Pi Model Picker

Choose the right model without guessing at cost, context limits, model quality, or thinking support. Pi Model Picker is a keyboard-driven model switcher TUI for Pi.

Install

pi install npm:@kylelavorato/pi-model-picker

Restart Pi or run /reload, then press Ctrl+Shift+L or type /models.

Pick with confidence

• Compare models at a glance. See context window, input and output price per million tokens, blended cost, and supported thinking levels. The detail panel adds cost and context bars plus text, vision, video, and reasoning capabilities.
• Check benchmark results. View LiveBench overall, agentic, and coding scores, category breakdowns, and leaderboard rank alongside each model. Data is cached locally, refreshed in the background at most once a day, and dated in the picker. Press r to refresh it manually.
• Find and organize your options. Models are grouped by provider, with favorites pinned to the top. Type to fuzzy-filter, cycle sorting by default order, price, context, score, or name, and switch between session-scoped models and the full catalog.
• Pick your favourites. Press f on any model to set it as a favourite so it always appears at the top of the list and is easy to access.
• Set thinking per model. Preview and change a model's supported thinking level before switching. The picker remembers the last level used for each model.
• Keep the overview in view. A two-pane comparison appears in wide terminals; narrower terminals switch to a compact layout.

Keyboard controls

The shortcut requires a terminal that reports shifted control chords distinctly.

Benchmark scores

Scores come from the LiveBench v2 leaderboard (the number in brackets is the average of the coding and agentic scores). Each score is colour-coded by band: