Warp AI

Warp is the AI-native terminal that reimagines the command-line experience around modern UX patterns and integrated AI capabilities — agentic coding, cloud agents, codebase indexing, and conversational AI directly in the terminal. Founded in 2020 with substantial venture investment from Sequoia, GV, and BoxGroup, Warp has grown into a leading brand in the modern terminal category with millions of users particularly among Mac developers, and recently became open-source in 2025 to address transparency and customization concerns from the developer community. Pricing is tiered with usage-based scaling: Free at $0/month covers a modern terminal with limited AI credits and model access, limited cloud agents, limited codebase indexing, individually configured Zero Data Retention, and limited cloud conversation storage. Build at $18/month is the recommended tier with expanded AI credits, more model access, and expanded cloud agent quotas. Beast at $180/month is the power-user tier with extensive credits and the highest-tier capabilities. Teams at $45/user/month adds team collaboration, shared knowledge, admin controls, and team analytics. Annual billing offers 10% savings across all tiers. Warp's differentiation versus iTerm2, the macOS Terminal, Hyper, and Tabby is the AI-native architecture combined with modern UX innovations: rather than being a traditional terminal with AI bolted on, Warp was redesigned from inception around block-based command output, integrated AI assistance, and team collaboration features. The agentic coding capabilities let developers run multi-step AI tasks directly from the terminal, with Cloud Agents supporting always-on agent execution that survives terminal session closure. Warp has been positioned in the developer tooling community for years as proprietary, with the open-source transition in 2025 addressing community concerns and broadening adoption. The platform supports macOS, Linux, and Windows with feature parity across platforms (macOS remains the most polished). Warp integrates with major shell environments (zsh, bash, fish), version control systems (Git, GitHub, GitLab), and AI providers including Claude, OpenAI GPT, and Gemini. The platform operates under SOC 2 Type II compliance.