Octopus understands plain English and executes real tasks — emails, files, shell commands, git operations, web search. No GUI. No complex setup. Just your terminal.
capabilities
Each tentacle is powered by a specialized AI agent. Octopus plans tasks, selects the right agents, and coordinates execution automatically.
Run any terminal command in plain English. Cross-platform — Windows, Mac, Linux.
Read, write, search, and list files. Understands paths, home directory, and nested search.
Send emails via Gmail. Octopus writes the subject and body from your description.
Scrape, screenshot, summarize, and search the web. Powered by Playwright + Google News RSS.
AI-powered git operations — smart commits, PR descriptions, standup generator, safety checks and more.
Complex tasks are broken into smaller steps and delegated across specialized agents automatically.
why octopus
ChatGPT answers but can't act. n8n acts but needs a GUI. Shell scripts act but need you to write them. Octopus just does it.
Everything runs in your terminal. If you live in the command line, Octopus lives there too.
Detects Windows, Mac, or Linux at runtime and generates the right commands for your OS automatically.
Remembers the last 10 messages across sessions using local SQLite. Context survives restarts.
Dangerous commands require confirmation. Destructive shell operations are blocked entirely.
Powered by Groq — Llama 3.3 70B at ~300ms. Intent parsed and executed before you finish reading.
Add new tentacles in one file. The plugin architecture is simple by design — no framework needed.
Writes commit messages from your diff, generates standups, checks for leaked secrets before push, and explains what changed in plain English.
Planner, researcher, git, and execution agents collaborate automatically to solve larger tasks that a single agent cannot handle efficiently.
comparison
Octopus occupies a gap that nothing else fills — terminal-native, action-oriented, no setup friction.
| tool | terminal-native | no GUI setup | AI Powered | email actions | web scraping | multi-agent | any user |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT / Claude | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| n8n / Zapier | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Claude Code | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ devs only |
| Shell scripts | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ devs only |
| 🐙 octopus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ everyone |
get started
A complete multi-agent AI system running directly inside your terminal.No account. No dashboard.
get a free groq api key at console.groq.com → run setup wizard → you're in