# About Atlas

> Atlas is a model-agnostic, terminal-native AI coding agent. Plan, edit, and ship from the place you already live: your shell.

## Why Atlas exists

AI coding tools keep pulling developers out of the place they actually work. Into a browser tab, a web editor, a chat window that cannot see the repo. Atlas is the opposite bet. The terminal is where real work already happens, so the agent should live there too.

Atlas plans before it edits, shows every diff, and runs each tool behind a permission you choose. It reads your stack, your conventions, and your git history, then writes changes that look like yours. No magic, no surprise edits, no leaving the keyboard.

It is open and extensible on purpose. Plugins, themes, and Model Context Protocol servers let you shape Atlas around your work instead of the other way around. First-time terminal users can start simply, solo developers can protect client trust, private teams can keep work local, and large organizations can control their DevOps process.

Atlas is a Syntora product. Syntora is the operating brand of Automize LLC, which is the legal entity used for contracts, assurance work, and marketplace submissions.

## Principles

### Terminal-native

A first-class TUI that lives in your shell. The agent meets you where you already work instead of dragging you into a browser.

### Your data is yours

Atlas runs on your machine or approved infrastructure with your own model routes. Your code and prompts are not used for model training by Atlas.

### Bring your own models

Run open-source, local, self-hosted, or approved models on your own compute. Atlas is the orchestrator; you choose the model policy.

### You stay in control

Plans before edits, every diff shown, every tool call gated by a permission mode you set. Nothing changes without your say-so.

### Open and extensible

A free core, plus plugins and MCP servers. Shape Atlas around your stack rather than bending your stack around it.

### Own your tools

Buy once and own your version forever, or subscribe per seat for your team. No rent-seeking on your usage, no lock-in on your data.

## Privacy posture

- **Your machine** — Where Atlas runs
- **Your keys** — Which models it calls
- **Zero** — Of your code used for Atlas training

## Facts

- Product: Atlas
- Website: https://runatlas.sh
- Category: terminal-native AI coding agent
- Platforms: macOS, Linux, and Windows, native on all three with no WSL
- Model policy: model-agnostic, bring your own keys
- Licence: proprietary with a free core. NOT open source, and there is no public source repository.
- Install: `curl -fsSL https://runatlas.sh/install | sh`

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Canonical HTML: https://runatlas.sh/about
Source of truth: src/content/about.ts (this file is generated from it, never hand-edited).
Licence: Atlas is proprietary with a free core. It is not open source and there is no public source repository.