modelsdev 0.8.1

CLI/TUI tool for browsing AI models and tracking coding agents
modelsdev-0.8.1 is not a library.

models

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

  • Models Tab: Browse 2000+ models across 85+ providers from models.dev, categorized by type (Origin, Cloud, Inference, Gateway, Dev Tool)
  • Benchmarks Tab: Compare model performance across 15+ benchmarks from Artificial Analysis, with creator filtering by source, region, and type
  • Agents Tab: Track AI coding assistants (Claude Code, Aider, Cursor, etc.) with version detection and GitHub integration

What's New (v0.8.0)

Benchmarks Tab (New)

  • Dedicated Benchmarks tab — browse 400+ model entries from Artificial Analysis with quality, speed, and pricing data
  • Creator sidebar with 40+ creators, each classified by source (Open/Closed/Mixed), region (US/China/Europe/Middle East/S. Korea/Canada/Other), and type (Startup/Big Tech/Research)
  • Three filter dimensions — [4] source, [5] region, [6] type — to slice the creator and benchmark lists
  • Quick-sort keys — [1] Intelligence, [2] Date, [3] Speed — press again to flip direction
  • Dynamic column visibility — list columns adapt based on the active sort group (knowledge, code, reasoning, math, performance)
  • Detail panel — non-scrollable flat layout with indexes, benchmark scores, performance metrics, and pricing
  • Null-filtering — entries missing data for the active sort column are hidden automatically

Benchmark Matching Pipeline

  • 7-tier entity resolution matching models.dev entries to Artificial Analysis benchmarks (88.2% match rate)
  • TF-IDF and Jaro-Winkler fuzzy matching with brand-aware pre-filters
  • fuzzy_compatible() structural gates for size, version, vision, specialization, and product-tier mismatches

Other

  • Provider categories — filter and group providers by type (Origin, Cloud, Inference, Gateway, Dev Tool)
  • OpenClaw agent added to the agents catalog
  • Responsive layouts — models tab detail panel scales with terminal height

Features

Models Tab

  • CLI commands for scripting and quick lookups
  • Interactive TUI for browsing and comparing models
  • Provider categories — filter and group providers by type (Origin, Cloud, Inference, Gateway, Dev Tool)
  • Cross-provider search to compare the same model across different providers
  • Copy to clipboard with a single keypress
  • JSON output for scripting and automation

Benchmarks Tab

  • 400+ benchmark entries from Artificial Analysis with quality, speed, and pricing scores
  • Creator sidebar with 40+ creators — filter by source (Open/Closed/Mixed), region (US/China/Europe/...), and type (Startup/Big Tech/Research)
  • Quick-sort keys — instantly sort by Intelligence, Date, or Speed
  • Dynamic columns — list columns adapt to show the most relevant benchmarks for the active sort
  • Detail panel — full benchmark breakdown with indexes, scores, performance, and pricing

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 / Benchmarks / 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
4 Cycle provider category filter (All → Origin → Cloud → Inference → Gateway → Tool)
5 Toggle category grouping

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

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 (Open / Closed / Mixed)
5 Cycle region filter (US / China / Europe / Middle East / S. Korea / Canada / Other)
6 Cycle type filter (Startup / Big Tech / Research)

Sort (full cycle)

Key Action
s Cycle through all 16 sort columns
S Toggle sort direction (asc/desc)

Actions

Key Action
c Copy benchmark name
o Open Artificial Analysis page

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
  • Benchmark data: Fetched from Artificial Analysis — quality indexes, benchmark scores, speed, and pricing for 400+ model entries
  • Agent data: Curated catalog in data/agents.json — contributions welcome!
  • GitHub data: Fetched from GitHub API (stars, releases, changelogs)

License

MIT