Toad provides a unified terminal UI to interact with AI agents, offering a shell, prompt editor, file picker, and diff/diff views. It includes installation via a curl script and supports multiple installation methods and web server mode.
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What it is
Toad is a unified interface for AI in the terminal. It exposes features such as a terminal shell, a prompt editor with Markdown rendering, a file picker, and diff views for code. It supports launching and managing multiple AI agents from a single UI and includes a web server option for running the interface as a web app.
How it works
Toad provides a terminal-based UI that integrates with various AI agents via an App Store–like system within the UI, enabling installation and execution of agents. It includes a built-in shell with full-color output, interactive commands, and tab completion, and exposes settings and session management (resume and concurrent sessions). It supports launching a web server for the UI.
Getting started
Install:
curl -fsSL batrachian.ai/install | sh
Getting started commands:
toad
Getting started alternatives:
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
uv tool install -U batrachian-toad --python 3.14
Toad is also available via conda-forge and pixi:
pixi global install batrachian-toad
Recent releases
- v0.6.20 Added support for Grok Build (2026-05-26)
- v0.6.18 The Extra keys release (2026-05-17): Fixed Textual failing on RPC calls with extra keys, which impacted OpenCode
- v0.6.17 The fixed fence release (2026-05-14): Also bumps Textual dependency to improve text selection
- v0.6.16 Diff view (2026-05-11): Switched to textual-diff-view for diffs
- v0.6.14 Claude Run Hotfix (2026-03-30): Fixed for the command to launch Claude ACP adapter
Traction
3354 stars, 154 forks, 6 open issues. (Data as provided in repo stats.)
Behind the repo
Project maintained by Will McGugan; details reference to AGPL-3.0 license and commercial licenses.
Caveats
License: AGPL-3.0. Commercial licenses are available. See COMMERCIAL_LICENSE.md. Creation date: 2025-07-17. Last push: 2026-05-26.






