Alternatives
Cursor.
Agents and IDE tools that edit repos without a Cursor subscription.
11 listedCatalog Sep 1, 2026
- Rank 1. Gemini CLIGoogle’s Apache-2.0 terminal coding agent with MCP tools and a large free tier.Apache 2.0 · Linux, macOS, +1GitHub stars: 107k
- Rank 2. OpenCodeOpen-source coding agent with a terminal UI, built to run against local or hosted models.MIT · Linux, macOS, +1GitHub stars: 42k
- Rank 3. OpenHandsSoftware agent that uses a sandbox to edit code, run tests, and open PRs.MIT · Linux, macOS, +2GitHub stars: 62k
- Rank 4. GooseBlock’s local-first agent runtime with a desktop and CLI.Apache 2.0 · Linux, macOS, +1GitHub stars: 24k
- Rank 5. OpenAI Codex CLIOpen-source terminal coding agent from OpenAI that plans, edits, and tests repos in a sandbox.Apache 2.0 · Linux, macOS, +1GitHub stars: 123k
- Rank 6. AiderTerminal pair programmer that edits a git repo and commits the result.Apache 2.0 · Linux, macOS, +1GitHub stars: 37k
- Rank 7. CrushCharmbracelet’s terminal coding agent with sessions, LSP context, and any model provider.Other · Linux, macOS, +1GitHub stars: 28k
- Rank 8. ClineVS Code agent that can use the editor, the terminal, and the browser.Apache 2.0 · Linux, macOS, +1GitHub stars: 53k
- Rank 9. PlandexTerminal agent that sandboxes and versions every change for big, long coding tasks.MIT · Linux, macOS, +2GitHub stars: 16k
- Rank 10. ContinueOpen-source autocomplete and chat inside VS Code and JetBrains.Apache 2.0 · Linux, macOS, +1GitHub stars: 29k
- Rank 11. ZedHigh-performance Rust editor with agent editing and live collaboration.Other · Linux, macOS, +1GitHub stars: 90k