Best OpenCode alternatives (2026)
OpenCode scores 87/100 in AI coding editors & agents. Here are 27 alternatives ranked by the same evidence-based score, with pricing and free tiers side by side. Rankings are never for sale.
| Tool | Score | Free tier | Open source | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenCode (current pick) | 87 | Yes: 100% free to use, with a set of free models that work without an account | Yes | Free and open source (MIT) with free models included; optional OpenCode Zen pay-as-you-go ($20 top-ups, pay per request at zero markup), OpenCode Go $10/mo, Go Plus $40/mo, or your own provider keys/subscriptions |
| OpenAI Codex | 86 | Yes: included with ChatGPT Free/Go plans, with usage limits | Yes | Included in ChatGPT Plus ($20/mo), Pro ($100, $200 or $500/mo), Business ($20/seat/mo annual or $25 monthly, 2+ seats); or API key billing |
| Kilo Code | 83 | Yes: the extensions and CLI are free, and Auto Free routes to free models through Kilo Gateway where available | Yes | Free for individuals (inference billed separately: free models, BYOK, local models, or Kilo Gateway at exact provider rates with a 5% fee on credit purchases); Kilo Pass from $19/mo with up to 50% bonus credits; Teams $15/user/mo; Enterprise custom. Cloud agents from $0.60/hr, code review $0.33/hr, billed per second |
| Cline | 81 | Yes: the full open-source extension is free for individuals | Yes | Free extension; pay only for model inference (BYOK or Cline provider). Enterprise: custom |
| Cursor | 81 | Yes: limited agent and chat requests | No | Sold via The X Subscription (SpaceX/xAI): Plus $8/mo (Grok models only), Premium $30/mo, Super $100, Ultra $200; Teams $30+/user. Third-party models billed at API list price. |
| Amp | 80 | Yes: Hobby plan is free with your own API keys or ChatGPT/Claude subscriptions; cloud orbs are pay-as-you-go (or free on your own runners) | No | Hobby free (pay-as-you-go orbs, or your own runners free); Megawatt $20/mo (45,000 orb minutes); Gigawatt $200/mo (480,000 orb minutes); Teams at no extra charge; Enterprise custom. No Amp token fees when you use your own keys or ChatGPT/Claude subscriptions |
| GitHub Copilot | 80 | Yes: 2,000 completions/mo plus limited chat and agent usage | No | Pro $10/mo, Pro+ $39/mo, Max $100/mo (usage via GitHub AI Credits) |
| Claude Code | 79 | No: the Free Claude plan does not include Claude Code | No | Included with Claude Pro ($20/mo, $17/mo annual) and Max (from $100/mo); or pay-as-you-go via API |
| Warp | 79 | Yes: free terminal with Warp Agent CLI access, bring-your-own AI inference and limited cloud agents; extra agent usage is pay-as-you-go | Yes | Free $0; Build $20/mo ($18/mo annual) incl. $20 agent usage at API rates; Max $200/mo ($180/mo annual) incl. $200 usage; Business $50/user/mo ($45 annual, up to 25 seats); Enterprise custom |
| Zed | 77 | Yes: free editor, unlimited with your own API keys or external agents | Yes | Pro $10/mo ($5 tokens included, then API price +10%); Business $30/seat/mo |
| Antigravity CLI | 75 | Yes: free individual plan with a weekly quota and weekly rate limit (CLI included) | No | Free for individuals with a weekly quota and rate limit; Google AI Pro and Ultra subscriptions raise quotas (refreshed every five hours) and can buy AI credits for overages; teams via Google Cloud / Gemini Enterprise. No bring-your-own-key |
| Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) | 75 | Yes: light agent quota, limited models, unlimited Tab and inline edits | No | Pro $20/mo, Max $200/mo, Teams $80/mo minimum ($40 per full seat) |
| Jules | 74 | Yes: 15 tasks a day and 3 concurrent tasks with Gemini 2.5 Pro | No | Free: 15 tasks per rolling 24 hours, 3 concurrent (Gemini 2.5 Pro). Jules in Pro via Google AI Pro ($19.99/mo): 100 tasks/day, 15 concurrent, latest models. Jules in Ultra via Google AI Ultra (from $99.99/mo): 300 tasks/day, 60 concurrent. Paid plans currently only for personal @gmail.com accounts |
| Geiger | 73 | Yes: fully free, no account | Yes | Free and open source (MIT). No paid tier for Geiger itself |
| Devin | 72 | Yes: light quota with limited models | No | Pro $20/mo, Max $200/mo, Teams $80/mo plus $40/mo per full dev seat (up to 200 users); Enterprise custom |
| Kiro | 72 | Yes: 50 credits, open-weight models plus Claude Sonnet 4.5, rate-limited | No | Pro $20/user/mo, Pro+ $40, Pro Max $100, Power $200; add-on credits $0.04 each |
| Offrun | 72 | Yes: the whole app is free; agent usage is billed by your own provider | No | Free, all features, no card. You bring your own agent subscriptions (Claude Code, Codex, etc.) |
| Agent Standup | 70 | Yes: every feature is free | Yes | Free (MIT); optional paid character pack |
| Augment Code | 70 | No: no free plan is listed on the pricing page | No | Standard $20/mo flat for up to 50 seats with $20 of pooled usage; Business $100/mo flat with $100 of usage; Enterprise custom. Usage covers LLM inference at provider list price plus a 40% service fee on LLM usage, and Cosmos compute; top-ups pay as you go |
| Muxin | 70 | Yes: free | Yes | Free (Apache-2.0) |
| Jotbus | 68 | Yes: free 60-minute Instant workspaces with no signup | Yes | Instant: free (60-minute workspace, no signup, files up to 2 MB). Personal: $7/month (persistent workspaces, durable history, files up to 25 MB, 250 MB total). Guests join free; no Team plan yet |
| Muster | 68 | Yes: free | Yes | Free (MIT) |
| Aider | 67 | Yes: fully free open-source tool (BYOK) | Yes | Free; you pay your LLM provider |
| Parallax | 65 | No free plan: every plan includes free DeepSeek and GLM models, and GitHub sign-up adds 5 free reviews | No | Parallax $5/mo; Plus $10/mo (includes $10 API credit/mo); Pro $50/mo (includes $55 API credit/mo, up to $10 rolls over) |
| Gemini CLI | 64 | No: free sign-in (Gemini Code Assist for individuals) and Google AI Pro/Ultra stopped being served on June 18, 2026; Google points those users to Antigravity CLI | Yes | Free open-source CLI (Apache-2.0); usage billed through a paid Gemini API key or Vertex AI, or included with Gemini Code Assist Standard/Enterprise licenses |
| Hivelane | 63 | No free tier: 7-day full-product trial, no card | No | Founders Edition $29 one-time for the first 100 buyers, then $49 one-time; no subscription; 1 key for 2 machines; 14-day refund |
| @gent | 60 | Yes: free | No | Free (PyPI package atgent); you still need your own Codex or Claude Code access |
| Pocketty | 59 | Partial: 14-day full-featured trial, then a one-time $99 purchase | No | Free for 14 days with everything, then $99 once with every update (launch price; the site says it rises to $129 later). No subscription |
Why switch from OpenCode?
Free, MIT-licensed and model-agnostic, with ~214k GitHub stars (GitHub API, Oct 16 2026) and very active development. Free models and a $10 Go plan lower the cost floor. Terminal-first, so less friendly for non-coders than app builders.
The alternatives in detail
Best for: Delegating parallel coding tasks and PR reviews, especially if you already pay for ChatGPT
Best for: Developers who want a free, model-agnostic agent in VS Code or JetBrains and an easy way to try free models before paying for inference
Best for: Developers who want a free, model-agnostic agent inside VS Code
Best for: Developers who want an agentic IDE for day-to-day coding
Best for: Running many long-lived agents in cloud machines you can check from any device, using your own model subscriptions or keys
Best for: Teams already on GitHub who want AI in their existing editor
Best for: Multi-file refactors and long agentic coding sessions from the terminal
Best for: Developers who live in the terminal and want a built-in agent plus a home for other CLI agents
Best for: Developers who want a fast native editor and bring their own AI
Best for: Former Gemini CLI users and Google AI Pro/Ultra subscribers who want a free-to-start terminal agent on Gemini models
Best for: Developers who want an IDE plus a manager for local and cloud agents
Best for: Handing off bug fixes, version bumps and tests on GitHub repos without keeping an editor open, especially if you already pay for Google AI Pro
Best for: Developers and IT teams who want to see which agents, MCP servers and plugins are installed on a machine and what they can reach
Best for: Delegating well-scoped tickets to an autonomous cloud agent
Best for: Structured, spec-first builds where you want plans before code
Best for: Mac users who run several coding agents at once and keep hitting usage limits or merge conflicts between them
Best for: Developers running several coding agents at once who want to see who is stuck or burning tokens
Best for: Small teams on large existing codebases who want one flat bill for up to 50 people rather than per-seat pricing
Best for: Developers running coding agents across several of their own machines
Best for: Developers using more than one coding agent (or machine) who are tired of copy-pasting context between them
Best for: Mac users juggling several coding agents who keep missing permission prompts
Best for: Terminal users who want a lightweight, git-native BYOK assistant
Best for: Developers juggling several coding agents who want one place to dispatch, supervise and review their work
Best for: Teams with a Gemini Code Assist Standard/Enterprise license or a paid Gemini API key who want an open-source terminal agent
Best for: Developers already paying for two or more coding agents who want them to share work, memory and usage limits instead of running in separate terminals
Best for: Developers who want to kick off Codex or Claude Code tasks from their phone while away from their desk
Best for: Developers who run Claude Code, Codex or other agents on a Mac or Linux box and want to unblock them from an iPhone