oc — Terminal AI coding assistant

oc is a TUI-based AI coding assistant with vim-like keybindings, session history, and interactive command menus.

Install

One-liner

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mehexi/OC/main/scripts/install.sh | bash

Manual

Download the tarball for your platform from releases, extract, and place oc in your PATH.

Build from source

go install github.com/mehexi/OC/cmd/oc@latest

Requires Go 1.26+.

Usage

oc

Starts the local server and opens the TUI. Type your question and press Enter. The assistant responds inline.

Keybindings

Mode	Key	Action
—	/	Show command menu
—	Esc	Normal mode
Normal	i	Insert mode
Normal	j/k	Scroll down/up
Normal	gg/G	Scroll to top/bottom
Normal	V	Visual mode (select messages)
Visual	y	Yank selected messages
Insert	Enter	Send message
Insert	Ctrl+C	Clear input / Quit

Commands

Command	Action
/sessions	Browse past sessions (j/k navigate, Enter load)
/session new	Start a fresh session
/load <n>	Load session by number

Sessions

Chat history is stored locally and automatically. Use /sessions to browse and reload previous conversations. Each session shows its title, token usage, and context limit.

Development

git clone https://github.com/mehexi/OC.git
cd OC
go build ./cmd/oc
./oc