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Distill — samuelfaj

Distill is a Rust coding-agent harness with a terminal user interface and headless prompt mode, supporting Grok, Claude and Codex subscriptions and models using the OpenAI-compatible protocol.

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Practical overview

When it fits

Use Distill when you want a terminal-based coding-agent workflow and need to choose among supported subscription or OpenAI-compatible model options, with configurable session modes and optional model tiers.

Who it is for

  • Developers who want to direct coding-agent work from a terminal.
  • Developers using supported Grok, Claude or Codex subscriptions, or OpenAI-compatible models.
  • Users who want to divide work among a main model and optional worker or utility models.

Documented uses

  • Run a coding-agent session through a terminal interface or headless prompt mode.
  • Assign planning and review to a main model, with optional delegated work for a worker model.
  • Choose a session mode that changes its approach to search and reading, planning, or delegation.
  • Set model tiers for bounded tasks such as extraction, summaries and compression.
Before you choose

Requirements & limits

The README documents CLI installation for Mac, Linux and Windows. Its setup sequence includes logging in with OpenRouter and then with a subscription.

  • Distill separates the required main model from optional worker and utility models; without a worker model, the main model does the work.
  • Auto is the default mode. UltraSave, UltraFast and UltraCode are alternative documented modes with different approaches.
  • The project reports benchmark comparisons on its own tasks; consult its benchmark documentation for methodology and tradeoffs.
  • The repository is public and licensed under Apache-2.0.

Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.

Source-based practical guide

Install Distill on Mac or Linux

Install the CLI using the README's documented shell installer and add its binary directory to PATH.

Before you start

  • A Mac or Linux shell environment.

Steps

  1. Run the README's install command: the command below.

    Documented command
    curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/samuelfaj/distill/main/install.sh | sh

  2. Add $HOME/.local/share/distill/bin to PATH as shown in the README.

  3. Run distill --version to display the installed version.

Expected outcome

The README's installation steps place Distill's binary in the listed directory and provide a command to display its version.

Guide limitations

  • This guide covers installation only; it does not configure a provider or start a coding session.
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