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Balanov/shim

Tiny local-first AI harness: any model, MCP and Agent Skills, natural-language CLI. Zero dependencies. MIT.

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Yes, it installs on your Windows

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v0.1.0 · 11/2/2026 ↗

shim_windows_amd64.zip

zip · x64 · 2.9 MB · 27 downloads · best match

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Add the extracted folder to your PATH if it's a CLI tool.

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/Balanov/shim/releases/download/v0.1.0/shim_windows_amd64.zip" -OutFile "shim_windows_amd64.zip"
Expand-Archive "shim_windows_amd64.zip" -DestinationPath .

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shim_windows_arm64.zip

zip · ARM64 · 2.6 MB · 4 downloads

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Add the extracted folder to your PATH if it's a CLI tool.

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/Balanov/shim/releases/download/v0.1.0/shim_windows_arm64.zip" -OutFile "shim_windows_arm64.zip"
Expand-Archive "shim_windows_arm64.zip" -DestinationPath .

Install with a package manager

go install github.com/Balanov/shim/cmd/shim@v0.1.0

From the README, exactly as the maintainers wrote it.

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