Clixad
Summary
Every other terminal coding agent charges a subscription before you've shipped a single feature — Clixad exists for developers who want file-editing, command-running AI assistance without a monthly bill attached.
Clixad installs via npm, signs you in with GitHub, and operates inside your local project: it reads files, proposes edits as a diff you must approve, and runs commands like your test suite only after you say yes. The free daily allocation covers cheap models up to a daily ceiling; past that ceiling, credits come from completing advertiser offers through an offerwall or from top-ups you trigger on demand. Nothing runs autonomously — every file write waits for explicit approval, which means you review before anything ships. The offerwall model is the production reality check: if you need sustained, high-volume coding sessions on stronger models, you are either completing offers repeatedly or purchasing credits, and that friction accumulates fast on a deadline.
Bottom line: Pick Clixad for solo projects and learning workflows where free-tier access and explicit diff approval matter — switch to a subscription-based agent the moment your team needs uninterrupted, high-context sessions on a production codebase under time pressure.
Pricing Plans
Usage-Based- Free Tier
- 25,000 credits on signup; daily free limit on cheapest models
Free
25,000 signup credits plus daily free usage on cheapest models up to limit; top up via offers or purchase
- Daily free credits
- Offerwall top-ups
- All models available
View full pricing on clixad.io →
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Pros
Sign in to edit- No subscription required and no card at signup, so developers can run real file-editing AI assistance without a financial commitment before validating whether the tool fits their workflow.
- Explicit diff approval before every file write, which means you cannot accidentally overwrite a file mid-session the way fully autonomous agents can on a poorly scoped prompt.
- Self-hostable install via npm with local project access, so your source files stay on your machine and are not uploaded to a third-party SaaS environment.
- Mid-session credit exhaustion pauses rather than fails the task — the vendor states the agent resumes from where it stopped after a top-up, which means you don't lose context on a long debugging run.
- Provider-agnostic model catalog described on the page, so you can trade response quality for credit cost depending on whether the task is a quick file scan or a multi-step refactor.
Cons
Sign in to edit- The free daily ceiling on cheap models runs out mid-session on any project requiring sustained back-and-forth — when it does, you either complete an advertiser offer (which the vendor notes ends in a screen-out with no payout as the normal outcome) or you stop working; teams on a deadline abandon the tool at this point in favor of a flat-rate subscription agent.
- No API access is available, which means Clixad cannot be embedded in CI pipelines, editor plugins, or team automation — any workflow that needs the agent to run outside a single developer's terminal hits a hard wall with no documented workaround.
- The offerwall credit model introduces unpredictable session interruptions: a task pauses at the credit ceiling regardless of where you are in a multi-file refactor, and completing an offer takes time the vendor acknowledges is uncompensated when a screen-out occurs — on a codebase with more than a few files, this friction accumulates across a working day.
About
- Platforms
- Terminal (Node 20+)
- API Available
- No
- Self-Hosted
- Yes
- Last Updated
- 2026-09-20T02:48:15.517Z
Best For
Who it's for
- Developers who prefer terminal workflows
- Users seeking no-subscription AI assistance
- Projects where file edits require explicit review
What it does well
- Editing source files in a local project
- Running test suites and build commands
- Iterative debugging with approval gates
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Sign Up to ContributeFrequently Asked Questions
- Is Clixad free?
- Clixad has a permanent free tier alongside paid upgrades. You can keep using a baseline version indefinitely without paying.
- Is Clixad open source?
- No — Clixad is a closed-source tool. Source code is not publicly available.
- Can I self-host Clixad?
- Yes. Clixad supports self-hosting on your own infrastructure.
- What platforms does Clixad support?
- Clixad is available on: Terminal (Node 20+).
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Clixad is a terminal-based AI coding agent installed globally via npm (Node 20 or newer) and authenticated through GitHub. Once pointed at a project directory, it reads and searches source files, proposes edits as reviewable diffs, and executes commands — test suites, build scripts — only after you confirm each step. The vendor describes the core loop as: read files, propose a change, show you the diff, wait for your yes, then proceed. Nothing is written to disk before you approve it.
The differentiating mechanic is the credit and monetization model. The vendor states there is no subscription and no card required at signup. You receive 25,000 credits on account creation. The cheapest models are free on a daily basis up to a limit. When credits run out mid-session, the agent pauses and surfaces an offerwall — completing an advertiser offer credits your wallet in seconds and the task resumes from where it stopped. Additional credit sources include a daily streak bonus (rising through the seventh consecutive day), rating every fiftieth answer, and an invite referral. An optional sponsored line displays one dim row of text while the agent waits on a model response; the vendor states it never interrupts a run, and setting CLIXAD_SPONSOR=0 stops the network request entirely.
Clixad fits developers who work in the terminal, want no recurring cost, and are comfortable with the approval-gate workflow for every file change. It fits less well when a project demands long uninterrupted sessions on high-capability models — the offerwall friction and daily free-tier ceiling create stops in the workflow that subscription-based agents do not. Teams with multiple developers sharing a codebase will also find no API access and no collaborative features documented on the page.