🦁 Lion

AI coding agent for the terminal. Like Claude Code, but for DeepSeek, Gemini, or any OpenAI-compatible LLM.

Install & Run

npm i -g lionai-cli
lion

First launch asks for provider and API key. That's it.

Features

• Streaming — responses appear token by token
• Tool-use — reads/writes files, runs commands, searches code
• Sessions — stored in SQLite (~/.lion/lion.db)
• Token tracking — per-request and per-session usage
• Debug mode — /debug shows exactly what goes to the cloud and back
• Zero config — first run wizard handles everything

Commands

| Command | Description | |---|---| | /debug | Toggle full request/response transparency | | /sessions | List saved sessions | | /usage | Token usage stats | | /new | Start new session | | /clear | Clear context | | /config | Change provider/key | | /help | Show all commands | | /exit | Quit |

Providers

Works with any OpenAI-compatible API:

• DeepSeek
• Gemini
• OpenAI
• Custom endpoint (local LLMs via Ollama, LM Studio, etc.)

License

MIT