Show HN: VT Code – Rust TUI coding agent with Tree-sitter and AST-grep

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7 months ago

I’ve been building VT Code, a Rust-based terminal coding agent that combines semantic code intelligence (Tree-sitter + ast-grep) with multi-provider LLMs and a defense-in-depth execution model. It runs in your terminal with a streaming TUI, and also integrates with editors via ACP and a VS Code extension.

* Semantic understanding: parses your code with Tree-sitter and does structural queries with ast-grep.

* Multi-LLM with failover: OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, DeepSeek, Gemini, Z.AI, Moonshot, OpenRouter, MiniMax, and Ollama for local—swap by env var.

* Security first: tool allowlist + per-arg validation, workspace isolation, optional Anthropic sandbox, HITL approvals, audit trail.

* Editor bridges: Agent Conext Protocol supports (Zed); VS Code extension (also works in Open VSX-compatible editors like Cursor/Windsurf).

* Configurable: vtcode.toml with tool policies, lifecycle hooks, context budgets, and timeouts.

GitHub: https://github.com/vinhnx/vtcode

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