Uncaged

The terminal you own. Bring your own AI — free, forever.

Uncaged is an account-free, bring-your-own-model fork of the open-source Warp terminal. Same terminal, same speed, same look — with no account, no subscription, and no data collection. Power its agentic Agent Mode with a model you control: a hosted API key, a local model (Ollama, LM Studio, llama.cpp, vLLM), or a CLI agent you already run.

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Why it exists

Warp open-sourced its client under AGPL-3.0, but its premium agent runs on Warp's servers, behind a login and a subscription — and that inference code isn't in the open repo. Uncaged supplies the missing piece: a small local agent engine (crates/uncaged_engine) that drives Agent Mode from a backend you choose, and removes the account/paywall gates. Nothing is sent anywhere you didn't ask for.

The only outbound network traffic Uncaged makes is to the model endpoint you configure. No accounts, no telemetry, no crash reporting, no cloud sync, no auto-update phone-home — all off by design, and enforced in code on this build.

What's different from Warp

• No account. The agent works the moment you connect a model — no sign-in, no Warp cloud in the loop.
• No subscription. Your model, your key or your local GPU. Zero Warp credits.
• No data collection. Telemetry, analytics, crash reporting, and cloud conversation storage are all off.
• Your engine, your choice. Hosted API, local model, or a CLI agent — swap any time.
• Renamed and re-marked off the Warp trademark; Warp's open-source visual design is kept.

Connect a model

In the app, open Settings → AI Models and pick a platform from the gallery:

• Run a model locally — Ollama, LM Studio (one click).
• Use a CLI agent — Claude Code, Gemini, Codex CLI, over ACP (experimental).
• Connect with an API key — Anthropic, OpenAI, OpenRouter, Google, Groq, DeepSeek, Mistral, xAI, Together, or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint.

Or set it up from a terminal — same result, no rebuild needed:

./script/uncaged-setup     # pick a backend, paste a key or choose a local model

Either path writes ~/.uncaged/engine.json, read live by the app. Saved connections live in ~/.uncaged/connections.json; everything stays on your machine. See UNCAGED.md for backends, the config schema, and recommended local models.

Install

Download — grab the latest Uncaged.dmg from the Releases page, open it, and drag Uncaged into Applications.

Because Uncaged is an independent fork without an Apple Developer ID, the app is ad-hoc signed. On first launch macOS may say it's from an unidentified developer — clear the quarantine flag once:

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Uncaged.app

Coming from Warp? See docs/migrate-from-warp.md — Uncaged is fully isolated from any Warp install (its own config dir and app identity), so nothing is shared unless you choose to copy it over.

Build from source (macOS)

# one-time: install full Xcode (App Store), then
sudo xcode-select -s /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
sudo xcodebuild -license accept
xcodebuild -downloadComponent MetalToolchain     # Metal compiler for the UI

cargo run                                        # builds & launches Uncaged
./script/uncaged-setup                           # point it at your model

Uses the toolchain pinned in rust-toolchain.toml. To add an AI provider, rebrand, or reskin, see MODIFYING.md. To produce a distributable .app + .dmg, see RELEASING.md. Full engineering guide (style, tests, platform notes) is in AGENTS.md.

Licensing & attribution

• AGPL-3.0. Uncaged stays under the upstream client's license (see LICENSE-AGPL); the warpui / warpui_core UI crates remain MIT. If you distribute Uncaged, or run a modified version others use over a network, AGPL §13 requires you to offer them your complete corresponding source. Keep it open.
• Trademark. "Warp" and its logo are Warp's trademarks, which the AGPL does not grant. Uncaged is renamed and re-marked accordingly and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Warp.
• Attribution. Uncaged is a derivative of Warp by Denver Technologies, Inc. See NOTICE. Upstream: https://github.com/warpdotdev/warp.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome. Read CONTRIBUTING.md for the build and PR flow, and CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md. Security issues: see SECURITY.md. Questions and common issues: FAQ.md.

Built on open source

Uncaged inherits Warp's excellent foundation and the open-source projects it builds on, including Tokio, NuShell, Alacritty, Hyper, font-kit, and Smol.