Claude Code Alternatives

Apps similar to Claude Code include opencode, which is free and open source. Other options are Google Antigravity, Cursor, Void and Devin Desktop. AI Coding Assistants like Claude Code are a crowded field, with more than 100 alternatives for Mac, Windows, Linux, the web and self-hosting.

filter to find the best alternatives

Most Claude Code alternatives are AI Coding Assistants, but you can also narrow the list to Code Editors or Large Language Model (LLM) Tools. Other popular filters are Free, Open Source and EU. You can also filter for EU-based alternatives if you prefer software from the European Union.
Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard
Alternatives
Claude Code alternatives page was last updated

Alternatives list

  1. Tatastu icon
     1 like

    Tatastu is the friendly desktop app for building with Claude. It is the visual home for Claude Code and a calmer alternative to editors like Cursor, made for people new to coding or who just want it to feel simple.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Good alternative?
     
  2. Konxios icon
     1 like

    Konxios is a Mac desktop app that sits on top of Ollama/LMStudio and turns local models into a full AI assistant with an actual workspace.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • US flagUnited States
    Konxios screenshot 1
    Good alternative?
     
  3. Mneme HQ icon
     2 likes

    Architectural governance layer for AI coding agents — enforces decisions, policies, and standards before AI generates code.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
    Good alternative?
     
  4. Kimi Code icon
     1 like

    A coding-focused perk of the Kimi membership, engineered to drop into any dev workflow, answer faster and more reliably, and get programming tasks done in record time.

    50 Kimi Code alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Visual Studio Code
    • Cursor
    Good alternative?
     
  5. OpenBlock icon
     1 like

    OB-1 is a terminal-based coding agent — like Claude Code, but with multi-model access and self-optimizing workflows. You bring your own API keys (or use ours), pick the best model for each task, and let OB-1 handle the rest.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
    Good alternative?
     
  6. Ami icon
     1 like

    Ami is a native desktop app that lets you run coding agents locally, chat with your codebase in plain English, and see real-time edits tracked for confident commits.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • US flagUnited States
    Ami screenshot 1
    Good alternative?
     
  7. Verdent icon
     1 like

    Agentic AI coding suite with multiple parallel agents for planning, coding, verifying, and orchestrating complex software tasks.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • JetBrains IDE
    • Visual Studio Code
    • Windows
    Good alternative?
     
  8. nao icon
     1 like

    An AI-powered IDE for data teams that connects directly to your data warehouse to write SQL, Python, and dbt workflows with full schema context.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • US flagUnited States
    nao screenshot 1
    Good alternative?
     
  9. Modo IDE icon
     1 like

    The open-source AI IDE that plans before it codes.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Typescript
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Good alternative?
     
  10. Dropstone icon
     2 likes

    Dropstone AI is a self-learning, AI-powered software development platform that automates aspects of the software engineering lifecycle, aiming to provide unlimited context memory for large codebases and to improve over time through a generational recursive self-improvement model.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    Good alternative?
     
  11. Factory icon
     1 like

    A software development agents that work everywhere you do. From IDE to CI/CD - delegate complete tasks like refactors, incident response, and migrations to Droids.

    59 Factory alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Linux
    • US flagUnited States
    Factory screenshot 1
    Good alternative?
     
  12. Agentica icon
     2 likes

    Agentica is an AI coding assistant that makes AI-powered development affordable for developers who need hundreds of daily requests. Unlike expensive alternatives that force you to ration your usage, Agentica offers 100 free requests daily with open source models, perfect for...

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Cursor
    • Windsurf
    • Visual Studio Code
    Good alternative?
     
You are at page 10 of Claude Code alternatives