Free Claude Code AlternativesAI Coding Assistants and other similar apps like Claude Code

The best free alternative to Claude Code is opencode, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Claude Code and loads of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Claude Code are Google Antigravity, Cursor, Void and Devin Desktop.

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Claude Code alternatives are mainly AI Coding Assistants, but if you're looking for Code Editors or Large Language Model (LLM) Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Open Source, EU and Free. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Claude Code.
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  1. opencode icon
     55 likes

    Terminal-based AI coding assistant featuring a themed native UI, automatic LSP integration, multi-agent sessions, 75+ supported LLMs, local and cloud model options, shareable debugging links, open source licensing, and session sharing for collaborative coding workflows.

    112 opencode alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  2. Google Antigravity is an agentic IDE and coding environment designed to support real world software projects through autonomous development workflows. It provides an agent first workspace where developers set direction while AI agents carry out tasks such as coding, debugging...

    81 Google Antigravity alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Visual Studio Code
    • Xcode
    • Microsoft Visual Studio
    • Zed
    • JetBrains IDE
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  3. Cursor icon
     59 likes

    The AI-first Code Editor. Build software faster in an editor designed for pair-programming with AI.

    169 Cursor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  4. Void icon
     36 likes

    The open source AI code editor. Write code with the best AI tools, use any model, and retain full control over your data.

    97 Void alternatives

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. Devin Desktop icon
     38 likes

    Windsurf Editor is an IDE merging AI and developers for lockstep collaboration with Cascade capabilities, boosting speed and contextual coding through copilot and agent-like systems across Mac, Windows, and Linux.

    116 Devin Desktop alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. Mellum icon
     27 likes

    Mellum-4b-base is JetBrains' first open-source large language model (LLM) optimized for code-related tasks.

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
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  7. GitHub Copilot icon
     39 likes

    GitHub Copilot leverages the power of OpenAI Codex to provide real-time suggestions for code and complete functions, all within your editor. With its training on vast amounts of code, GitHub Copilot translates natural language prompts into coding suggestions across multiple...

    154 GitHub Copilot alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Visual Studio Code
    • Neovim
    • Microsoft Visual Studio
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  8. Firebase Studio icon
     23 likes

    A cloud-based, agentic development environment designed to accelerate how you build, test, deploy and run production-quality AI applications, all in one place.

    96 Firebase Studio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
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  9. Emdash icon
     15 likes

    Emdash is a provider-agnostic desktop app that lets you run multiple coding agents in parallel, each isolated in its own git worktree, either locally or over SSH on a remote machine. We call it an Agentic Development Environment (ADE).

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Homebrew
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  10. Google Opal icon
     11 likes

    Build, edit and share mini-AI apps using natural language.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
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  11. Jules icon
     10 likes

    Jules is an asynchronous agent that gets out of your way. It lets you focus on the coding you want to do, meawnwhile picking up all the other random tasks that you rather not do.

    96 Jules alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • GitHub
    • US flagUnited States
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