{"slug": "minimax-open-sources-minimax-code-terminal-coding-agent", "title": "MiniMax open-sources MiniMax Code terminal coding agent", "summary": "MiniMax has open-sourced MiniMax Code, a terminal coding agent that understands projects, modifies files and runs tests from a command-line interface, with first-party code released under the MIT license. The repository supports an interactive terminal UI, a headless execution mode for scripts and CI, and the Agent Client Protocol for editor integrations, and works with MiniMax accounts, bring-your-own API keys and compatible third-party model endpoints. MiniMax said the published source covers the terminal TUI, headless CLI and ACP components, but not the separately distributed MiniMax Code desktop application.", "body_md": "MiniMax has open-sourced MiniMax Code, a terminal coding agent that can understand projects, modify files and run tests from a command-line interface. The project is available under the MIT license for its first-party code.\n\nThe repository supports an interactive terminal UI, a headless execution mode for scripts and CI, and the Agent Client Protocol for editor integrations. It also supports MiniMax accounts as well as bring-your-own API keys and compatible third-party model endpoints.\n\nMiniMax said the published source covers the terminal TUI, headless CLI and ACP components. The source repository does not include the MiniMax Code desktop application, which is distributed separately. [[MiniMax](https://github.com/MiniMax-AI/minimax-code)]", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/minimax-open-sources-minimax-code-terminal-coding-agent", "canonical_source": "https://technode.com/2026/09/21/minimax-open-sources-minimax-code-terminal-coding-agent/", "published_at": "2026-09-21 05:53:33+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-21 06:22:26.224910+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-tools", "developer-tools", "agent-protocols", "ai-products"], "entities": ["MiniMax", "MiniMax Code", "Agent Client Protocol", "MIT license"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/minimax-open-sources-minimax-code-terminal-coding-agent", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/minimax-open-sources-minimax-code-terminal-coding-agent.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/minimax-open-sources-minimax-code-terminal-coding-agent.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/minimax-open-sources-minimax-code-terminal-coding-agent.jsonld"}}