Codebuff
Codebuff is a CLI-based coding agent that writes code, runs terminal commands, and iterates on your codebase like a real engineer.
At a Glance
- Software Engineers
- Startups
- Engineering Teams
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Codebuff
Terminal AI Coding Assistant
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Products & Services
A terminal-based AI coding agent that can read and edit your codebase, run commands, and execute tests.
Market Position
Positioned as a faster, terminal-native alternative to Cursor and Claude Code, with better codebase indexing and autonomous capabilities.
Leadership
Founders
James Grugett
Cofounder & CEO of Codebuff. Previously Cofounder & CEO of Manifold Markets (2021-2024) and Throne (2018-2022). Former Software Engineer at Google and SDE Intern at Microsoft.
Brandon Chen
Cofounder & CTO of Codebuff. Previously Technical Lead at Virtually and Software Engineer at Kuna. Education: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Executive Team
James Grugett
Cofounder & CEO
Serial founder (Manifold Markets, Throne) and former Google engineer.
Brandon Chen
Cofounder & CTO
Former Technical Lead at Virtually and UCLA alumnus.
Founding Story
Built by James Grugett and Brandon Chen to create a more powerful coding agent that works directly in the terminal with full context and tool access, improving upon existing tools like Cursor's composer.
Business Model
Revenue Model
Subscription and usage-based (credits). Starts at $100/mo for higher limits; overages or free tier pay 1¢/credit.
Pricing Tiers
500 free credits per month, then 1¢ per credit.
1× usage limits.
2.5× usage limits.
7× usage limits.
Target Markets
- Software Engineers
- Startups
- Engineering Teams
- Legacy codebase refactoring
- Automated feature implementation
- Terminal-based rapid development
- Large-scale codebase updates
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- Albert Lam
- Chrisjan Wust
- Stefan Gasser