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.

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  1. A knowledge-based AI bot you can custom, powered by ChatGPT, helps you centralize knowledge and data, scaling up your internal & external support capabilities.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  2. vim-ai icon
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    Complete text, generate code and chat with GPT in Vim/Neovim using OpenAI.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  3. Soft-Machine icon
     2 likes

    Persistent, shareable cloud workspaces combine an i3-style browser layout with editor, terminal, chat, files, browser and canvas panels. Attach CPU, GPU or personal Linux machines, run coding agents, coordinate sessions, search history, and extend teams with plugins.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  4. Superagent icon
     1 like

    Open-source Mac app that gives coding agents like Claude Code a real browser, an iOS Simulator, and a phone relay to act in.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  5. DeepSeek Harness (dsh) is an open-source agent harness from DeepSeek AI for building and running customizable AI agents. Its everything-is-a-plugin architecture, powered by Cordis, makes models, tools, skills, sessions, sandboxes, storage, scheduling, UI and other capabilities...

    5 DeepSeek Harness alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
    • Typescript
    • npm
    • Node.JS
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  6. Claw-Coder icon
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    I built Claw-coder because I wanted a coding agent that could actually work with local models instead of relying entirely on a hosted model.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Homebrew
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  7. The 100 line AI agent that solves GitHub issues or helps you in your command line. Radically simple, no huge configs, no giant monorepo—but scores >74% on SWE-bench verified!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Docker
    • GitHub
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  8. Clayrune icon
     1 like

    Clayrune is a self-hosted control plane for Claude Code. It runs several agents at once, one per project, and shows them in a single dashboard, so you can see which projects are working, which are waiting on you, and what each agent did.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  9. Wuwei icon
     1 like

    Free, open-source desktop AI agent operates locally, runs on all major operating systems, supports various AI models, reads and writes files, makes precise code edits, executes commands with permission, keeps code and data on-device, and requires no setup or API key.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. AICode icon
     1 like

    AICode is a VS Code extension that helps software developers maintain large, complex enterprise software using AI.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Visual Studio Code
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