What Smol Developer does
Smol Developer is an MIT-licensed junior developer agent that generates code from a prompt or product spec. It can scaffold an entire codebase, or it can be installed with pip as the smol_dev library to embed a developer agent in your own app. Its three usage modes are a Git repo CLI through main.py, a Python library with plan, specify_file_paths, and generate_code functions, and an API based on Agent Protocol. Named components include debugger.py, which reads the codebase to suggest changes, and shared_dependencies.md. It targets developers who want a human-in-the-loop workflow. The default model is gpt-4-0613, selectable with a flag. The page does not state a pricing model.
How Smol Developer compares with its closest alternatives
All 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Smol Developer does. Only OneCLI lists a starting price, $149 a month. 4 of the 5 offer an API, as Smol Developer does. Smol Developer offers a command-line tool. Of the 4 alternatives with platforms on record, 3 offer a command-line tool. Smol Developer was founded in 2023; the alternatives on record were all founded in 2023. Smol Developer has no single headquarters on record; its alternatives with a known headquarters are in the United States.