3` | Toggle open source filter |
**Search**
| `/` | Search agents and changelogs |
| `n` | Jump to next match |
| `N` | Jump to previous match |
**Actions**
| `a` | Open tracked agents picker |
| `o` | Open docs in browser |
| `r` | Open GitHub repo |
| `c` | Copy agent name |
### Customizing Tracked Agents
By default, models tracks 4 popular agents: Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, and OpenCode.
Press `a` in the Agents tab to open the picker and customize which agents you track. Your preferences are saved to `~/.config/models/config.toml`.
You can also add custom agents not in the catalog:
```toml
# ~/.config/models/config.toml
[[agents.custom]]
name = "My Agent"
repo = "owner/repo"
binary = "my-agent"
version_command = ["--version"]
```
See [Custom Agents](docs/custom-agents.md) for the full reference.
### Benchmarks Tab
**Quick Sort** (press again to toggle direction)
| Key | Action |
|-----|--------|
| `1` | Sort by Intelligence index |
| `2` | Sort by Release date |
| `3` | Sort by Speed (tok/s) |
**Filters**
| Key | Action |
|-----|--------|
| `4` | Cycle source filter (All / Open / Closed) |
| `5` | Cycle region filter (US / China / Europe / ...) |
| `6` | Cycle type filter (Startup / Big Tech / Research) |
| `7` | Cycle reasoning filter (All / Reasoning / Non-reasoning) |
**Sort**
| Key | Action |
|-----|--------|
| `s` | Open sort picker popup |
| `S` | Toggle sort direction (asc/desc) |
**Compare Mode**
| Key | Action |
|-----|--------|
| `Space` | Toggle model selection (max 8) |
| `v` | Cycle view (H2H table → Scatter → Radar) |
| `t` | Toggle left panel (Models / Creators) |
| `d` | Show detail overlay (H2H view) |
| `c` | Clear all selections |
| `h` / `l` | Switch focus (List / Compare) |
| `j` / `k` | Scroll H2H table (when Compare focused) |
| `x` / `y` | Cycle scatter plot axes |
| `a` | Cycle radar chart preset |
**Actions**
| Key | Action |
|-----|--------|
| `o` | Open Artificial Analysis page |
---
## CLI Usage
### Agents CLI
Track AI coding agent releases from the command line. Install the `agents` alias during setup, or use `models agents` as a fallback.
```bash
# Create the agents alias (one-time setup)
mkdir -p ~/.local/bin
ln -s $(which models) ~/.local/bin/agents
```
> **Note:** Make sure `~/.local/bin` is in your `PATH`. For example, in **bash/zsh** add `export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"` to your shell config, or in **fish** run `fish_add_path ~/.local/bin`.
#### Status table
```bash
agents status
```
```
┌──────────────┬─────┬───────────┬──────────┬─────────┬───────────────┐
│ Tool │ 24h │ Installed │ Latest │ Updated │ Freq. │
├──────────────┼─────┼───────────┼──────────┼─────────┼───────────────┤
│ Claude Code │ ✓ │ 2.1.42 │ 2.1.42 │ 1d ago │ ~1d │
│ OpenAI Codex │ ✓ │ 0.92.0 │ 0.92.0 │ 6h ago │ ~3h │
│ Goose │ │ — │ 1.0.20 │ 3d ago │ ~2d │
└──────────────┴─────┴───────────┴──────────┴─────────┴───────────────┘
```
#### View changelogs
```bash
agents claude # Latest changelog (by CLI binary name)
agents claude-code # By agent ID
agents claude --version 1.0.170 # Specific version
```
#### Browse versions
```bash
agents claude --list # List all versions
agents claude --pick # Interactive fuzzy picker
```
#### Other commands
```bash
agents latest # All releases from last 24 hours
agents list-sources # List all available agents
agents claude --web # Open GitHub releases in browser
```
### Models CLI
#### List providers
```bash
models list providers
```
#### List models
```bash
# All models
models list models
# Models from a specific provider
models list models anthropic
```
#### Show model details
```bash
models show claude-opus-4-5-20251101
```
```
Claude Opus 4.5
===============
ID: claude-opus-4-5-20251101
Provider: Anthropic (anthropic)
Family: claude-opus
Limits
------
Context: 200k tokens
Max Output: 64k tokens
Pricing (per million tokens)
----------------------------
Input: $5.00
Output: $25.00
Cache Read: $0.50
Cache Write: $6.25
Capabilities
------------
Reasoning: Yes
Tool Use: Yes
Attachments: Yes
Modalities: text, image, pdf -> text
Metadata
--------
Released: 2025-11-01
Updated: 2025-11-01
Knowledge: 2025-03-31
Open Weights: No
```
#### Search models
```bash
models search "gpt-4"
models search "claude opus"
```
#### JSON output
All model commands support `--json` for scripting:
```bash
models list providers --json
models show claude-opus-4-5 --json
models search "llama" --json
```
## Data Sources
Lots of gratitude to the companies who do all the hard work! Shout out to the sources:
- **Model data**: Fetched from [models.dev](https://models.dev), an open-source database of AI models maintained by [SST](https://github.com/sst/models.dev)
- **Benchmark data**: Fetched from [Artificial Analysis](https://artificialanalysis.ai) — quality indexes, benchmark scores, speed, and pricing for ~400 model entries
- **Agent data**: Curated catalog in [`data/agents.json`](data/agents.json) — contributions welcome!
- **GitHub data**: Fetched from GitHub API (stars, releases, changelogs)
## Roadmap
- **Nix flake** — Nix packaging with a proper `flake.lock` for reproducible builds (PRs welcome!)
## Contributing
Contributions are welcome! Please read the [Contributing Guide](CONTRIBUTING.md) before submitting a PR.
This project follows the [Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).
## License
MIT