Open Source AI Assisted Coding Tools

A curated collection of the best free and open source coding assistants and agents, from editor completions to tools that plan a change and open the pull request.

OpenCode

An open source AI coding agent for the terminal, with a beta desktop build and installs through every major package manager.

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Cursor

AI coding agent for terminal, IDE, and desktop

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222,458
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29,773
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Paperclip

A self-hosted control plane that gives teams of AI agents an org chart, budgets, approvals and audit trails from one dashboard.

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Lindy

Org chart, budgets, and governance for AI agent teams

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108,076

Orca

Desktop orchestrator that runs several terminal coding agents side by side, each in its own git worktree, tracked in one window.

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Cursor

Run multiple AI coding agents in parallel, side by side

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108,250

OpenHands

Self-hosted control center for running coding agents and scheduled automations across local, remote and cloud backends.

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OpenAI Codex

Autonomous coding agents that complete real engineering tasks

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92,046

Cline

Open source coding agent that works in VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, the terminal and a kanban board, with any model you choose.

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Cursor

Open-source AI coding agent for your editor and terminal

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70,943

Aider

A terminal AI pair programmer that edits your local codebase, runs your linters and tests, and commits each change as it goes.

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Cursor

AI pair programmer that works inside your terminal

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49,785

T3 Code

A control surface for the coding agents already installed on your machine, reachable from a desktop, web or mobile app.

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Omnara

AI-powered coding made simple and efficient

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30,904

Continue

Coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains and the terminal, now shipped as a final version and no longer under active development.

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Cursor

Open-source coding agent for your IDE and terminal

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36,350

Grok Build

Terminal coding agent that reads a codebase, edits files, runs shell commands and manages long tasks from a full-screen interface.

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Cursor

AI coding agent and CLI for complex terminal workflows

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27,580

Kilo

Open source AI coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains and the terminal, with 500 plus models billed at provider rates.

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Cursor

AI coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains, CLI, and Cloud

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27,769

Tabby

Self-hosted AI coding assistant that runs on consumer GPUs, an on-premises alternative for teams that cannot send code to a cloud.

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Cursor

AI-powered code completion for seamless development

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33,927

Paseo

Self-hosted control for coding agents running on your own machines, reachable from phone, desktop, web or terminal.

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Omnara

Run coding agents from your phone, desktop, or terminal

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22,238

Dyad

Local AI app builder that runs on your own machine with your own model keys, for developers avoiding hosted prompt-to-app tools.

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Build unlimited AI apps locally with zero vendor lock-in

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22,097

SWE-agent

Research agent that lets a language model fix GitHub issues and solve security challenges autonomously, configured from a single YAML file.

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OpenAI Codex

AI agents that autonomously fix code and resolve GitHub issues

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20,660

Superset

Desktop app that runs many CLI coding agents in parallel, each in its own git worktree, for developers juggling tasks.

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Omnara

Run dozens of AI coding agents in parallel on your machine

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15,653

Omnigent

A meta-harness that runs Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents under one orchestration layer with shared policies and sessions.

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Omnara

Common layer for composing and governing AI agents

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11,095

Forgecode

A terminal-based AI coding agent for developers who want project-aware help with code, debugging, and refactoring without leaving the shell.

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Cursor

Terminal-native AI coding agent built on ZSH

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7,636

Emdash

A desktop app for running several AI coding agents in parallel, each in its own Git worktree, for developers juggling multiple tasks.

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Omnara

Dashboard for running multiple coding agents in parallel

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6,101

Synara

Desktop workspace for running coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex and Cursor side by side on local projects.

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Cursor

Code with Claude, Codex, Gemini, and more in one workspace

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2,144

Jean

Native desktop app for running Claude, Codex, Cursor and other coding CLIs across multiple projects, git worktrees and chat sessions.

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Omnara

Parallel AI agent workspaces with Git and project context

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1,372

Kodus

AI code review that runs inside your pull requests, follows rules you write in plain language and uses your own model keys.

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CodeRabbit

AI code review that learns your team's standards

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1,534

Pullfrog

Runs coding agents inside your own GitHub Actions to review pull requests, fix broken CI and triage issues on your keys.

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CodeRabbit

AI agent workflows built natively into GitHub

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1,364

Frontman

An AI coding agent that runs in your browser, letting designers and product managers click an element and change the source behind it.

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AI coding agent that sees your live app and edits code

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720

Roomote

Self-hosted cloud coding agent that takes tasks from Slack or Teams, works in a sandbox and opens a pull request.

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GitHub Copilot

Self-hosted AI coding agent that opens real PRs

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315

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