Sidekick CLI Alternatives

Sidekick CLI is described as 'Sidekick is an agentic CLI-based AI tool inspired by Claude Code, Copilot, Windsurf and Cursor. It's meant to be an open source alternative to these tools, providing a similar experience but with the flexibility of using different LLM providers while keeping the agentic' and is a ai coding assistant in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Sidekick CLI for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Visual Studio Code and Web-based apps. The best Sidekick CLI alternative is Zed Editor, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Sidekick CLI are Windsurf Editor, Cursor, Void and TabbyML.

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Sidekick CLI alternatives page was last updated Apr 17, 2025
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  1. CodeGeeX icon

    CodeGeeX

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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.

    50 CodeGeeX alternatives

    License model

    • Free Personal • Open Source

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    Country of Origin

    • CN flagChina

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    CodeGeeX Features

    1.  Code Completion
    2.  Code generation
    3.  AI-Powered
    4.  Autocompletion
    5.  Coding

    CodeGeeX VS Sidekick CLI

     
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    Supermaven

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    Supermaven is a coding assistant that uses AI to help you write code faster. Breeze through code refactoring with Supermaven's fast and accurate suggestions.

    61 Supermaven alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Visual Studio Code
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    Supermaven Features

    1.  Autocompletion
    2.  AI-Powered

    Supermaven VS Sidekick CLI

     
  4. Twinny icon

    Twinny

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    The most no-nonsense locally hosted (or API hosted) AI code completion plugin for Visual Studio Code, like GitHub Copilot but 100% free and 100% private.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Visual Studio Code
    Twinny in action

    Properties

    1.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Code generation
    4.  Code Completion

    Twinny VS Sidekick CLI

     
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  6. Amazon CodeWhisperer icon

    Amazon CodeWhisperer

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    Amazon CodeWhisperer is a general purpose, machine learning-powered code generator that provides you with code recommendations in real time. As you write code, CodeWhisperer automatically generates suggestions based on your existing code and comments.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • IntelliJ IDEA
    • Visual Studio Code
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
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    Amazon CodeWhisperer Features

    1.  AI-Powered
    2.  Code generation
    3.  Code Completion

    Amazon CodeWhisperer VS Sidekick CLI

     
  7. LocalPilot icon

    LocalPilot

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    Use GitHub Copilot locally on your Macbook with one-click.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Visual Studio Code
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    LocalPilot Features

    1.  Offline
    2.  AI-Powered
    3.  Code Completion
    4.  VSCode

    LocalPilot VS Sidekick CLI

     
  8. TabNine icon

    TabNine

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    Auto-completion for any programming language, using machine-learning.

    57 TabNine alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    TabNine screenshot 1

    TabNine Features

    1.  Autocompletion
    2.  Code Completion
    3.  AI-Powered
    4.  Support for Javascript

    TabNine VS Sidekick CLI

     
  10. Quack AI icon

    Quack AI

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    Quack AI is your companion for software team alignment. Streamline collaboration and improve productivity.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Visual Studio Code
    Quack AI screenshot 1

    Quack AI Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  AI-Powered
    3.  VSCode

    Quack AI VS Sidekick CLI

     
  11. Sweep icon

    Sweep

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    Sweep is an AI junior developer that turns bugs and feature requests into code changes. Sweep automatically handles devex improvements like adding typehints/improving test coverage. 🤖

    License model

    • Freemium • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • GitHub
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    Sweep screenshot 1

    Sweep Features

    1.  AI-Powered
    2. GitHub icon  GitHub Integration

    Sweep VS Sidekick CLI

     
  12. Trag icon

    Trag

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    Trag enhances code review efficiency through AI, allowing specific instructions and pattern linting. Requires GitHub integration, free for open-source uses. Saves substantial engineer time by providing AI-reviewed code ahead of manual inspection.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • CH flagSwitzerland

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    Trag Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Linting
    3.  AI-Powered
    4.  Pull requests
    5.  Natural Language Processing
    6.  Single Sign-On
    7. GitHub icon  GitHub Integration
    8.  Automated code review

    Trag VS Sidekick CLI

     
  13. Nut Chat icon

    Nut Chat

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    Open source tool centered on AI-driven full stack app development, Nut generates bug analysis via Replay.io recordings and runtime behavior capturing, offering AI developers explanations for effective resolutions. Early adopters enjoy free access for feedback contributions.

    39 Nut Chat alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Nut Chat screenshot 1

    Nut Chat Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  No registration required
    4.  AI-Powered

    Nut Chat VS Sidekick CLI

     
  14. Augment Code icon

    Augment Code

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    Enhances developer collaboration by providing codebase-aware chat, intuitive code suggestions, and advanced AI-driven explanations; accelerates coding tasks, assists in understanding unseen code structures, improving communication vastly within teams.

    55 Augment Code alternatives

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    Augment Code Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  AI-Powered

    Augment Code VS Sidekick CLI

     

    • Augment Code is the most popular commercial alternative to Sidekick CLI.

    • Augment Code is Paid and ProprietarySidekick CLI is Free and Open Source
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    CodiumAI

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    CodiumAI’s first tool is an IDE extension that interacts with the developer to generate meaningful tests and code explanations for busy devs.

    License model

    • Freemium • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • IL flagIsrael

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Visual Studio Code
    CodiumAI screenshot 1

    CodiumAI Features

    1.  Pull requests

    CodiumAI VS Sidekick CLI

     
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