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

The best free alternative to GitHub Copilot is Void, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 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 Gemini CLI, Google Antigravity, Windsurf Editor and opencode.

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

    73 Void alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • Void is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to GitHub Copilot.

    • Void is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to GitHub Copilot.

    • Void is Free and Open SourceGitHub Copilot is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Void is Privacy focusedGitHub Copilot is not according to our users
  2. Gemini CLI icon
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    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.

    40 Gemini CLI alternatives

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    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...

    32 Google Antigravity alternatives

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    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. 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.

    63 Windsurf Editor alternatives

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    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. 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.

    59 opencode alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Cursor icon
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    The AI-first Code Editor. Build software faster in an editor designed for pair-programming with AI.

    97 Cursor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Firebase Studio icon
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    A cloud-based, agentic development environment designed to accelerate how you build, test, deploy and run production-quality AI applications, all in one place.

    61 Firebase Studio alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
    • Firebase Studio is the most popular Web-based alternative to GitHub Copilot.

    • Firebase Studio is Freemium and ProprietaryGitHub Copilot is also Freemium and Proprietary
  8. 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
     
    • Mellum is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to GitHub Copilot.

    • Mellum is Free and Open SourceGitHub Copilot is Freemium and Proprietary
  9. Kiro icon
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    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...

    35 Kiro alternatives

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    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
     
  10. TabbyML icon
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    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.

    74 TabbyML alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Self-Hosted
    • Visual Studio Code
     
  11. CodeGeeX icon
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    CodeGeeX is an AI-based coding assistant, which can suggest code in the current or following lines. It is powered by a large-scale multilingual code generation model with 13 billion parameters, pretrained on a large code corpus of more than 20 programming languages.

    61 CodeGeeX alternatives

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    • Online
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    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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    Comments about CodeGeeX as an Alternative to GitHub Copilot
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    Works like copilot, and it's free now. Nice to see a new extension that can compete with copilot.

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    • Almost everyone thinks CodeGeeX is a great GitHub Copilot alternative.

    • CodeGeeX is Free Personal and Open SourceGitHub Copilot is Freemium and Proprietary
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