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devika

Devika - the open-source agentic software engineer that plans, browses and writes code

★ 19.6k stars⑂ 2.6k forksMITupdated 2025-09
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// project facts

Project facts

devika is an open-source ai agents project by stitionai (stitionai/devika on GitHub). It has 19,555 GitHub stars and 2,566 forks, is released under the MIT license, and was last updated on GitHub on 25 September 2025.

GitHub stars
19,555
Forks
2,566
License
MIT
Last updated on GitHub
25 September 2025
Category
AI Agents
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// how it works

How it works

  1. Describe a project goal

    Write the feature or small app you want Devika to build.

  2. Clone Devika

    Get the repository from GitHub.

  3. Install dependencies

    Create a uv virtual environment, install the Python requirements, and install Playwright browsers.

  4. Start Devika and run a task

    Launch the backend, open the web UI, configure your model keys, and submit your goal.

// features

Why people love it

Agentic planning and reasoning

Breaks a goal into steps and reasons about them before writing code.

Multi-model support

Works with Claude 3, GPT-4, Gemini, Mistral, Groq, or local models through Ollama.

Web browsing and research

Browses the web and extracts contextual keywords to research focused information for the task.

Code writing in many languages

Generates project code across multiple programming languages.

Agent state visualization

Tracks and visualizes the agent's state dynamically as it works.

Project-based organization

Organizes work into projects you manage through the chat-based web interface.

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// run it

Run it yourself

  1. Clone the repository

    Get the source code from GitHub and enter the project directory.

    git clone https://github.com/stitionai/devika.git
    cd devika
  2. Install dependencies

    Devika uses uv for its Python environment, plus Playwright for browsing.

    uv venv
    uv pip install -r requirements.txt
    playwright install --with-deps
  3. Run Devika

    Start the backend entry point, then open the web interface it serves.

    python devika.py
// use cases

What you can build

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// faq

Questions, answered

Who maintains this project?

It is maintained by stitionai and contributors on GitHub.

Is it free to use?

Yes - Devika is MIT licensed and free to use.

Does it need a paid API key?

With cloud models you need your own API keys (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Mistral or Groq). Running local models through Ollama avoids API costs.

How does it compare to alternatives?

Compared with Devin, Devika is the open-source, self-hosted take on the agentic software engineer - you bring your own models and infrastructure, with a smaller but inspectable feature set.

How do I get started?

Clone the repo, install requirements with uv, run python devika.py, and give it a small project in the web UI.

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