Warp
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An agentic development environment from Warp, grown out of a terminal: agents write code, debug it, and take it to production alongside the regular command line. The client has been open under AGPL-3.0 since Apr 28, 2026, with credit-based billing.
Facts
- Founder and CEO Zach Lloyd led Google Docs engineering before Warp; the Warp terminal launched in 2022, and in 2025 the product was renamed an agentic development environment (ADE) with the Warp 2.0 release (sdtimes.com, thenewstack.io).
- On Apr 28, 2026, Warp open-sourced its client under AGPL-3.0 (the UI framework is MIT), with OpenAI sponsoring the release; the warpdotdev/Warp repository had 64,342 stars on Aug 19, 2026 (GitHub API, thenewstack.io).
- Pricing as of Aug 19, 2026: Free — 0 $, Build — 20 $/month (1,500 credits), Max — 200 $/month (18,000 credits), Business — 50 $ per seat per month for up to 25 seats, Enterprise — by contract; credits are the billing unit (warp.dev/pricing).
- The product is divided into three doors: Warp Factories (agent fleets for the full development cycle, any model and inference provider), Warp Terminal (open terminal), and Warp Agent CLI (agent in any terminal), as of 19.08.2026.
The full card is in the works: the "worth it or not" verdict, pricing and a comparison with neighbors will appear as it moves through the card factory.