Free forever - Windows native - Apache 2.0

Give your AI a real dev shell.

Programmer-Wander is a single signed binary that hands any AI a complete Windows toolbox: files, shells, full git, WSL, persistent sessions, watchers, webhooks, transforms. 105 tools in 11 organized categories. No cloud, no subscription, no telemetry.

Download signed installer Or paste one prompt to your AI

Authenticode-signed - works with Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cowork, LM Studio, any MCP host

your AI + programmer

> Fix the failing test and commit it.

[Files] read_file -> edit_block applied

[Shell] bash cargo test .... 24 passed

[Git] git_commit "fix: off-by-one in parser"

* One .exe, statically linked

* Signed - Authenticode, SHA256SUMS published

* Local-first - your machine, your data

* Open source - Apache 2.0

tools/list

105 tools that come up organized.

Every tool is tagged with its category and listed in a curated workbench order - so your AI's tool list reads grouped in any host, and it picks the right tool the first time.

[Files]13

read, write, atomic edit_block surgery, copy/move, diff, tail, stats

[Search]4

native-speed grep, file search, smart large-file reads

[Shell]8

bash, powershell, one-shots, chains, auto-retry, saved shortcuts

[Git]12

status to clone, push, stash, remotes - the whole cycle

[Sessions]20

persistent shells that keep state, history, checkpoints, crash recovery

[Background]12

file watchers, local webhooks, WSL background jobs with logs

[Net]4

HTTP request, download, scrape-to-text, port checks

[Data]16

json/csv/base64/hash transforms, archives, sqlite, md-to-docx

[System]9

screenshot, clipboard, processes, registry read, toast notifications

[Guard]5

command pre-flight, audit log, deploy preflight, tool fallbacks

[Plan]2

task ingredients and cross-server planning

sixty seconds

Install it - or let your AI install it.

Our favorite way: paste one prompt and your AI does the rest. No other tool onboards through the AI itself.

Install AIWander/Programmer-Wander on my Windows machine using the AI install runbook at https://github.com/AIWander/Programmer-Wander#for-ai-assistants

Get the binary

Signed installer or portable zip from Releases. One file; state lives beside it.

Register your host

programmer.exe install --target claude-desktop - or claude-code, cowork, lm-studio, all.

Restart and ask

Restart the host, then ask: What can the programmer server do? The bundled skills teach it everything.

plugin kit

Skills that make your AI good at it. Guard hooks that keep it safe.

Five skills (orientation, full toolmap, dev loop, background ops, safe ops) plus opt-in guard hooks that block destructive commands and audit every decision - inert until you review and render them yourself.

claude plugin marketplace add AIWander/aiprogrammer

the upgrade

Manager: your whole AI bench, one dashboard.

Delegate work to Claude Code, Codex CLI, and Grok Build CLI from one place
One live dashboard for both products - it detects your Programmer install automatically
Task history, alerts, continuity across sessions and restarts

Get Manager at aiwander.ai

Programmer stays free either way. Voice add-on: also free, optional on both.

one time - no subscription