Axium-Labs / AX

# AX
A fast, lightweight AI agent for the terminal, built in Rust.
One source workspace builds for Windows, Linux and macOS. See
platform support for native build targets, shell settings,
installation and capability limits; new platform archives require a release
containing those assets before they can be downloaded.
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AX is a small, native terminal agent. It starts fast, streams responses, and
keeps sessions, memory, credentials and model config on your machine — no
service to sign up for, no remote telemetry.
AX is the agent; AX Crew is the control
plane built alongside it — it orchestrates and controls AX across multiple
machines and keeps their work running when a machine goes offline. See
ACP and Crew integration.
- **Rust native** — one binary for the terminal agent; no Node or Docker needed for core use. Optional Browser Use needs Node and Playwright.
- **Independent UI permissions** — app/site access and action approval are separate from the file/terminal sandbox. Computer Use defaults on and preserves explicit disable settings; Windows UIA, Linux AT-SPI and macOS Accessibility adapters have platform prerequisites and limits. See Computer Use and host access.
- **Fast startup** — providers, skills, MCP servers and memory load on demand.
- **Local system resources** — `/system` shows measured CPU/memory usage and
 supported NVIDIA GPU usage/VRAM; collection runs only when requested.
- **Standard skills and focused tools** — Agent Skills `SKILL.md` packages with lazy instructions and optional resources, read-only web search/fetch that batches concurrent queries and page fetches and deduplicates their results, LSP through configurable MCP servers, and native image input on supported vision models.
- **Small binary** — a compact workspace of focused crates, not a framework.
- **Simple workflow** — type, get an answer, switch models, move on.
- **Local-first** — sessions, memory and settings live in `.ax` beside the AX executable.
No benchmarks are published yet; "fast" here means the startup path does as
little as possible by design.
By default, AX stores persistent data under ` /.ax`, with separate
project stores in `projects/ /`. Opening another working directory
does not move data there; deleting a workspace does not delete its history.
On first launch, legacy `~/.ax` and known project `.ax` stores are copied without
deleting the originals. `AX_HOME` and `--data-dir` remain explicit overrides.
Portable backups: `ax export backup.axpack` saves sessions and memory; use
`--memory` or `--sessions` to select one type. Run
`ax import backup.axpack --dry-run` to inspect conflicts, then
`ax import backup.axpack` to merge.
Credentials and caches are excluded. See backup details.
## Quick Start
### Installing and running AX
Mac or Linux:
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Windows:
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Then simply run:
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Your first session:
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That's it. Your session is saved automatically, and the model you pick is
remembered for next time.
## Installation