Show HN: Grinta – a local-first coding agent built for long autonomous runs

Category: devtools

Tags: coding-agent, local-first, ai-tooling

Score: 7.3/10 (Innovation: 6, Technical: 8, Documentation: 8, Utility: 7)

Grinta is a local-first, provider-agnostic terminal coding agent with deep LSP/DAP integration, designed for long autonomous runs. Its innovation lies in combining durable sessions, built-in safety rails, and a unified interface across multiple model providers, all without a cloud dependency. The project is technically impressive with its event-stream ledger, risk-classified actions, and complex state management for multi-hour autonomous runs.

Target audience: backend devs, devops, data engineers

Repository: https://github.com/josephsenior/Grinta-Coding-Agent · Python · MIT · 18 stars

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