SpaceX/xAI open-sourced Grok Build, a terminal-based AI coding agent (CLI/TUI) that understands codebases, edits files, runs commands, and searches the web. The Rust-based tool is available on GitHub for macOS, Linux, and Windows.
Awesome gift from SpaceX/xAI and Elon
Opensource FTW
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Grok Build is SpaceXAI’s terminal-based AI coding agent. It runs as a
full-screen TUI that understands your codebase, edits files, executes shell
commands, searches the web, and manages long-running tasks — interactively,
headlessly for scripting/CI, or embedded in editors via the Agent Client
Protocol (ACP).
See the changelog for the latest fixes,
features, and improvements in each release.
Building from source
Requirements:
Rust — the toolchain is pinned by rust-toolchain.toml;
rustup installs it automatically on first build.
protoc — proto codegen resolves bin/protoc (a
dotslash launcher) or falls back to a protoc on
PATH / $PROTOC.
macOS and Linux are supported build hosts; Windows builds are best-effort
and not currently tested from this tree.
cargo run -p xai-grok-pager-bin # build + launch the TUI
cargo build -p xai-grok-pager-bin --release # release binary: target/release/xai-grok-pager
cargo check -p xai-grok-pager-bin # fast validation
The binary artifact is named xai-grok-pager; official installs ship it as
grok. On first launch it opens your browser to authenticate — see the
authentication guide.
The user guide ships with the pager crate:
crates/codegen/xai-grok-pager/docs/user-guide/
— getting started, keyboard shortcuts, slash commands, configuration, theming,
MCP servers, skills, plugins, hooks, headless mode, sandboxing, and more.
Repository layout
Path
Contents
crates/codegen/xai-grok-pager-bin
Composition-root package; builds the xai-grok-pager binary
Grok Build, a terminal-based AI coding agent from xAI, has been open sourced under the Apache 2.0 license. It runs as a full-screen TUI that understands codebases, edits files, executes shell commands, and more.
xAI is preparing to release Grok Build, a new coding desktop application for macOS, Windows, and Linux, featuring support for planning modes, plugins, Git integration, and a built-in browser.
xAI faced backlash after its Grok CLI tool was found to upload entire directories to its servers. In response, xAI deleted retained data, disabled default data retention, and open-sourced the entire Grok Build codebase under Apache 2.0 to regain user trust.
