# Show HN: Vim-like TUI agent, complete tasks in 20–80k tokens instead of 300k+

> Source: <https://easiest.ai/>
> Published: 2026-09-17 20:26:06+00:00

A terminal agent for people who want agentic workflows without the token bills.

Most agent sessions burn 300k+ prefill tokens. My Shell is built around small contexts: local-first compaction can complete a full task in 20–80k tokens.

Small contexts also make parallelism affordable - run multiple agents at once; thread pooling keeps each session lean without cost compounding.

It runs anywhere: macOS, Linux, and Windows, in Docker, and even in VGA/VESA framebuffer mode with no terminal emulator. It runs natively in PowerShell with full rendering and keybindings, no degraded experience.

• Vim keybindings throughout

• Markdown and LaTeX rendering in the terminal

• On-demand subagents with isolated contexts

• Compaction runs locally — your context stays on your machine

• Single bundle, no external packages required

It's opinionated: terminal-first, no chat UI, Vim keys. If that's not you, there's also a web chat with your name on it (and a fresh wgpu desktop app, coming soon™).

Comments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49746030](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49746030)

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