ByteRover CLI

Interactive REPL CLI for AI-powered context memory

Overview

ByteRover CLI (brv) gives AI coding agents persistent, structured memory. It lets developers curate project knowledge into a context tree, sync it to the cloud, and share it across tools and teammates.

Run brv in any project directory to start an interactive REPL powered by your choice of LLM. The agent understands your codebase through an agentic map, can read and write files, execute code, and store knowledge for future sessions.

📄 Read the paper for the full technical details.

Or download our self-hosted PDF version of the paper here.

Key Features:

• 🖥️ Interactive TUI with REPL interface (React/Ink)
• 🧠 Context tree and knowledge storage management
• 🤖 20+ LLM providers (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Groq, Mistral, xAI, and more)
• 🛠️ 24 built-in agent tools (code exec, file ops, knowledge search, memory management)
• 🔄 Cloud sync with push/pull
• 🔌 MCP (Model Context Protocol) integration
• 📦 Hub and connectors ecosystem for skills and bundles
• 🤝 Works with 22+ AI coding agents (Cursor, Claude Code, Windsurf, Cline, and more)
• 🏢 Enterprise proxy support

Benchmark Results

All benchmarks are run using the production byterover-cli codebase in this repository - no separate research prototype.

We evaluate on two long-term conversational memory benchmarks:

• LoCoMo - ultra-long conversations (~20K tokens, 35 sessions) testing single-hop, multi-hop, temporal, and open-domain retrieval.
• LongMemEval-S - large-scale benchmark (23,867 docs, ~48 sessions per question) testing 6 memory abilities including knowledge update, temporal reasoning, and multi-session synthesis.

LoCoMo - 96.1% overall accuracy (1,982 questions, 272 docs).

LongMemEval-S - 92.8% overall accuracy (500 questions, 23,867 docs).

All metrics are LLM-as-Judge accuracy (%). See the paper, or self-hosted PDF for full details.

Quick Start

Shell Script (macOS & Linux)

No Node.js required - everything is bundled.

curl -fsSL https://byterover.dev/install.sh | sh

Supported platforms: macOS ARM64, Linux x64, Linux ARM64.

npm (All Platforms)

Requires Node.js >= 20.

npm install -g byterover-cli

Verify

brv --version

First Run

cd your/project
brv

The REPL auto-configures on first run - no setup needed. Type / to discover all available commands:

/curate "Auth uses JWT with 24h expiry" @src/middleware/auth.ts
/query How is authentication implemented?

ByteRover Cloud

ByteRover Cloud is a hosted platform for teams to sync, share, and manage context knowledge across projects and machines. Everything works locally by default - Cloud adds collaboration and persistence without changing your workflow.

Sign in with your ByteRover account via /login (TUI) or an API key (brv login) to get started.

• 🔄 Team context sync — push and pull shared knowledge across teammates
• 📂 Shared spaces — organize context across multiple projects and teams
• 💻 Multi-machine access — sync your context tree across devices with cloud backup
• 🧠 Built-in hosted LLM — start immediately with limited free usage
• 👥 Team management — manage members, spaces, and permissions via the web app
• 📊 Usage analytics — track seat allocation and monthly credit consumption
• 🔒 SOC 2 Type II certified infrastructure with privacy mode

brv                  # Start interactive REPL
brv status           # Show project and daemon status
brv curate           # Add context to knowledge storage
brv curate view      # View curate history
brv query            # Query context tree and knowledge

brv push             # Sync local context to cloud
brv pull             # Sync from cloud to local

brv providers list       # List available LLM providers
brv providers connect    # Connect to an LLM provider
brv providers switch     # Switch active provider
brv providers disconnect # Disconnect a provider
brv model list           # List available models
brv model switch         # Switch active model

brv hub list             # List available hub packages
brv hub install          # Install a hub package
brv hub registry add     # Add a custom registry
brv hub registry list    # List registries
brv hub registry remove  # Remove a registry
brv connectors list      # List connectors
brv connectors install   # Install a connector

brv space list       # List spaces
brv space switch     # Switch active space

brv mcp              # Start MCP server
brv login            # Authenticate to ByteRover
brv logout           # Disconnect and clear credentials
brv locations        # List registered projects
brv restart          # Restart daemon
brv debug            # Debug mode

Documentation

Visit docs.byterover.dev for full guides on setup, integrations, and advanced usage.

Contributing

We welcome contributions! See our Contributing Guide for development setup, coding standards, and the PR workflow.

Community & Support

ByteRover CLI is built and maintained by the ByteRover team.

• Join our Discord to share projects, ask questions, or just say hi
• Report issues on GitHub
• If you enjoy ByteRover CLI, please give us a star on GitHub — it helps a lot!
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Contributors

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License

Elastic License 2.0. See LICENSE for full terms.