modelsdev 0.6.1

CLI/TUI tool for browsing AI models and tracking coding agents
modelsdev-0.6.1 is not a library.

models

A fast CLI and TUI for browsing AI models and coding agents.

  • Models Tab: Browse 2000+ models across 75+ providers from models.dev
  • Agents Tab: Track AI coding assistants (Claude Code, Aider, Cursor, etc.) with version detection and GitHub integration

Features

Models Tab

  • CLI commands for scripting and quick lookups
  • Interactive TUI for browsing and comparing models
  • Cross-provider search to compare the same model across different providers
  • Copy to clipboard with a single keypress
  • 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
  • Persistent cache — instant startup with ETag-based conditional fetching
  • Customizable tracking — choose which agents to monitor

Installation

Cargo (from crates.io)

cargo install modelsdev

Homebrew (macOS/Linux)

brew install arimxyer/tap/models

Scoop (Windows)

scoop bucket add arimxyer https://github.com/arimxyer/scoop-bucket
scoop install models

Pre-built binaries

Download the latest release for your platform from GitHub Releases.

Build from source

git clone https://github.com/arimxyer/models
cd models
cargo build --release
./target/release/models

Usage

TUI (Interactive Browser)

Just run models with no arguments to launch the interactive browser:

models

models TUI screenshot

TUI Keybindings

Global

Key Action
] / [ Switch tabs (Models / Agents)
? Show context-aware help
q Quit

Navigation

Key Action
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

Key Action
/ Enter search mode
Enter / Esc Exit search mode
Esc Clear search (in normal mode)

Models Tab

Filters & Sort

Key Action
s Cycle sort (name → date → cost → context)
1 Toggle reasoning filter
2 Toggle tools filter
3 Toggle open weights filter

Copy & Open

Key Action
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

Agents tab screenshot

Filters & Sort

Key Action
s Cycle sort (name → updated → stars → status)
1 Toggle installed filter
2 Toggle CLI tools filter
3 Toggle open source filter

Actions

Key Action
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:

# ~/.config/models/config.toml
[[agents.custom]]
name = "My Agent"
repo = "owner/repo"
binary = "my-agent"
version_command = ["--version"]

CLI Commands

List providers

models list providers

List models

# All models
models list models

# Models from a specific provider
models list models anthropic

Show model details

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

models search "gpt-4"
models search "claude opus"

JSON output

All commands support --json for scripting:

models list providers --json
models show claude-opus-4-5 --json
models search "llama" --json

Data Sources

  • Model data: Fetched from models.dev, an open-source database of AI models maintained by SST
  • Agent data: Curated catalog in data/agents.json — contributions welcome!
  • GitHub data: Fetched from GitHub API (stars, releases, changelogs)

License

MIT