Ante’s offline agent keeps its core private

Ante is an alpha terminal coding agent delivered as a self-contained Rust binary. It includes a managed llama.cpp path for running a local GGUF model, while its GitHub repository publishes the protocol, SDK, documentation, and eval adapter rather than the core harness. Why it matters: Offline inference can narrow where code and prompts travel, but it does not make the agent’s operating boundary inspectable. The component that executes tools, handles permissions, and coordinates work is still shipped as a binary.

Try this: Use a disposable repository, disable telemetry with `ANTE_TELEMETRY=off`, and run a small task with a local GGUF model. Before adding credentials, inspect the tool, permission, log, and network behavior you can actually verify.