Free GitHub Copilot AlternativesTop AI Coding Assistants and other similar apps like GitHub Copilot

The best free alternative to GitHub Copilot is Google Antigravity. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to GitHub Copilot and loads of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to GitHub Copilot are opencode, Void, Gemini CLI and Cursor.

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  1. 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...

    48 Google Antigravity alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  2. opencode icon
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    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.

    75 opencode alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
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  3. Void icon
     38 likes

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

    85 Void alternatives

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
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  4. Gemini CLI icon
     32 likes

    Open-source terminal AI connects to development tools, understands and edits code, generates, explains, and refactors using natural language, automates complex workflows, executes shell commands, grounds interactions with search, and supports extensibility via protocols and prompts.

    58 Gemini CLI alternatives

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  5. Mellum icon
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    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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  6. Windsurf Editor icon
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    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.

    83 Windsurf Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Kiro icon
     12 likes

    Kiro is an AI-powered IDE developed by Amazon Web Services to help developers build and ship production-ready software from prompt to deployment. Based on VS Code, it combines intuitive "vibe coding" with structured...

    50 Kiro alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  8. TabbyML icon
     21 likes

    Tabby is an open-source, self-hosted AI coding assistant. With Tabby, every team can set up its own LLM-powered code completion server with ease.

    87 TabbyML alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Self-Hosted
    • Visual Studio Code
     
  9. Emdash icon
     9 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).

    51 Emdash alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Homebrew
     
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