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Agents and IDE tools that edit repos without a Cursor subscription.

11 listedCatalog Sep 1, 2026

  1. Rank 1. Gemini CLIGoogle’s Apache-2.0 terminal coding agent with MCP tools and a large free tier.GitHub stars: 107k
  2. Rank 2. OpenCodeOpen-source coding agent with a terminal UI, built to run against local or hosted models.GitHub stars: 42k
  3. Rank 3. OpenHandsSoftware agent that uses a sandbox to edit code, run tests, and open PRs.GitHub stars: 62k
  4. Rank 4. GooseBlock’s local-first agent runtime with a desktop and CLI.GitHub stars: 24k
  5. Rank 5. OpenAI Codex CLIOpen-source terminal coding agent from OpenAI that plans, edits, and tests repos in a sandbox.GitHub stars: 123k
  6. Rank 6. AiderTerminal pair programmer that edits a git repo and commits the result.GitHub stars: 37k
  7. Rank 7. CrushCharmbracelet’s terminal coding agent with sessions, LSP context, and any model provider.GitHub stars: 28k
  8. Rank 8. ClineVS Code agent that can use the editor, the terminal, and the browser.GitHub stars: 53k
  9. Rank 9. PlandexTerminal agent that sandboxes and versions every change for big, long coding tasks.GitHub stars: 16k
  10. Rank 10. ContinueOpen-source autocomplete and chat inside VS Code and JetBrains.GitHub stars: 29k
  11. Rank 11. ZedHigh-performance Rust editor with agent editing and live collaboration.GitHub stars: 90k