Kilo Code Alternatives

Apps similar to Kilo Code include Claude Code. It's paid, but Emdash and Roo Code are free. Other options are Google Antigravity, Cursor, Devin Desktop and Codex. There's no shortage of AI Coding Assistants like Kilo Code, with more than 25 alternatives for Mac, Windows, Linux, the web and iPhone.

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  1. T3 Code icon
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    T3 Code is a minimal web GUI for coding agents. Currently Codex-first, with Claude Code support coming soon.

    58 T3 Code alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  2. Free, local-first AI coding IDE with full chat, code mode, and an autonomous coding agent that runs on your machine with any LLM (BYOLLM). No subscription.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  3. 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.

    17 Claw-Coder alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Homebrew
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  4. Open-source agent framework implementing frontier lab techniques: TST, CodeAct, auto-compact, auto decay and MCP support

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
    • Docker
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  5.  3 likes

    Zoo Code is a community-maintained, open-source AI coding assistant that continues Roo Code development after the original team stepped away in April 2026 to focus on Roomote.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Visual Studio Code
    • JetBrains IDE
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  6. Aura IDE icon
     2 likes

    An AI coding harness that dogfooded itself into shape: Planner/Worker agents, repo awareness, surgical edits, validation, recovery, and safe diff approvals.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. OpenGravity icon
     2 likes

    An experimental, lightweight, BYOK (Bring Your Own Key) recreation of the Google Antigravity UI. OpenGravity provides a browser-based, reasoning-enabled IDE with a live xterm.js terminal powered by the WebContainer API.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  8. Freebuff icon
     2 likes

    Freebuff is a development platform that provides free access to AI coding agents through multiple interfaces, including a Desktop application, a Command Line Interface (CLI), a Web app builder, and a Cloud-based IDE.

    34 Freebuff alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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  9. Deep Code icon
     2 likes

    Use DeepSeek V4 Pro on Claude Code — zero setup, no usage limits, 95% cheaper, and everything just works right out of the box.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  10. 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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  11. Konxios icon
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    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
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