Ask HN: I can't remember the name of a AI CLI tool I saw a few weeks ago

5 points by explosion-s 251 days ago | 9 comments

I recall an AI CLI tool along the lines of opencode/goose/aider that was on HN recently, it had a newt/salamander icon and the company also hosts open models in an openrouter esque way. I can't for the life of me remember what that is - PLEASE help guys!! It was Claude API compatible I think but also supports other providers

explosion-s 251 days ago |

Okay it turned out to be octocat - and that company offers a subscription service to open models as well. That explains my confusion because the image looks very amphibian like but it wasn't actually a newt or salamander or anything. I eventually found this because I recalled that it was a subscription, not just an open router s service

giveita 251 days ago | |

Octocat? You have a link? I get Github Github and more Github if I search.

jamessb 251 days ago | | |

I think they mean Octofriend (https://github.com/synthetic-lab/octofriend) from Syntethci Lab (https://synthetic.new/landing/home).

stargrazer 251 days ago |

go into your browser history and follow the time frame and trail. in firefox, the browser history is very detailed.

giardini 251 days ago |

Google is your friend!8-))

explosion-s 251 days ago | |

I googled so much and found nothing I literally spent a full half an hour googling

giardini 251 days ago | | |

Maybe do an "image" search with Google or DDG instead of searching for text, e.g.,

https://www.google.com/search?q=AI+CLI+TOOL+LOGO+NEWT+SALAMA...

https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=AI%2BCLI%2BTOOL%2BLOGO%2BNE...

or, as busymom0 suggested below, use the Hacker News search at the bottom of each HN page.

busymom0 251 days ago | | |

Would this search help?

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...