BYOAIK — Bring Your Own AI Key: a directory of AI tools that run on your own API key.

SWE-agent

Princeton NLP's terminal coding agent that resolves GitHub issues using whichever LLM key you supply.

Website Source code

Category:
Coding Assistants
Pricing:
Open Source
Open source:
Yes (MIT)
Self-hostable:
Yes
Local-first:
Yes
Platforms:
CLI, Self-hosted, Docker
AI providers (bring your own key):
OpenAI, Anthropic, Together AI, Azure OpenAI, Ollama, Custom / OpenAI-compatible
API key storage:
Configured by environment variable
Key risk level:
LOW
Trust score:
84/100

SWE-agent (NeurIPS 2024) takes a GitHub issue or task description and autonomously edits, tests, and opens a pull request against a real repository through its Agent-Computer Interface. Run from the CLI, it authenticates from a keys.cfg file at the repo root containing lines such as OPENAI_API_KEY or ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, so requests go straight to the provider you choose, including local and open models. MIT licensed with 20,000+ stars and active maintenance by Princeton NLP.

Why this trust score (84/100)

Trust measures how the tool treats your API key and how much of that has been verified. It contains no popularity signal.

  • Key Safety 22/25 — The key is supplied by an environment variable or local config file you control.
  • Request Routing 17/20 — Requests go straight from you to the AI provider.
  • Transparency 20/20 — Source is public under MIT, so anyone can check how the key is handled.
  • Privacy 14/15 — Local-first: it works without sending your data anywhere. Can be self-hosted, so the data path stays inside infrastructure you control.
  • Maintenance 10/10 — Actively developed — commits within the last three months.
  • Verification Confidence 1/10 — Compiled from public documentation by an AI-assisted pass, not independently confirmed.

What was checked

Verification tier: RESEARCH_ASSISTED — derived from the evidence below, not set by hand.

  • [REPORTED · RESEARCH] This listing was compiled by an AI-assisted research pass over the tool's public website, README and documentation. No person independently confirmed it.
  • [CONFIRMED · SOURCE_SCAN] Most recent commit 2026-07-16 — about 1 month(s) ago. source

How your API key is handled

Your API key is supplied via an environment variable or local config file. Requests are sent directly to the AI provider. Because it can be self-hosted, your key never has to touch a third-party backend.

Setup

Install the tool, set your provider API key as an environment variable (or in its config file), and pick a model.