Oleksandr Chekhovskyi
To provide a minimalist, terminal-native coding agent that follows Unix philosophy and runs efficiently with local LLMs.
At a Glance
- Developers
- DevOps Engineers
- Unix enthusiasts
- Local AI researchers
AI Tools by Oleksandr Chekhovskyi
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hax
Lightweight Terminal Coding Agent
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Products & Services
A minimalist, terminal-native coding agent written in C. Designed for developers who use local LLMs and prefer Unix-style composition. Features include a single native C binary, low memory footprint, and native terminal scrollback preservation.
Market Position
Positions itself as a minimalist alternative to complex AI agents; avoids MCP, plugin runtimes, and bloated UI in favor of C-based performance and Unix philosophy.
Leadership
Founders
Oleksandr Chekhovskyi
Product Lead Software Engineer at Favro. Contributor to Node.js and V8 (V8 CPU profiling fixes). Background in high-performance C and system software. Education: National Technical University of Ukraine 'Kyiv Polytechnic Institute'.
Executive Team
Oleksandr Chekhovskyi
Author / Lead Developer
Product Lead Software Engineer at Favro. Experienced in C, system tools, and developer productivity.
Founding Story
Oleksandr created hax to address the bloat and complexity of existing AI agents, focusing on a lightweight C implementation that respects the terminal and integrates seamlessly with local models like llama.cpp.
Business Model
Revenue Model
Open source (MIT License). No direct monetization reported.
Pricing Tiers
Available under MIT License on GitHub.
Target Markets
- Developers
- DevOps Engineers
- Unix enthusiasts
- Local AI researchers
- Terminal-based development
- Running AI agents on resource-constrained systems
- Local LLM workflows
- Unix-style tool composition
- Open-source community
- AI-Ezio