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Naadan prompts. Production code.
Kerala-built open-source AI coding agent

KiduCode

Naadan prompts. Production code.

KiduCode is a Kerala-built open-source AI coding agent. Use English, Malayalam, or Manglish prompts to understand, edit, refactor, and ship code faster.

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Install

curl -fsSL https://kiducode.com/install | bash
npm i -g kiducode
brew install kiducode/tap/kiducode

Install commands are placeholders until the first public release.

terminal-first workflow static-first site

Built for developers who want a minimal interface, strong local control, and a command-line workflow that feels native to modern teams.

Prompt Languages

English today. Malayalam and Manglish support planned.

Deployment Ready

Designed for Cloudflare Pages, Vercel, or Netlify.

terminal demo

$ kiducode --manglish "oru react login page undakku, username password validation venam"

KiduCode:

Normalized task:

Create a React login page with username and password validation.

Actions:

✓ Created LoginPage.tsx

✓ Added form validation

✓ Updated routing

✓ Generated summary

What Is KiduCode

Open-source AI coding, with a Kerala-first developer experience.

KiduCode is an independent open-source fork of OpenCode, redesigned with local-first workflows, Manglish prompt support, Malayalam-friendly explanations, and a developer experience built for how Malayali developers actually think and type.

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Manglish Mode

Write prompts like “oru login page undakku” and KiduCode normalizes them into clear software engineering tasks.

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Terminal-first

Work directly from your command line with a fast, project-aware AI coding workflow.

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Model flexible

Connect providers like OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, local models, and future community integrations.

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Local-first

Keep your codebase on your machine and choose when to connect external AI providers.

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Project-aware

KiduCode understands your files, dependencies, structure, and coding context.

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Open-source core

Fork it, customize it, self-host it, and build plugins around it.

Manglish Mode

From Manglish to modern code.

KiduCode is designed to understand the way many Kerala developers naturally type — a mix of English, Malayalam, and Manglish.

Manglish

oru login page undakku

English task

Create a login page.

Manglish

ee bug fix cheyyu

English task

Fix this bug.

Manglish

backend il jwt auth add cheyyu

English task

Add JWT authentication to the backend.

Manglish

button click cheythal modal open aavanam

English task

Open the modal when the button is clicked.

Manglish Mode is planned for an upcoming KiduCode release.

Why KiduCode

Built for developers who think locally and ship globally.

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For developers

Use natural prompts to edit, explain, debug, and refactor code.

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For students

Understand code, prepare project documentation, and learn through Malayalam or Manglish explanations.

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For freelancers

Build client-ready dashboards, landing pages, business tools, and project templates faster.

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For teams

Use shared rules, provider controls, and enterprise-ready deployment options in the future.

Open Source

Open-source at the core.

The KiduCode CLI, local workflow, and Manglish engine are intended to remain open and extensible. Developers should be able to inspect it, fork it, contribute to it, and self-host it.

KiduCode keeps the developer workflow front and center: local code, explicit provider choice, and extensibility for teams that need to tune the system around their own engineering standards.

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Product Philosophy

Free for developers. Powerful for teams.

KiduCode’s core developer experience will stay open-source. Future paid offerings may focus on cloud sync, team workspaces, audit logs, enterprise controls, private deployment, and priority support.

Community

Planned

Free and open-source CLI.

  • + Core command-line workflow
  • + Open-source local-first usage
  • + Community-driven evolution

Pro

Planned

Cloud sync, prompt history, saved rules, and personal project memory.

  • + Prompt history
  • + Saved rules
  • + Personal project memory

Team

Planned

Shared workspaces, usage dashboard, team rules, and provider controls.

  • + Shared workspaces
  • + Usage dashboard
  • + Team rules
  • + Provider controls

Enterprise

Planned

SSO, audit logs, private deployment, compliance controls, and custom support.

  • + SSO
  • + Audit logs
  • + Private deployment
  • + Compliance controls
  • + Priority support
Preview

Roadmap

A staged path from rebrand to stable release, with language support and extensibility layered in over time.

  • ✓ v0.1 — KiduCode rebrand and CLI foundation
  • ✓ v0.2 — Manglish prompt preprocessor
  • ✓ v0.3 — Malayalam/Manglish explanation mode
  • ✓ v0.4 — Kerala-focused developer templates
  • ✓ v0.5 — Plugin system and provider marketplace
  • ✓ v1.0 — Stable KiduCode release

Next steps

The early roadmap focuses on establishing the KiduCode identity, shipping the CLI baseline, and then layering in Manglish understanding, Malayalam explanations, reusable templates, and team-grade controls.

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KiduCode is an independent open-source fork of OpenCode. KiduCode is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or officially connected to OpenCode, Anomaly, or the original OpenCode maintainers. Original license notices and upstream attribution are preserved where required.