Software · AI chatbots & assistants

crush

A powerful terminal-based AI assistant for developers, providing intelligent coding assistance directly in your terminal.

Completely free
Windows

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by LicitPro manual check
License: FSL-1.1-MITconfirmed by Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Open source: not documented
Commercial use: With conditionsconfirmed by LicitPro manual check
Account required: Optionalconfirmed by LicitPro manual check
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by LicitPro manual check
Watermark: Not applicableconfirmed by LicitPro manual check
Ads: No
Platforms: WindowsEstablished by Windows: Winget
Publisher: charmbracelet
Latest version: 0.100.0
Source code: github.com/charmbracelet/crush

Overview

crush is an AI chat assistant, available on Windows.

Features described in its Winget manifest: command-line use.

Services and protocols mentioned: OpenAI and Anthropic.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information

“A powerful terminal-based AI assistant for developers, providing intelligent coding assistance directly in your terminal.” — Winget, 10 November 2026
“A powerful terminal-based AI assistant for developers, providing intelligent coding assistance directly in your terminal.” — Winget, 10 November 2026

At a glance

crush is completely free: no known feature is locked behind a paid plan.

Its licence could not be established at the source: check the terms on the official website.

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Sources and checks

Facts collected from LicitPro manual check (credit card, account, watermark, free status, ads, commercial use) — 10 November 2026
Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (source code, publisher, licence, platforms, version) — 7 November 2026
Last technical check: 7 November 2026
Facts manually checked on 10 November 2026
Description from github.com — Manifeste Winget (MIT)

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