Free. Zero dependencies. 50KB. Built in Nigeria 🇳🇬 for developers everywhere — no subscriptions, no credit card, no bloat.
npm install -g stew-ai
Stew Code reads and writes files, runs shell commands, searches the web, verifies its own output, and forges new skills for itself. All in a package smaller than one Cursor icon.
Chat with AI in your terminal. 6 providers (Groq, Mistral, NVIDIA, OpenRouter, HuggingFace, OpenAI) with automatic failover, streaming responses, multi-line input, 12 personas.
Scan for hardcoded secrets, API keys, passwords, injection vulnerabilities, phishing patterns, and malware indicators. 20+ pattern matchers, LOW→CRITICAL threat scoring.
3-pass verification on every write: syntax check, logic review, security audit. If something fails, it auto-retries with fixes up to 3 times.
Give it a goal and let it run for hours. It plans, executes, checkpoints to disk, and self-heals. Kill the terminal, come back tomorrow — it resumes where it left off.
When Stew hits a task it can't do, it writes a new skill for itself and uses it immediately. 17 built-in skills + unlimited custom. No plugins, no marketplace.
Headless web automation: /browse opens pages, clicks links, fills and submits forms with a real cookie jar. Plus /screenshot (pages via headless Chrome, or your screen) and /record for screen capture.
One command configures your whole environment. /setup vscode creates settings, launch, tasks & extensions. /setup opencode for OpenCode. /setup all does everything + .editorconfig.
Developer, doctor, lawyer, analyst, architect, comedian and more — each with specialized prompts. Plus an ANSI mascot that reacts to what's happening. Because coding should be fun.
Most AI coding tools — Copilot ($10/mo), Cursor ($20/mo), Tabnine ($12/mo) — are priced for Silicon Valley salaries. A developer earning in Naira can't justify that.
African devs face tools priced in dollars against Naira income, plus bloated software that assumes fast connections and expensive hardware.
A terminal AI agent that costs nothing, installs in seconds, runs on any laptop with Node 18+, and weighs less than a single IDE icon.
World-class AI tools for every African developer — free. No paywalls, no "Pro tier" for basics. Open source, MIT, community-owned.
| Feature | Stew Code | GitHub Copilot | Cursor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | $10/mo | $20/mo |
| Dependencies | Zero | VS Code extension | Full IDE |
| Package size | 50KB | ~100MB+ | ~300MB+ |
| Security scanner | Built-in | No | No |
| Self-verification | Built-in | No | No |
| Marathon mode | Yes | No | No |
| Skill creation | Self-forging | No | No |
| Dev environment setup | Built-in | No | No |
| Open source | Yes (MIT) | No | No |
| Built in Africa | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | USA | USA |
Plus unlimited custom skills via Skill Forge — Stew writes new skills for itself whenever it meets a task it can't do yet.
Terminal AI coding agent. Zero deps, 50KB, security scanner, marathon mode, 17+ skills.
npm → stew-aigithub → stew-aiOpenAI-compatible agent API. 59 skills, 100-agent swarm, 12 personas, 6 providers. On Render.
api → stew-agent.onrender.comgithub → Stew-agentTelegram bot powered by Stew Agent. Songs, images, OCR, documents. Free.
telegram → @stew_agent_botZero-dependency Python SDK for the Stew Agent API. 3.8+, urllib only.
github → stew-pythonPoint any OpenAI tool (OpenCode, LangChain, AutoGen) at Stew via base_url /v1.
base_url → stew-agent.onrender.com/v1The digital studio behind Stew. Building AI products for Africa from Enugu, Nigeria.
github → emmanuelerogian723-alt# Install (Node 18+) npm install -g stew-ai # Launch the AI coding REPL stew code # Or use individual commands stew scrape https://example.com stew api GET https://api.github.com stew marathon "Build a REST API with tests"
/help all commands /skills list 17 skills /scan security scan /marathon hours-long builds /swarm agent team builds /forge create a skill /git git operations /undo revert last write /image ask about a screenshot /web toggle web search
Stew Code was built by Emmanuel Erog (EROGIAN) in Enugu, Nigeria — born from a simple frustration: African developers deserve world-class AI tools without paying Silicon Valley prices.
Africa has the fastest-growing developer population in the world. Yet most AI coding tools ignore this market — too expensive, too bloated, too disconnected from how we actually work.
This isn't charity. This isn't a stripped-down "emerging market" version. This is the full-featured tool, given to the world, built from Africa.