# OpenWarp — Community Fork of Warp Opens Up Bring-Your-Own AI Provider

> Plug any OpenAI-compatible model into Warp's terminal — credentials stay local, no cloud relay.

- Org: zerx-lab
- Date: 2026-04-29
- Category: repo, tool
- Source: https://github.com/zerx-lab/warp
- Canonical page: https://ai-tldr.dev/releases/zerx-lab-openwarp/

## In short

Days after Warp open-sourced its terminal client, this community fork strips out the cloud-tied AI layer so any OpenAI-compatible endpoint — OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepSeek, Ollama — works locally with no relay.

## What it is

OpenWarp is a community fork of warpdotdev/warp that opens the AI provider layer Warp's mainline still routes through its cloud account. It keeps Warp's blocks, AI commands, workflows, and keymaps intact and continuously merges upstream code.

## How it works

It points the AI plumbing at any OpenAI-compatible Chat Completions endpoint — OpenAI, Anthropic gateways, DeepSeek, Qwen, local Ollama — with credentials stored only in the local config file. A minijinja template engine renders dynamic system prompts from the current directory, locale, and role. Cloud-account refresh, persistent user storage, plan sync, and passive-suggestion HTTP are all disabled, so requests only go to providers the user configures.

## Why it matters

Warp open-sourced its client on April 22 with OpenAI as founding sponsor, but the AI layer still phoned home. OpenWarp answers the obvious next question — 'can I run this against my own model?' — three days after the source dropped. Warp's own founder confirmed in the HN thread they'll add bring-your-own-model upstream, so this fork is forcing the timeline.

## Who it's for

developers who want Warp's terminal UX with local or self-hosted models

## Try it

git clone https://github.com/zerx-lab/warp

## Links

- [GitHub Repo](https://github.com/zerx-lab/warp)
- [Project Site](https://openwarp.zerx.dev/en/)
- [HN Discussion](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47970622)