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

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  1. opencode icon
     62 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.

    123 opencode alternatives

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    • 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...

    94 Google Antigravity alternatives

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    • 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
     66 likes

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

    189 Cursor alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • 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.

    101 Void alternatives

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
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    • 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.

    126 Devin Desktop alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
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  6. Mellum icon
     28 likes

    Explore Mellum, a family of fast language models, including a next-generation model for ultra-low-latency and high-performance inference.

    107 Mellum alternatives

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
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  7. Codex icon
     28 likes

    Automates code writing, editing, and answering codebase questions using secure cloud sandboxes and local terminal agents, enables parallel task execution, handles pull requests, integrates with repositories, and supports ChatGPT Pro, Enterprise, and Team users.

    144 Codex alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Cursor
    • JetBrains IDE
    • Windsurf
    • Visual Studio Code
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Node.JS
    • Microsoft Visual Studio
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  8. 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...

    169 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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  9. Emdash icon
     16 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).

    83 Emdash alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Homebrew
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  10. 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.

    101 Firebase Studio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Online
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  11. Pi Agent icon
     12 likes

    Pi aka Pi.dev is a minimal terminal coding harness. Adapt pi to your workflows, not the other way around, without having to fork and modify pi internals.

    73 Pi Agent alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
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    • JavaScript
    • Typescript
    • Termux
    • npm
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  12. Terminal-native open-source AI coding assistant for Mac, Windows, Linux, and BSD, featuring cross-session memory, reading and writing code, Git management, command execution, built-in MiMo Auto for zero configuration start, and integration with mainstream LLM provider APIs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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