Codel AI Agent
✨ Fully autonomous AI Agent that can perform complicated tasks and projects using terminal, browser, and editor.
Codel is an open-source ai agent by semanser, written mainly in TypeScript, with 2,474 GitHub stars and the AGPL-3.0 license. Its code was last updated Apr 29, 2024.
Scan summary: scanned Nov 5, 2026 at commit fe1e846. No capabilities flagged by our checks. Scan policy
What Codel can touch
- Not checked directly. Its own description suggests it does this.Run shell commandsLikely, from its own description
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Run dynamic codeNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Read or write filesNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Read environment and secretsNot seen in this scan
- Not checked directly. Its own description suggests it does this.Control a web browserLikely, from its own description
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Connect to databasesNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Read or send messagesNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Touch money or tradingNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Connect to the internetNot run in this scan
"Not seen" means our checks did not find it, and the tool may still do it. Covers commit fe1e846, Nov 5, 2026. See the scan policy.
Before you install Codel
AgenticMart scanned Codel on Nov 5, 2026 with automated checks for hidden code, known-malicious packages, leaked secrets and vulnerable dependencies. The result covers one commit under our scan policy, so review what access you give it and check any advisories shown here.
What it can access
- An AI agent decides its own next steps and calls whatever tools you give it, so its risk depends on the access you grant.
- Based on its description and topics, it likely needs to control a web browser (visit sites, fill in and submit forms).
- Based on its description and topics, it likely needs to run shell commands.
Before you install
- Run it in a separate browser profile without your logged-in accounts.
- Keep tool-call approval on, and run it in a container if you can.
- Pin the version you reviewed instead of always installing the latest release.
- Read the tool list or scripts before the first run, and keep approval prompts on for actions that write, send or delete.
- Maintained by semanser on GitHub, 2,474 stars and 202 forks. Popularity is not proof of safety.
- Last code change was over a year ago (Apr 2024); unmaintained code doesn't get security fixes.
- Open-source license: AGPL-3.0.
Codel is an open-source ai agent by semanser, written mainly in TypeScript. ✨ Fully autonomous AI Agent that can perform complicated tasks and projects using terminal, browser, and editor.
At a glance
- Stars
- 2.5k
- Forks
- 202
- Language
- TypeScript
- License
- AGPL-3.0
- Created
- Mar 2024
- Last update
- Apr 29, 2024
- Type
- AI Agent
- Price
- Free
Topics
Questions about Codel
What is Codel?
✨ Fully autonomous AI Agent that can perform complicated tasks and projects using terminal, browser, and editor.
Who maintains Codel?
Codel is maintained by semanser on GitHub (semanser/codel). AgenticMart lists it from public repository data.
Is Codel safe to use?
AgenticMart scanned Codel on Nov 5, 2026 with automated checks for hidden code, known-malicious packages, leaked secrets and vulnerable dependencies. The result covers one commit under our scan policy, so review what access you give it and check any advisories shown here.
What license does Codel use?
It is published under the AGPL-3.0 license.
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