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Show HN: Cosh – An open-source AI agent orchestrator

Developer DiegoZaluski released Cosh, an open-source Apache-2.0 coding agent for the terminal written in Rust, which runs external agents such as Gemini, Claude, Codex and Cline alongside a main agent in split panes via a multi-agent mode invoked with /agents. Cosh operates graphical applications through an accessibility-tree representation rather than screenshots, which the project says cuts image processing and token consumption, and ships as independent crates including cosh-tools, cosh-tui, cosh-sdk, cosh-recall and cosh-onnx. The tool is tested on Linux and Windows but not yet on macOS, and installs via a curl script on Linux/macOS or a PowerShell script on Windows.

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Show HN: Cosh – An open-source AI agent orchestrator
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Cosh is a general-purpose coding agent for the terminal, with software engineering tools and computer tools that let it interact with graphical applications.

Highlights:

  • Multi-agent mode (/agents) — run external agents (Gemini, Claude, Codex, Cline, …) alongside the main agent in split panes, all reachable from the same prompt. Each agent keeps its own session, model and optional git worktree, and the main agent coordinates them — dispatching tasks and collecting reports as one team.
  • Computer tools via accessibility tree — the agent reads and operates graphical interfaces through a structured, compact representation, falling back to screenshots only when needed. Fewer images processed, fewer tokens consumed.
  • TUI built from scratch in Rust (Ratatui), inspired by OpenCode's UX. Providers, models and operating modes are configured right in the interface — almost zero manual setup.
  • Independent crates — the development tools live in crates decoupled from the application, reusable as libraries outside Cosh.

Tested on Linux and Windows. macOS hasn't been tested yet — if anything fails, open an issue with as much detail as possible.

Linux & macOS (also works on Windows via Git Bash / WSL):

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DiegoZaluski/co-sh/main/download.sh | bash

Windows (PowerShell):

irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DiegoZaluski/co-sh/main/download.ps1 | iex

Note: the curl | bash command does not work in PowerShell or CMD — Windows has no native bash. Use the PowerShell script above instead (Git Bash and WSL also work).

Optional variables: COSH_BIN_DIR (install directory), COSH_VERSION (specific version) and COSH_VARIANT (slim, the default, or slim-embed, with local RAG via fastembed). On PowerShell, set them as $env:COSH_VERSION = "v0.1.0" before running the command.

After installing, run cosh in your terminal. If the install directory isn't on your PATH, the script prints the command to add it. If anything goes wrong during installation, open an issue — I'll be glad to help!

Crate Description
cosh-tools Development tools and computer tools
cosh-tui TUI widget library (markdown/diff rendering, layout) — the components the app's terminal interface is built on
cosh-sdk SDK for building agents on top of cosh
cosh-recall Memory and context recall
cosh-onnx ONNX decision engine (behind the onnx feature)
  • Laya/ONNX decision engine — optionalonnx feature backed by thecosh-onnx crate; see thecrate guide .
  • Graph-based harness orchestration — a new session mode for coordinating multiple harnesses.

Apache-2.0.

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