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Kit by Speakeasy

An MIT-licensed coding agent runtime built around a composed execution tool.

Install

Information checked: Sep 12, 2026 ·View sources

Tool details

Type
CLI agents
Platforms
macOS, Linux
Free plan
Yes
Open source
Yes
Bring your own key
Yes
Local models
Not verified
Kit by Speakeasy

Overview

Best for

  • Terminal users experimenting with agent execution
  • Developers integrating ACP or A2A clients

Strengths

  • Provides several client and integration interfaces from one runtime.
  • Lets a composed tool program handle related execution steps.

Limitations & trade-offs

  • Users requiring built-in permission prompts or sandbox enforcement
  • Kit does not provide a built-in sandbox or permission approval framework.
  • Published install-script targets currently cover macOS ARM64 and Linux x86-64.

Get started

Pricing & usage limits

Free tier available

MIT-licensed runtime$0

The software is free. Model access uses your configured provider or supported subscription; inference is not included.

Pricing checked: Sep 12, 2026 · Subscription, usage limits, and model costs may be billed separately.

Features & details

Runtime interfaces

  • Terminal client, ACP server, and A2A endpoint
  • Subagent orchestration
  • Single compose tool backed by Runlet

Integration

  • MCP, skills, and plugins
  • OpenAI login, OpenRouter, and Speakeasy provider paths

What the compose approach changes

Kit lets the model express related operations as a program rather than requiring a separate model exchange for every file read or command. For example, a task may read a parser, change a condition, run its focused test, and inspect the result within a composed operation. Fewer exchanges do not guarantee that a particular repository task will finish faster.

Evaluate Kit on a contained task

  1. Install the release for your platform using the official repository.
  2. Initialize Kit and configure one supported model access method.
  3. Open a disposable checkout and request a small, testable fix.
  4. Inspect the execution output, final diff, and tests before using the same setup for broader work.

An example terminal session after installation is:

bash
kit init
kit auth login openai
kit tui --root /path/to/project

Understand the execution boundary

The --root option selects the working directory; it does not restrict the process to that directory. Kit's security notes leave isolation to the execution environment. This matters when comparing it with agents that include interactive permission controls.

Model support & data privacy

Privacy & data handling

Commands run with the access of the Kit process. Model requests use the configured provider. The working-directory option is not a security boundary.

Guides, reviews & fixes

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No published guides yet. Start with the official documentation above.

Product updates

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Sources & verification

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