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Balanov/shim

Tiny local-first AI harness: any model, MCP and Agent Skills, natural-language CLI. Zero dependencies. MIT.

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How fast Balanov/shim is gaining stars, and where it lands on Trendshift and GitHub Trending

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Stars, forks and merged pull requests each day or month, lined up with the repository's rank on Trendshift Trending

Nov 2 – Nov 5, 2026

Stars +35 in 4 days

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Forks +6 in 4 days

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Merged PRs 0 in 4 days

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Tue, Nov 3, 2026+9+20
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  1. Nov 53 posts
    • Meet shim: a 7MB, single-file AI coding agent. Zero dependencies. Zero telemetry. 100% free & open-source. What’s under the hood:• Bring your own model (OpenAI, Anthropic, or local via Ollama) •…

      Read full on X, posted by @Forhanvv

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    • People are calling Shim a "7MB coding agent". It is a harness (Go stdlib, MIT, v0.1.0 from Nov 2). Default mode is ask: writes, shell and MCP need a yes. The README says it is not an OS sandbox, so a…

      Read full on X, posted by @vermaizer

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    • a 7mb ai coding agent for FREE 😳 one file, zero dependencies, no telemetry how to use it: 1. download shim 2. run shim setup 3. just type what u get: - any model (openai, anthropic, local) - mcp +…

      Read full on X, posted by @nahid_pro09

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