{"description":"AI coding agents, CLIs and editors listed on CookiesForAI, with whether each has a free tier, a link to the maker's current pricing page (we never state prices) and the date we checked them.","license":"Our text and data: CC BY 4.0, credit cookiesforai.app. Each listed item keeps its own license.","generated":"2026-10-03","tools":[{"url":"https://cookiesforai.app/tools/aider","slug":"aider","name":"Aider","title":"Aider: open-source AI pair programmer, free tier and alternatives","summary":"Aider is an open source terminal coding agent from the Aider-AI project that edits files in your git repo with the model of your choice and commits each change automatically.","kind":"terminal-agent","maker":"Aider-AI (open source project)","makerUrl":"https://github.com/Aider-AI","website":"https://aider.chat","license":"Apache-2.0","repo":"Aider-AI/aider","stars":49321,"lastPush":"2026-05-22","platforms":["macOS","Windows","Linux","Docker"],"freeTier":"free","cost":"Free and open source under Apache-2.0 with no paid plan; you pay your model provider for tokens, or nothing with local models.","pricingUrl":"https://aider.chat/docs/faq.html","skillsSupport":"The open skills CLI 1.7.0 has no install target for Aider (it lists AiderDesk, a separate app), and Aider's own docs do not mention agent skills (checked 2026-10-01). A SKILL.md file can still be added to a chat by hand with Aider's /read-only command.","mcpSupport":"Aider's own docs do not mention MCP or the Model Context Protocol (checked 2026-10-01), so there is no documented way to connect an MCP server.","whatItDoes":["Aider is a command-line tool for editing code with a language model inside a git repository. You add the files you want changed to the chat, describe the change, and Aider edits them and commits each edit with a descriptive message. /undo reverts the last change, and /diff and /commit work as you would expect. A repository map gives the model an outline of the rest of the codebase.","Aider works with many models. It connects to cloud providers by API key, to any OpenAI-compatible API, and to local models through Ollama. Its chat modes include code, ask, architect (one model plans, a second model edits) and help, and it can also lint and run tests, take voice input, and read images and web pages.","Aider has slowed down in 2026. The last release on PyPI is 0.86.2 from 2026-02-12, and the last commit to the main branch is from 2026-05-22. Some model advice in its docs refers to older models, so check the provider's current model list before following it."],"bestFor":["Developers who want every AI edit committed to git with a clear message, easy to undo","People who want a free tool and pay only for the model tokens they use","Running local models through Ollama on your own machine","Scripting edits from the command line or Python"],"notFor":["Anyone who wants to connect MCP servers or install agent skills; Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode document both","People who want an actively updated tool: the last release is from 2026-02-12","Developers who prefer working inside an editor UI; Cline or Kilo Code run as extensions"],"strength":"Aider commits every AI edit to git automatically with a descriptive message, so each change can be reviewed or undone with /undo, and the tool itself is free under Apache-2.0.","limit":"Aider's docs do not mention MCP or agent skills, and its latest release (0.86.2) dates from 2026-02-12, with the last commit on 2026-05-22.","alternatives":["opencode","claude-code","codex","goose","gemini-cli"],"archived":false,"checked":"2026-10-02","checkedAt":"2026-10-02T03:02:16+02:00","changedAt":"2026-10-03T15:11:25+02:00"},{"url":"https://cookiesforai.app/tools/amp","slug":"amp","name":"Amp","title":"Amp: coding agent for the terminal and cloud, free tier and alternatives","summary":"Amp is a coding agent by Amp Frontier Corporation, spun out of Sourcegraph, that runs in a terminal CLI, a web app and macOS and iOS apps, with per-thread cloud machines.","kind":"terminal-agent","maker":"Amp Frontier Corporation","makerUrl":"https://ampcode.com/about","website":"https://ampcode.com","license":"Proprietary","platforms":["macOS","Linux","Windows (WSL)","Web","macOS app","iOS","Slack"],"freeTier":"free-plan","cost":"Free Hobby plan: bring your own keys or a ChatGPT or other subscription with no Amp token fees, and pay as you go for orbs or use your own runners free; paid plans add orb minutes.","pricingUrl":"https://ampcode.com/pricing","skillsSupport":"Amp supports Agent Skills natively. Project skills live in .agents/skills (and .claude/skills) in the project and parent folders; user skills in ~/.config/agents/skills, ~/.agents/skills, ~/.config/amp/skills and ~/.claude/skills, plus paths in amp.skills.path. amp skill add <source> installs one, with --global for the user folder. The open skills CLI installs Amp skills into .agents/skills. The docs give no date skills were added.","mcpSupport":"Amp adds MCP servers with a command, for example amp mcp add context7 -- npx -y @upstash/context7-mcp for a local server or amp mcp add linear https://mcp.linear.app/sse for a remote one. They are stored under amp.mcpServers in ~/.config/amp/settings.json or a workspace .amp/settings.json. Amp's docs recommend bundling MCP servers inside skills with an mcp.json instead.","whatItDoes":["Amp is a coding agent with a terminal CLI for macOS, Linux and Windows through WSL, a web app at ampcode.com, and macOS and iOS apps. Each thread can run on its own cloud machine, called an orb, billed by the minute, or on your own runners. Amp reads AGENTS.md files for project instructions and has an execute mode, amp -x, for scripts.","Amp uses several models and routes between them, and you can link a ChatGPT subscription or bring your own keys. Beyond the agent itself it has Portals, Automations and Puck, a coordinator that can work from Slack. Plugins and model routing are configurable.","Amp started at Sourcegraph and now belongs to Amp Frontier Corporation, which says Amp's growth spun it out. Paid subscriptions launched in beta on 2026-07-18."],"bestFor":["Developers who want each agent thread on its own cloud machine without managing servers","People who want to bring their own model keys or ChatGPT subscription","Teams that want pooled credits and SSO with no per-seat charge for the team plan","Starting and checking agent work from a phone with the iOS app"],"notFor":["Windows users who do not use WSL: the CLI runs on Windows through WSL","People who want one fixed monthly price for heavy use: usage past a plan is pay as you go","Developers who want an open source agent; OpenCode, Cline and Goose are open source"],"strength":"Amp's paid plans include cloud machine time for orbs, and the free Hobby plan works with your own keys or runners.","limit":"Amp's free route is thin: the Hobby plan relies on your own keys or runners, and Amp's news page says the free daily grant was paused or reduced for more users on 2026-05-23.","alternatives":["claude-code","codex","devin","opencode","cursor"],"checked":"2026-10-02","checkedAt":"2026-10-02T03:02:16+02:00","changedAt":"2026-10-03T15:11:25+02:00"},{"url":"https://cookiesforai.app/tools/claude-code","slug":"claude-code","name":"Claude Code","title":"Claude Code: terminal coding agent, free tier and alternatives","summary":"Claude Code is a terminal coding agent by Anthropic that reads a codebase, edits files and runs commands, and also works in VS Code, JetBrains, a desktop app and the web.","kind":"terminal-agent","maker":"Anthropic","makerUrl":"https://www.anthropic.com","website":"https://code.claude.com","license":"Proprietary","platforms":["macOS","Windows","Linux","VS Code","JetBrains","Desktop app","Web","iOS","Android"],"freeTier":"paid","cost":"No free use: Claude Code needs a paid Claude plan (Pro, Max, Team or Enterprise) or an API account billed per token; the Free Claude plan does not include it.","pricingUrl":"https://claude.com/pricing","skillsSupport":"Claude Code supports Agent Skills natively and says its skills follow the agentskills.io open standard. It reads project skills from .claude/skills/<name>/SKILL.md and personal skills from ~/.claude/skills, plus skills inside installed plugins. Skill support arrived in version 2.0.20 on 2025-10-16. The open skills CLI installs into the same .claude/skills folder.","mcpSupport":"Claude Code adds MCP servers with a command: claude mcp add --transport http <name> <url> for a remote server, or claude mcp add <name> -- <command> [args] for a local one. The --scope flag picks local, project or user. Project servers are saved in .mcp.json at the repo root; local and user servers live in ~/.claude.json. claude mcp list or /mcp shows what is connected.","whatItDoes":["Claude Code is Anthropic's agent for working on a codebase from the command line. You describe a task in plain language, and it reads the relevant files, proposes and makes edits, runs shell commands and tests, and handles git steps such as commits and pull requests. The same agent also runs as a VS Code extension, a JetBrains plugin, a desktop app, on the web at claude.ai/code and from the Claude mobile apps.","Claude Code is built to be extended. Subagents run focused jobs in their own context, hooks run your scripts at fixed points such as before a tool call or at session start, skills package instructions the agent loads when a task matches, and plugins bundle all of these. A GitHub Action responds to @claude mentions in issues and pull requests, and GitLab CI/CD is supported too.","Claude Code needs a paid account. Its setup docs say it requires a Pro, Max, Team, Enterprise or Console account, and that the Free Claude plan does not include it. Companies can also run it through Amazon Bedrock, Google Cloud or Microsoft Foundry instead of an Anthropic subscription."],"bestFor":["Developers who want an agent that works in the terminal and can run tests, scripts and git on their own machine","Teams that want to automate repo chores with hooks, subagents and a GitHub or GitLab integration","People who already pay for Claude Pro or Max and want coding on the same plan","Companies that must route model traffic through Bedrock, Google Cloud or Microsoft Foundry"],"notFor":["Anyone who wants a free option: the Free Claude plan does not include Claude Code; Gemini CLI with an API key or OpenCode with your own key cost nothing to install","Developers who want to pick models from many vendors in one tool; Cursor, OpenCode and Cline let you switch providers","People who need open source code they can audit and fork; the license is Anthropic's commercial terms"],"strength":"Claude Code covers many surfaces from one account: terminal, VS Code, JetBrains, desktop, web and mobile, with hooks firing at more than six named points (SessionStart, PreToolUse, PostToolUse, UserPromptSubmit, Stop, SubagentStart and more) for scripted control.","limit":"Claude Code only runs Anthropic's Claude models, and there is no free tier: the cheapest way in is a paid Claude plan or an API account billed per token.","alternatives":["codex","gemini-cli","opencode","cursor","github-copilot"],"faq":[{"q":"Is Claude Code free?","a":"No. Claude Code needs a Pro, Max, Team, Enterprise or Console (API) account, per claude.com/pricing read on 2026-10-01. The Free Claude plan does not include Claude Code."},{"q":"Does Claude Code support MCP and agent skills?","a":"Yes to both. MCP servers are added with claude mcp add, and Agent Skills load from .claude/skills in a project or ~/.claude/skills for all projects. Skills have been supported since version 2.0.20 (2025-10-16)."}],"checked":"2026-10-02","checkedAt":"2026-10-02T03:02:16+02:00","changedAt":"2026-10-03T15:11:25+02:00"},{"url":"https://cookiesforai.app/tools/cline","slug":"cline","name":"Cline","title":"Cline: open-source coding agent for VS Code, free tier and alternatives","summary":"Cline is an open source coding agent by Cline Bot Inc. that runs as a VS Code or JetBrains extension and a CLI, using your own model keys or local models.","kind":"editor-extension","maker":"Cline Bot Inc.","makerUrl":"https://cline.bot","website":"https://cline.bot","license":"Apache-2.0","repo":"cline/cline","stars":69680,"lastPush":"2026-10-02","platforms":["VS Code","Cursor","Windsurf","VSCodium","Antigravity","JetBrains","CLI","Desktop app (macOS, Windows)"],"freeTier":"free-plan","cost":"Free and open source under Apache-2.0 for individual developers; you pay model providers or buy Cline credits, and an optional flat plan and an Enterprise plan are sold separately.","pricingUrl":"https://cline.bot/pricing","skillsSupport":"Cline supports Agent Skills natively since version 3.48.0 (January 2026). Its docs list project folders .cline/skills (recommended), .clinerules/skills and .claude/skills, and the global folder ~/.cline/skills; skills are toggled in the Skills tab. The open skills CLI 1.7.0 installs Cline skills into .agents/skills, a folder Cline's skills docs do not list (checked 2026-10-01).","mcpSupport":"Cline adds MCP servers from the MCP Servers icon in its panel: Configure tab, then Configure MCP Servers, which opens a JSON file with an mcpServers key (command, args and env for a local server; type streamableHttp and url for a remote one). The Remote Servers tab adds a URL directly. The CLI uses ~/.cline/mcp.json and a wizard, cline mcp.","whatItDoes":["Cline is an open source coding agent that lives in your editor. It reads files, makes edits and runs terminal commands. Plan mode discusses and plans without touching files; Act mode carries out the plan. Checkpoints let you roll code back to an earlier step while keeping the conversation.","Cline runs in VS Code and its forks (Cursor, Windsurf, VSCodium, Antigravity), in JetBrains, as a CLI installed with npm, and as a desktop app. A Kanban view runs several agents in parallel in separate git worktrees, and an SDK and Agent Client Protocol support bring it to Zed, Neovim and Emacs.","Cline does not lock you to one model. You can bring keys for Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Gemini, OpenRouter, Bedrock, Vertex and others, run local models through Ollama or LM Studio, or buy credits from Cline. The pricing page says Cline is free for individual developers with no subscription."],"bestFor":["Developers who want an agent inside VS Code with a separate read-only Plan mode and checkpoints to roll back","People who want to choose and pay their own model provider, or run local models","Teams that want an open source agent they can review and self-manage","Working across VS Code forks such as Cursor or Windsurf with the same agent"],"notFor":["People who want a flat subscription that includes frontier models; GitHub Copilot or Cursor bundle model usage","Users who want installs from the open skills CLI to just work: its Cline folder (.agents/skills) is not one Cline's docs list","Developers who prefer a terminal-first agent; OpenCode or Claude Code are built around the terminal"],"strength":"Cline is free and Apache-2.0 licensed with 69,653 GitHub stars (2026-10-01), and runs in VS Code, five VS Code forks, JetBrains, a CLI and a desktop app with any model provider you choose.","limit":"Cline's own pages disagree in places: the pricing page lists the JetBrains extension under Enterprise while the install docs show it for everyone, and the desktop app is documented for macOS and Windows (beta) but advertised for Linux too.","alternatives":["kilo-code","github-copilot","opencode","cursor"],"faq":[{"q":"Is Cline free?","a":"Yes. Cline's pricing page says it is free for individual developers with no subscription. You pay only for model usage, through your own API keys, Cline credits or the optional ClinePass flat plan, or nothing with local models (read 2026-10-01)."},{"q":"Does Cline support MCP and agent skills?","a":"Yes. Cline has an MCP Marketplace and a JSON config under mcpServers, and supports Agent Skills from .cline/skills, .clinerules/skills or .claude/skills since version 3.48.0."}],"archived":false,"checked":"2026-10-02","checkedAt":"2026-10-02T03:02:16+02:00","changedAt":"2026-10-03T15:11:25+02:00"},{"url":"https://cookiesforai.app/tools/continue","slug":"continue","name":"Continue","title":"Continue: open-source coding agent, current status and alternatives","summary":"Continue is an open source coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains and the terminal by Continue Dev, Inc., which Cursor acquired; its GitHub repo is now read-only and no longer maintained.","kind":"editor-extension","maker":"Continue Dev, Inc. (acquired by Cursor)","makerUrl":"https://continue.dev","website":"https://continue.dev","license":"Apache-2.0","repo":"continuedev/continue","stars":36081,"lastPush":"2026-10-01","platforms":["VS Code","JetBrains","CLI (macOS, Windows, Linux)"],"freeTier":"free","cost":"Free and open source under Apache-2.0 with no paid plan sold; you pay your own model provider.","pricingUrl":"https://continue.dev","skillsSupport":"The open skills CLI installs skills into .continue/skills; Continue's own docs do not mention agent skills (checked 2026-10-01).","mcpSupport":"Continue uses MCP servers in agent mode only. Create a .continue/mcpServers/ folder in the workspace and add a YAML file with an mcpServers list (name, command, args, or type and url for sse or streamable-http). JSON MCP configs from Claude Desktop, Cursor or Cline can be dropped into the same folder as they are.","whatItDoes":["Continue is an open source coding agent that ran as a VS Code extension, a JetBrains plugin and a CLI called cn. It has agent, chat, edit and autocomplete modes, assigns different models to roles such as chat, edit, apply, embeddings and autocomplete, and is configured with a config.yaml file plus rules and prompts. The CLI has a headless mode, cn -p, for scripts and CI.","Continue works with many model providers, including Anthropic, OpenAI, Azure, Amazon Bedrock, Google Gemini, Mistral, DeepSeek and xAI, and with local models through Ollama, LM Studio and llama.cpp. Its docs include a guide for running it without internet access.","Continue is no longer an active product. continue.dev now says Continue was acquired by Cursor and that the open source code stays available. The GitHub repository says it is no longer actively maintained and is read-only, and the final release removed telemetry and sign-in. The extensions and CLI can still be installed and used with your own keys or local models."],"bestFor":["Teams that already run Continue and want to keep a self-managed, Apache-2.0 setup with their own models","Offline or air-gapped use with local models, following its documented no-internet guide","Developers who want to fork and maintain an open source assistant themselves"],"notFor":["Anyone starting fresh who needs bug fixes and updates: the repo is read-only and unmaintained","People who want an actively developed open source extension; Cline and Kilo Code are maintained","Teams that want vendor support or a hosted service"],"strength":"Continue is Apache-2.0 licensed, with 36,078 GitHub stars (2026-10-01), and works fully with your own keys or local models, including a documented offline setup.","limit":"Continue is no longer maintained: its maker was acquired by Cursor and the GitHub repo is read-only, so there will be no fixes for new editor or model versions.","alternatives":["cline","kilo-code","github-copilot","cursor"],"archived":false,"checked":"2026-10-02","checkedAt":"2026-10-02T03:02:16+02:00","changedAt":"2026-10-03T10:04:47+02:00"},{"url":"https://cookiesforai.app/tools/cursor","slug":"cursor","name":"Cursor","title":"Cursor: AI code editor, free tier and alternatives","summary":"Cursor is an AI code editor by Anysphere that pairs a desktop editor with an agent, a CLI and cloud agents, using models from several vendors plus its own Composer models.","kind":"editor","maker":"Anysphere","makerUrl":"https://cursor.com","website":"https://cursor.com","license":"Proprietary","platforms":["macOS","Windows","Linux","CLI","Web","iOS","JetBrains","Slack"],"freeTier":"free-plan","cost":"Free Hobby plan with limited Agent requests and no card; paid individual and team plans add more included usage, and usage past a plan is billed at API rates.","pricingUrl":"https://cursor.com/pricing","skillsSupport":"Cursor supports Agent Skills natively since version 2.4 (2026-01-22), in the editor and the CLI. It reads project skills from .agents/skills and .cursor/skills, user skills from ~/.agents/skills and ~/.cursor/skills, and for compatibility also loads .claude/skills, .codex/skills and their home-folder versions. The open skills CLI installs Cursor skills into .agents/skills. Type / in Agent chat to call one.","mcpSupport":"Cursor reads MCP servers from .cursor/mcp.json in a project or ~/.cursor/mcp.json for all projects, under the mcpServers key: command, args and env for a local server, or url and headers for a remote one. Servers can also be installed in one click from the Cursor Marketplace. The CLI uses the same file and manages servers with agent mcp list, agent mcp login and agent mcp enable.","whatItDoes":["Cursor is a desktop code editor built around an AI agent. You ask the agent to make a change, and it plans, edits files across the project, runs terminal commands and shows a diff to accept or reject. Tab completion predicts the next edit as you type. Cursor runs on macOS, Windows and Linux, and a CLI called agent brings the same agent to the terminal.","Cursor also runs cloud agents in isolated virtual machines. You can start them from the desktop app, cursor.com/agents, the iOS app, Slack, GitHub, Linear or an API, and they work on a branch while you do something else. Subagents, hooks and skills are available in the editor, the CLI and cloud agents.","Cursor offers models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and others alongside its own Composer models. Paid plans include a monthly pool of usage, and going past it is billed at API rates or covered by upgrading. Cursor's docs say daily agent users typically spend well beyond the Pro plan's included usage."],"bestFor":["Developers who want an AI agent inside a full editor rather than in a terminal","People who want to switch between models from several vendors in one tool","Teams that want to start background cloud agents from Slack, GitHub or Linear","VS Code users who want a familiar editor with agent features built in"],"notFor":["Developers who want to stay in JetBrains IDEs without a paid plan: Cursor's JetBrains route needs a paid plan and the AI Assistant plugin","Light users on a tight budget who need predictable cost; Cursor's docs say daily agent users typically go well past the Pro plan's included usage","People who need an open source editor; Zed is GPL-3.0 and VS Code with Cline is Apache-2.0"],"strength":"Cursor reaches the agent from many places: desktop editor on three operating systems, a CLI, cloud agents in isolated VMs, iOS, Slack, GitHub, Linear and an API, all on one subscription.","limit":"Cursor's usage-based pricing is hard to predict: Cursor's own docs say daily agent users typically spend well beyond the Pro plan's included usage, and power users spend more still.","alternatives":["windsurf","github-copilot","zed","antigravity","cline"],"faq":[{"q":"Is Cursor free?","a":"Cursor has a free Hobby plan with no credit card and limited Agent requests. Paid plans start at Pro, per cursor.com/pricing read on 2026-10-01."},{"q":"Can Cursor use agent skills and MCP servers?","a":"Yes. Cursor reads Agent Skills from .agents/skills or .cursor/skills (and also .claude/skills and .codex/skills) since version 2.4 in January 2026. MCP servers go in .cursor/mcp.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json."}],"checked":"2026-10-01","changedAt":"2026-10-03T15:11:25+02:00"},{"url":"https://cookiesforai.app/tools/devin","slug":"devin","name":"Devin","title":"Devin: cloud coding agent by Cognition, free tier and alternatives","summary":"Devin is a cloud coding agent by Cognition that works in its own virtual machines, takes tasks from Slack, GitHub, Linear or Jira, and also ships as a CLI and the Devin Desktop editor.","kind":"cloud-agent","maker":"Cognition","makerUrl":"https://cognition.com","website":"https://devin.ai","license":"Proprietary","platforms":["Web","Slack","Microsoft Teams","GitHub","Linear","Jira","CLI (macOS, Windows, Linux)","JetBrains (via ACP)","Zed (via ACP)","Xcode (via ACP)"],"freeTier":"free-plan","cost":"Free plan with a light agent quota; Devin Cloud and larger daily and weekly quotas need a paid plan.","pricingUrl":"https://devin.ai/pricing","skillsSupport":"Devin supports Agent Skills natively. Devin Cloud reads skills from .agents/skills in your repo, following the agentskills.io specification, since 2026-02-13. Devin CLI reads project skills from .agents/skills, .devin/skills and .windsurf/skills, and global skills from ~/.agents/skills and ~/.config/devin/skills. The open skills CLI 1.7.0 installs into .devin/skills under its Devin for Terminal target.","mcpSupport":"Devin CLI adds MCP servers with devin mcp add <name> -- <command> [args] for a local server or devin mcp add <name> <URL> for a remote one, then devin mcp login <name> for OAuth. -s project writes .devin/mcp_config.json, -s user writes ~/.config/devin/mcp_config.json, and the default local scope writes .devin/mcp_config.local.json, all under the mcpServers key.","whatItDoes":["Devin is Cognition's cloud coding agent. Each session runs in its own Linux, Windows or Mac virtual machine, so it can install dependencies, run the app and tests, and open a pull request. You hand it work from the web app, Slack, Microsoft Teams, GitHub, Linear or Jira and review the result when it is done.","Devin is now a family of products on one account. Devin CLI (formerly Devin for Terminal, renamed on 2026-05-26) is a local terminal agent that can hand a task to the cloud with /handoff; Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) is the editor; Devin Review reviews pull requests and is free for public GitHub repos; DeepWiki documents repositories.","Devin offers models from Anthropic, OpenAI and Google, Cognition's own SWE models and open models such as DeepSeek, Kimi and GLM. Fusion pairs a frontier model with a cheaper helper model, and a ChatGPT plan can pay for GPT usage. Quotas are daily and weekly, shared across Cloud, CLI and Desktop."],"bestFor":["Teams that want to delegate tickets from Slack, Linear or Jira to an agent running in the cloud","Work that needs a full machine: installing dependencies, running the app and tests","People who want local and cloud agents under one subscription","Reviewing pull requests on public GitHub repos at no cost with Devin Review"],"notFor":["Developers who want a free cloud agent: Devin Cloud needs the paid Pro plan or higher","People who need published usage numbers: quotas are daily and weekly, but the pricing page does not give their size","Teams that need an open source agent they can host themselves; OpenCode in GitHub Actions or Goose fit that"],"strength":"Devin runs each session in its own virtual machine on Linux, Windows or Mac and takes tasks from five work tools (Slack, Microsoft Teams, GitHub, Linear and Jira), with up to 10 concurrent sessions on Pro.","limit":"Devin's quota sizes are not published on the pricing page, and Devin Cloud needs at least the paid Pro plan; the Free plan covers only a light quota.","alternatives":["codex","github-copilot","windsurf","amp","claude-code"],"checked":"2026-10-02","checkedAt":"2026-10-02T03:02:16+02:00","changedAt":"2026-10-03T15:11:25+02:00"},{"url":"https://cookiesforai.app/tools/gemini-cli","slug":"gemini-cli","name":"Gemini CLI","title":"Gemini CLI: open-source terminal agent, free tier and alternatives","summary":"Gemini CLI is an open source terminal coding agent by Google that runs Gemini models from the command line, with MCP, agent skills, subagents and hooks, under the Apache-2.0 license.","kind":"terminal-agent","maker":"Google","makerUrl":"https://developers.google.com","website":"https://geminicli.com","license":"Apache-2.0","repo":"google-gemini/gemini-cli","stars":107219,"lastPush":"2026-10-01","platforms":["macOS","Windows","Linux","VS Code","JetBrains (via ACP)","Zed (via ACP)","Google Cloud Shell"],"freeTier":"free-plan","cost":"Free and open source under Apache-2.0; a Gemini API key has a free tier on the Flash model, and more use is billed per token or through Gemini Code Assist licenses.","pricingUrl":"https://geminicli.com/docs/resources/quota-and-pricing/","skillsSupport":"Gemini CLI supports Agent Skills natively. It reads workspace skills from .gemini/skills or .agents/skills and user skills from ~/.gemini/skills or ~/.agents/skills, plus skills shipped in extensions. Skills arrived as an experimental preview in v0.23.0 (2026-01-07) and were turned on by default in January 2026. gemini skills list and gemini skills install manage them. The open skills CLI installs into .agents/skills.","mcpSupport":"Gemini CLI adds MCP servers with gemini mcp add [options] <name> <commandOrUrl> [args...], where --scope picks user or project and --transport picks stdio, sse or http. Servers are saved under mcpServers in .gemini/settings.json (project) or ~/.gemini/settings.json (user); remote servers use url for SSE or httpUrl for streamable HTTP.","whatItDoes":["Gemini CLI is Google's open source agent for the terminal. It reads and edits files, runs shell commands, fetches web pages and can ground answers in Google Search. Its README describes Gemini 3 models with a 1 million token context window. It installs with npm or Homebrew and also comes preinstalled in Google Cloud Shell.","Gemini CLI can be extended with MCP servers, Agent Skills, extensions, subagents with their own context, and hooks that run scripts at points in the agent loop. It has a plan mode, sandboxing, checkpoints and a headless mode for scripts, and a GitHub Action (run-gemini-cli) for issue and pull request work. A VS Code companion extension and the Agent Client Protocol connect it to editors.","Gemini CLI changed how people sign in during 2026. Google's developer blog announced that from 2026-06-18 Gemini CLI stopped serving free personal Google accounts and Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers, who were moved to Antigravity CLI. The routes still documented are a Gemini API key (with a free tier), Vertex AI, and Gemini Code Assist Standard or Enterprise licenses for organizations."],"bestFor":["Developers who want an open source terminal agent they can read and fork","Teams on Google Cloud with Gemini Code Assist licenses or Vertex AI billing","Scripted and CI use through headless mode and the run-gemini-cli GitHub Action","Trying an agent at no cost with the free tier of a Gemini API key"],"notFor":["Individuals who used a personal Google account or Google AI Pro or Ultra: Google moved that access to Antigravity CLI on 2026-06-18","Developers who want models from several vendors; OpenCode, Cline or Kilo Code support many providers","People who want a desktop editor rather than a terminal; Antigravity and Cursor are editors"],"strength":"Gemini CLI is open source under Apache-2.0 with 107,216 GitHub stars (2026-10-01), and its free API-key tier lets you try it without a subscription.","limit":"Gemini CLI no longer serves free personal Google accounts or Google AI Pro and Ultra plans since 2026-06-18, and the free API-key tier is limited to the Flash model.","alternatives":["antigravity","claude-code","codex","opencode","goose"],"faq":[{"q":"Is Gemini CLI still free?","a":"Gemini CLI itself is free and open source. Model use is free with a Gemini API key within the free tier's daily limit on the Flash model, per its quota page read on 2026-10-01. The older free route through a personal Google account was retired on 2026-06-18, when Google moved those users to Antigravity CLI."},{"q":"Does Gemini CLI support MCP and agent skills?","a":"Yes. Add MCP servers with gemini mcp add or in .gemini/settings.json. Agent Skills load from .gemini/skills or .agents/skills, enabled by default since January 2026."}],"archived":false,"checked":"2026-10-02","checkedAt":"2026-10-02T03:02:16+02:00","changedAt":"2026-10-03T15:11:25+02:00"},{"url":"https://cookiesforai.app/tools/github-copilot","slug":"github-copilot","name":"GitHub Copilot","title":"GitHub Copilot: AI coding assistant, free tier and alternatives","summary":"GitHub Copilot is an AI coding assistant by GitHub that works in VS Code, JetBrains and other editors, in a CLI, and as a cloud agent that opens pull requests on GitHub.","kind":"editor-extension","maker":"GitHub","makerUrl":"https://github.com","website":"https://github.com/features/copilot","license":"Proprietary","platforms":["VS Code","Visual Studio","JetBrains","Xcode","Neovim","Eclipse","Zed","CLI (macOS, Windows, Linux)","Desktop app","Web","GitHub Mobile"],"freeTier":"free-plan","cost":"Copilot Free has limited chat, agent use and inline suggestions; paid plans add the cloud agent, code review and more AI Credits, and verified students get free access.","pricingUrl":"https://github.com/features/copilot/plans","skillsSupport":"GitHub Copilot supports Agent Skills natively since 2025-12-18, in the cloud agent, code review, Copilot CLI, the Copilot app and agent mode in VS Code and JetBrains. It reads project skills from .github/skills, .claude/skills and .agents/skills, and personal skills from ~/.copilot/skills and ~/.agents/skills. The open skills CLI installs Copilot skills into .agents/skills.","mcpSupport":"GitHub Copilot connects MCP servers differently per surface. In VS Code, add them to .vscode/mcp.json under the servers key, or search @mcp in the Extensions view (VS Code 1.99 or later). In Copilot CLI, run /mcp add or copilot mcp add <name> -- <command>, saved in ~/.copilot/mcp-config.json. For the cloud agent, paste JSON under mcpServers in the repo's Settings, Copilot, MCP servers.","whatItDoes":["GitHub Copilot started as inline code completion and now covers chat, an agent mode inside the editor, a terminal agent and a cloud agent. It runs in VS Code, Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs, Xcode, Neovim, Eclipse and Zed, on github.com and in GitHub Mobile. Copilot CLI runs on macOS, Linux and Windows, and a desktop Copilot app runs parallel sessions, each in its own git worktree.","GitHub Copilot's cloud agent takes an issue or a task, works on a branch inside a temporary GitHub Actions environment and opens a pull request for review. Copilot code review comments on pull requests. On Pro+ and higher, tasks can also be handed to third-party agents such as Claude and OpenAI Codex (in preview).","GitHub Copilot offers models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI and others, and paid plans now meter use in GitHub AI Credits. Code completions and next edit suggestions stay unlimited on paid plans. Bring-your-own-key works in VS Code, JetBrains, Xcode, the CLI and the app."],"bestFor":["Teams whose code already lives on GitHub and who want agents that open pull requests there","Developers who use several editors, including Visual Studio, Xcode, Eclipse or Neovim","Organizations that want per-seat billing with pooled credits and admin controls","Students and open source maintainers who may qualify for free access"],"notFor":["Teams on GitLab or Bitbucket who want a cloud agent; Copilot's cloud agent runs on GitHub","Heavy agent users who want flat pricing; usage past included credits is billed per credit","People who want an open source tool; Cline, OpenCode and Kilo Code are open source"],"strength":"GitHub Copilot runs in more editors than most tools here (VS Code, Visual Studio, JetBrains, Xcode, Neovim, Eclipse and Zed) and has a free plan with limited chat, agent use and inline suggestions.","limit":"GitHub Copilot's cloud agent and code review need a paid plan, and agent work is metered in AI Credits, so cost depends on how much you use it.","alternatives":["cursor","claude-code","codex","cline","junie"],"faq":[{"q":"Is GitHub Copilot free?","a":"Yes, there is a Copilot Free plan with limited chat, agent use and inline suggestions. Verified students get Copilot Student free. The cloud agent and code review need a paid plan, per github.com read on 2026-10-01."},{"q":"Does GitHub Copilot support MCP and agent skills?","a":"Yes. MCP servers go in .vscode/mcp.json in VS Code, ~/.copilot/mcp-config.json in Copilot CLI, or the repo's Copilot settings for the cloud agent. Agent Skills load from .github/skills, .claude/skills or .agents/skills, supported since 2025-12-18."}],"checked":"2026-10-01","changedAt":"2026-10-03T15:11:25+02:00"},{"url":"https://cookiesforai.app/tools/antigravity","slug":"antigravity","name":"Google Antigravity","title":"Google Antigravity: AI coding platform, free tier and alternatives","summary":"Google Antigravity is an agentic development platform by Google that runs coding agents in a desktop command center, a standalone IDE, a CLI called agy and extensions for other editors.","kind":"editor","maker":"Google","makerUrl":"https://about.google","website":"https://antigravity.google","license":"Proprietary","platforms":["macOS","Windows","Linux","CLI","VS Code","Visual Studio","JetBrains","Zed","Xcode"],"freeTier":"free-plan","cost":"Free Individual plan with weekly rate limits; Google AI subscriptions raise the limits, and businesses can buy through Google Cloud.","pricingUrl":"https://antigravity.google/pricing","skillsSupport":"Google Antigravity supports Agent Skills natively: a skill is a folder with a SKILL.md. All three apps read workspace skills from .agents/skills; global skills live in ~/.gemini/config/skills for the desktop app and IDE, and ~/.gemini/antigravity-cli/skills for the CLI, which turns each skill into a slash command. Skills can also ship in plugins installed with agy plugin install. The open skills CLI installs into .agents/skills. The docs give no date skills were added.","mcpSupport":"Google Antigravity adds MCP servers from Settings, Customizations, Installed MCP Servers, Add MCP (the MCP Store) in the desktop app, /mcp in the CLI, or the agent panel's ... menu, MCP Servers, in the IDE. Configs live under mcpServers in ~/.gemini/config/mcp_config.json (global) or .agents/mcp_config.json (workspace); remote servers must use serverUrl, not url.","whatItDoes":["Google Antigravity is a set of tools for running coding agents. Antigravity 2.0 is a desktop command center for running several local agents in parallel, Antigravity IDE is a standalone editor, and Antigravity CLI (agy) brings the agent to the terminal. Extensions put it inside VS Code, Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs, Zed and Xcode, and there is a Python SDK.","Google Antigravity runs Gemini Flash and Pro models on every plan, and its models page also lists Claude Sonnet and Opus and an open GPT-OSS model on the consumer plans. It does not support bringing your own key or endpoint. Slash commands cover goals, scheduling and a browser, and the platform has remote control, a terminal sandbox and a plugin marketplace.","Google Antigravity is where Google moved free and Google AI Pro and Ultra users of Gemini CLI on 2026-06-18. The Individual plan is free with weekly rate limits; higher limits come with Google AI subscriptions, and businesses can buy through Google Cloud."],"bestFor":["Developers who want a free agentic editor with unlimited Tab completions","People who already pay for Google AI Pro or Ultra","Former Gemini CLI users on personal Google accounts","Running several agents in parallel from one desktop app"],"notFor":["Anyone who wants to bring their own API key or model endpoint: Antigravity does not support it","Teams that need models outside Google's list for their plan; Cursor, OpenCode and Cline offer wider choice","People who need an open source tool; Gemini CLI, OpenCode and Zed are open source"],"strength":"Google Antigravity's Individual plan is free and includes unlimited Tab completions and Command requests, across a desktop app, an IDE, a CLI and five editor extensions.","limit":"Google Antigravity does not support bring-your-own-key or custom endpoints, so you are limited to the models and weekly rate limits of your Google plan.","alternatives":["gemini-cli","cursor","windsurf","zed","claude-code"],"checked":"2026-10-01","changedAt":"2026-10-03T15:11:25+02:00"},{"url":"https://cookiesforai.app/tools/goose","slug":"goose","name":"Goose","title":"Goose: open-source desktop and terminal AI agent, free tier, alternatives","summary":"Goose is an open source AI agent, created by Block and now part of the Agentic AI Foundation at the Linux Foundation, that runs as a desktop app and CLI with any model provider.","kind":"terminal-agent","maker":"Agentic AI Foundation (Linux Foundation)","makerUrl":"https://aaif.io","website":"https://goose-docs.ai","license":"Apache-2.0","repo":"aaif-goose/goose","stars":54856,"lastPush":"2026-10-02","platforms":["macOS","Windows","Linux","Desktop app","CLI"],"freeTier":"free","cost":"Free and open source under Apache-2.0 with no paid plans; you pay only your model provider, or nothing with local models.","pricingUrl":"https://github.com/aaif-goose/goose","skillsSupport":"Goose supports Agent Skills natively through a built-in Skills extension that is on by default. It reads project skills from .agents/skills and global skills from ~/.agents/skills, and also discovers .goose/skills, .claude/skills and ~/.claude/skills; goose skills list shows them. SKILL.md support arrived in v1.16.0 (2025-12-10) and .agents/skills discovery in v1.18.0 (2025-12-19). The open skills CLI 1.7.0 installs Goose skills into .goose/skills.","mcpSupport":"Goose calls MCP servers extensions. In the desktop app, open Extensions in the sidebar and choose Add custom extension (Standard IO with a command, or a remote server). In the CLI, run goose configure, then Add Extension. Extensions are saved under extensions in ~/.config/goose/config.yaml, with types stdio and streamable_http; SSE is not supported.","whatItDoes":["Goose is a general-purpose AI agent built in Rust that runs as a desktop app, a CLI and an API on macOS, Windows and Linux. It can install, run, edit and test code, and it extends through MCP servers, which Goose calls extensions; its directory lists 70+ of them. Recipes, subagents, custom agents, hooks and plugins are documented features.","Goose works with 15+ model providers, including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Ollama, OpenRouter, Azure and Bedrock, and it can use an existing Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini subscription through the Agent Client Protocol. Local models through Ollama keep everything on your machine.","Goose was created by Block, which donated it on 2026-04-07 to the Agentic AI Foundation at the Linux Foundation, the same foundation that hosts the Model Context Protocol and AGENTS.md. The repository moved from block/goose to aaif-goose/goose, and the software stays free under Apache-2.0."],"bestFor":["People who want a free open source agent with a desktop app, not only a terminal","Connecting an agent to many tools through MCP extensions","Using an existing Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini subscription in an open source agent","Organizations that prefer software governed by a neutral foundation"],"notFor":["Teams that want a hosted cloud agent that opens pull requests on its own; Devin or Codex cloud do that","Users of remote MCP servers that only speak SSE: Goose does not support SSE","People who want an agent built into their editor; Cline or Kilo Code are extensions"],"strength":"Goose is free under Apache-2.0 with 54,840 GitHub stars (2026-10-01), runs on macOS, Windows and Linux as both a desktop app and a CLI, and works with 15+ model providers.","limit":"Goose does not support SSE for remote MCP servers, only stdio and streamable HTTP, and setup means choosing and paying a model provider yourself.","alternatives":["opencode","claude-code","openclaw","hermes-agent","cline"],"archived":false,"checked":"2026-10-02","checkedAt":"2026-10-02T03:02:16+02:00","changedAt":"2026-10-03T15:11:25+02:00"},{"url":"https://cookiesforai.app/tools/hermes-agent","slug":"hermes-agent","name":"Hermes Agent","title":"Hermes Agent: open-source personal AI agent, free tier and alternatives","summary":"Hermes Agent is an open source personal AI agent by Nous Research that runs in the terminal, a desktop app and messaging apps, and writes new skills for itself from completed tasks.","kind":"personal-agent","maker":"Nous Research","makerUrl":"https://nousresearch.com","website":"https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com","license":"MIT","repo":"NousResearch/hermes-agent","stars":250613,"lastPush":"2026-10-02","platforms":["macOS","Windows","Linux","WSL2","Docker","Android (Termux)","Telegram","Discord","Slack","WhatsApp","Signal","Email"],"freeTier":"free","cost":"Free and open source under MIT with your own provider key or a local model; Nous Research also sells optional Nous Portal plans for hosted models.","pricingUrl":"https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com","skillsSupport":"Hermes Agent has its own skills system, compatible with the agentskills.io standard. Bundled, installed and self-written skills live in ~/.hermes/skills; project skills in .hermes/skills or .agents/skills load only after hermes skills trust, and extra folders such as ~/.agents/skills can be added under skills.external_dirs in ~/.hermes/config.yaml. Every skill becomes a /skill-name command. The open skills CLI 1.7.0 installs Hermes skills into .hermes/skills. The docs give no date skills were added.","mcpSupport":"Hermes Agent reads MCP servers from ~/.hermes/config.yaml under the mcp_servers key: command and args for a local server, or url and headers for a remote one. hermes mcp opens an interactive picker, and hermes mcp install <name> adds a server from a catalog Nous reviews. hermes import-agent claude-code copies MCP servers, skills and instructions from a Claude Code setup.","whatItDoes":["Hermes Agent is a general-purpose AI agent that runs on your machine and keeps working between conversations. You use it from a terminal interface, a desktop app, a web dashboard or messaging apps such as Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal and email, and all of them share the same memory and state.","Hermes Agent learns from its work: after a complex task it can write a new skill describing how it did it, and a built-in curator maintains those skills over time. It also has a cron scheduler that delivers results to any connected platform, isolated subagents, and seven terminal backends, from local and Docker to SSH, Modal and Daytona.","Hermes Agent works with Nous Portal, OpenRouter, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, a custom endpoint, or self-hosted Ollama, vLLM and LM Studio. The agent itself is free under MIT; Nous Research sells optional Nous Portal plans for hosted models, from a free tier to paid monthly plans."],"bestFor":["People who want an always-on assistant reachable from messaging apps and a terminal","Recurring jobs that should run on a schedule and report to a chat","Users moving from OpenClaw or Claude Code who want to import their setup","Running an agent on local models or your own server"],"notFor":["Developers who want a coding agent inside an editor; Cline, Cursor or Zed fit better","Anyone who wants a single packaged app with no configuration; setup involves providers, backends and config.yaml","Users on Linux who want the desktop app: Linux desktop packaging is disabled in the release workflow per the platform docs"],"strength":"Hermes Agent is MIT licensed with 250,486 GitHub stars (2026-10-01) and turns completed tasks into reusable skills on its own, stored in ~/.hermes/skills.","limit":"Hermes Agent skills and memory live in its own ~/.hermes folders, so project skills need an explicit hermes skills trust step before they load.","alternatives":["openclaw","goose","claude-code","opencode"],"archived":false,"checked":"2026-10-02","checkedAt":"2026-10-02T03:02:16+02:00","changedAt":"2026-10-03T15:11:25+02:00"},{"url":"https://cookiesforai.app/tools/junie","slug":"junie","name":"Junie","title":"Junie: JetBrains coding agent, free tier and alternatives","summary":"Junie is a coding agent by JetBrains that runs as a CLI on macOS, Windows and Linux, inside JetBrains IDEs and in GitHub or GitLab pipelines, with any model you choose.","kind":"terminal-agent","maker":"JetBrains","makerUrl":"https://www.jetbrains.com","website":"https://junie.jetbrains.com","license":"Proprietary","platforms":["macOS","Windows","Linux","IntelliJ IDEA","PyCharm","WebStorm","GoLand","PhpStorm","RubyMine","RustRover","CLion","Rider","Android Studio","GitHub Actions","GitLab CI/CD"],"freeTier":"free-plan","cost":"Free to start with a small credit allowance and no card, or with your own keys at provider rates; paid JetBrains AI plans add monthly credits.","pricingUrl":"https://junie.jetbrains.com/#pricing","skillsSupport":"Junie supports Agent Skills natively in both the CLI and the IDE, using the open Agent Skills format. It reads project skills from .junie/skills and .agents/skills (trusted projects) and user skills from ~/.junie/skills and ~/.agents/skills, plus custom folders set with --skill-location. Junie CLI spots .cursor/skills, .claude/skills and .codex/skills and offers to import them. The open skills CLI 1.7.0 installs Junie skills into .junie/skills. The docs give no version for when skills were added.","mcpSupport":"Junie CLI adds MCP servers with /mcp: press Ctrl+A to search preconfigured servers, pick project or user scope, then local or remote. Servers are stored under mcpServers in .junie/mcp/mcp.json (project) or ~/.junie/mcp/mcp.json (user): command, args and env for a local server, url and headers for a remote one. In the IDE, the MCP Settings page opens the same mcp.json format.","whatItDoes":["Junie is JetBrains' coding agent. Junie CLI runs in the terminal on macOS, Windows and Linux, and the same agent works inside JetBrains IDEs such as IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, WebStorm, GoLand, Rider and Android Studio, where the recommended route is through the AI Assistant chat. It also runs in GitHub Actions and GitLab CI/CD to work on issues and merge requests.","Junie lets you pick the model. The CLI accepts your own keys for OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI and OpenRouter, a GitHub Copilot token, and custom endpoints such as LiteLLM, Ollama and LM Studio. Bring-your-own-key is not supported in the IDE plugin. Plan mode stores plans in .junie/plans, Remote Control lets you watch a session from the web, and junie --acp true runs it as an Agent Client Protocol server for other editors.","Junie is free to start with a few AI credits and no card, and paid JetBrains AI plans add monthly credits. JetBrains also offers Junie Local, which runs a local model on a Mac, but it needs macOS 26 or later, an Apple M5 chip or newer and 64 GB of RAM."],"bestFor":["Developers who work in JetBrains IDEs and want an agent from the same vendor","People who want a terminal agent that accepts their own model keys at provider rates","Teams that want the agent to run in GitHub Actions or GitLab CI/CD","Organizations already buying JetBrains AI plans"],"notFor":["IDE users who want to bring their own API key: BYOK is not supported in the Junie IDE plugin","Heavy users who want large included usage: AI Pro includes only a small monthly credit allowance","VS Code users who want an extension in their editor; Cline, Kilo Code or GitHub Copilot fit better"],"strength":"Junie supports more than ten JetBrains IDEs plus a CLI on three operating systems, and its free route takes your own model keys at provider rates with no markup.","limit":"Junie's included usage is small on the Free and AI Pro plans, and bring-your-own-key works in the CLI but not in the IDE plugin.","alternatives":["github-copilot","claude-code","kilo-code","cline","codex"],"checked":"2026-10-01","changedAt":"2026-10-03T15:11:25+02:00"},{"url":"https://cookiesforai.app/tools/kilo-code","slug":"kilo-code","name":"Kilo Code","title":"Kilo Code: open-source coding agent, free tier and alternatives","summary":"Kilo Code is an open source coding agent by Kilo Code, Inc., acquired by Anaconda in 2026, that runs in VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, a CLI and cloud agents with 500+ models.","kind":"editor-extension","maker":"Kilo Code, Inc. (Anaconda)","makerUrl":"https://kilo.ai","website":"https://kilo.ai","license":"MIT","repo":"Kilo-Org/kilocode","stars":27467,"lastPush":"2026-10-02","platforms":["VS Code","Cursor","Windsurf","VSCodium","JetBrains","CLI","Cloud agents","Slack","iOS","Android"],"freeTier":"free-plan","cost":"Free and open source under MIT with free, local or your own models; paid options are Teams seats, credit bundles, gateway usage and cloud compute.","pricingUrl":"https://kilo.ai/pricing","skillsSupport":"Kilo Code implements Agent Skills (agentskills.io). In VS Code and the CLI it reads project skills from .kilo/skills and .agents/skills and global skills from ~/.kilo/skills and ~/.agents/skills; .claude/skills loads in the CLI, and in VS Code when Claude Code compatibility is turned on. Extra paths and remote URLs go under skills in kilo.jsonc. The open skills CLI installs Kilo Code skills into .agents/skills. The docs give no date skills were added.","mcpSupport":"Kilo Code reads MCP servers from kilo.jsonc under the mcp key, in the project root or .kilo/ (project) or ~/.config/kilo/ (global): \"type\": \"local\" with a command array, or \"type\": \"remote\" with a url and headers. In VS Code, use Settings, MCP, Add Server; in the CLI, kilo mcp add and kilo mcp list, and /mcps toggles servers.","whatItDoes":["Kilo Code is an open source coding agent that runs as an extension in VS Code and its forks, a JetBrains plugin and a CLI, with cloud agents, a code reviewer, a Slack integration and iOS and Android apps on top. Sessions sync between the IDE, the CLI and mobile. It offers Ask, Architect, Code and Debug modes plus custom modes, parallel agents in separate worktrees, autocomplete and custom subagents.","Kilo Code connects to 500+ models from 60+ providers through its Kilo Gateway at the provider's price with no markup, or you can bring your own keys for Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Mistral, DeepSeek and others, sign in with ChatGPT, or run local models with Ollama or LM Studio. An Auto Free option routes to free models, which may log prompts.","Kilo Code was acquired by Anaconda, announced on 2026-07-15; Anaconda's post says the codebase remains open source. Paid options are a per-user Teams plan, Kilo Pass monthly credit bundles, and pay-per-second cloud compute for cloud agents and code review."],"bestFor":["Developers who want one open source agent across VS Code, JetBrains, the terminal and mobile","People who want model choice with no markup on provider prices","Teams that want shared agent modes and central billing on a per-user plan","Trying an agent at no cost with free or local models"],"notFor":["Anyone who wants a flat price with no credit math; Kilo Pass, gateway usage and cloud compute are billed separately","People who need private prompts on the free route: Auto Free may route to providers that log prompts","Developers who prefer a full AI editor; Cursor, Windsurf or Zed are standalone editors"],"strength":"Kilo Code is MIT licensed and offers 500+ models through its gateway at provider rates with no markup, in VS Code, JetBrains, a CLI and mobile apps.","limit":"Kilo Code has several separate billing layers (Teams seats, gateway usage, Kilo Pass credits, a fee on credit purchases and per-second cloud compute), which makes total cost harder to estimate.","alternatives":["cline","opencode","github-copilot","cursor"],"archived":false,"checked":"2026-10-02","checkedAt":"2026-10-02T03:02:16+02:00","changedAt":"2026-10-03T15:11:25+02:00"},{"url":"https://cookiesforai.app/tools/codex","slug":"codex","name":"OpenAI Codex","title":"OpenAI Codex: CLI and cloud coding agent, free tier and alternatives","summary":"OpenAI Codex is a coding agent by OpenAI that runs as an open source CLI on your machine and as a cloud agent in ChatGPT, editing code, running commands and opening pull requests.","kind":"terminal-agent","maker":"OpenAI","makerUrl":"https://openai.com","website":"https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs","license":"Apache-2.0","repo":"openai/codex","stars":127547,"lastPush":"2026-10-02","platforms":["macOS","Windows","Linux","VS Code","Cursor","Windsurf","JetBrains","Xcode","Web","Desktop app","iOS"],"freeTier":"free-plan","cost":"ChatGPT's Free plan lists Codex in the desktop app for quick tasks; the CLI, IDE extension and cloud features come with paid ChatGPT plans, or with an API key billed per use.","pricingUrl":"https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/pricing","skillsSupport":"Codex supports Agent Skills natively and says they build on the open agent skills standard. It reads repo skills from .agents/skills (in the current folder, its parent and the repo root), user skills from ~/.agents/skills, admin skills from /etc/codex/skills, plus skills bundled with Codex. Skills arrived on 2025-12-19, and custom prompts were deprecated in favour of skills on 2026-01-22. The open skills CLI installs into the same .agents/skills folder.","mcpSupport":"Codex adds MCP servers with a command: codex mcp add <name> -- <command> for a local server, for example codex mcp add context7 -- npx -y @upstash/context7-mcp, or codex mcp add <name> --url <url> for a remote one. Servers are stored as [mcp_servers.<name>] tables in ~/.codex/config.toml or a project .codex/config.toml. In the IDE extension, use the gear menu, then MCP servers, then Add server.","whatItDoes":["OpenAI Codex is one product with two halves. The Codex CLI is an open source agent (Apache-2.0) that runs in your terminal, reads and edits files, and runs commands inside a sandbox. Codex cloud runs tasks in isolated cloud environments from ChatGPT on the web, the desktop app or mobile, and can open pull requests on GitHub. Both use the same account and share usage.","OpenAI Codex also ships as an IDE extension for VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, JetBrains IDEs and Xcode, and inside the ChatGPT desktop app for macOS and Windows, with Linux in preview. For automation, codex exec runs it from scripts and CI, and there is a Codex SDK and a GitHub Action.","OpenAI Codex can be extended with subagents, hooks (PreToolUse, PostToolUse, SessionStart, Stop and others), skills and MCP servers. Besides ChatGPT sign-in, the CLI accepts an API key, and its --oss flag runs a local open source model through LM Studio or Ollama."],"bestFor":["People who already pay for ChatGPT and want a coding agent on the same plan","Developers who want to hand off tasks to a cloud agent and review the pull request later","Teams that run an agent in CI with codex exec and an API key","Developers who want an open source CLI they can read and modify"],"notFor":["Anyone who wants the full CLI on a free plan: OpenAI's pricing page names the CLI and IDE extension from the Plus plan up","Teams that need cloud features with an API key only: the API key route has no GitHub code review or Slack","Developers who mainly want models from vendors other than OpenAI; OpenCode, Cline or Cursor offer more providers"],"strength":"OpenAI Codex covers both local and cloud work: the same account drives an open source CLI with 127,502 GitHub stars (2026-10-01), IDE extensions for five editor families, and cloud tasks that open pull requests.","limit":"OpenAI Codex usage is capped per five-hour window and per week on Plus and Business, and ChatGPT and Codex share one usage pool, so heavy chat use leaves less for coding.","alternatives":["claude-code","gemini-cli","github-copilot","cursor","devin"],"faq":[{"q":"Is OpenAI Codex free?","a":"Partly. The Codex CLI is open source under Apache-2.0, and you can run it with your own API key (pay per use) or a local model via --oss. ChatGPT's Free plan lists Codex in the desktop app for quick tasks, subject to rollout; the CLI, IDE extension and cloud features are listed from the paid Plus plan up, read on 2026-10-01."},{"q":"Does Codex support agent skills and MCP?","a":"Yes. Codex reads Agent Skills from .agents/skills in the repo and ~/.agents/skills for the user, supported since 2025-12-19. MCP servers are added with codex mcp add and stored in ~/.codex/config.toml."}],"archived":false,"checked":"2026-10-02","checkedAt":"2026-10-02T03:02:16+02:00","changedAt":"2026-10-03T15:11:25+02:00"},{"url":"https://cookiesforai.app/tools/openclaw","slug":"openclaw","name":"OpenClaw","title":"OpenClaw: open-source personal AI agent for chat apps, alternatives","summary":"OpenClaw is an open source personal AI agent from the OpenClaw Foundation that runs on your own machine and takes tasks from WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord and other chat apps.","kind":"personal-agent","maker":"OpenClaw Foundation","makerUrl":"https://openclaw.org","website":"https://openclaw.ai","license":"MIT","repo":"openclaw/openclaw","stars":391165,"lastPush":"2026-10-02","platforms":["macOS","Windows","Linux","iOS and Android (companion nodes)","Telegram","WhatsApp","Slack","Discord","Signal","iMessage","Microsoft Teams"],"freeTier":"free","cost":"Free and open source under MIT with no subscription or hosted tier; you pay your model provider or sign in with an existing ChatGPT or Claude plan.","pricingUrl":"https://openclaw.ai","skillsSupport":"OpenClaw has its own skills system that follows the AgentSkills (agentskills.io) spec. It reads, in order of precedence, <workspace>/skills, <workspace>/.agents/skills, ~/.agents/skills and ~/.openclaw/skills, then bundled skills. ClawHub (clawhub.ai) is its public registry: openclaw skills install takes ClawHub names, skills-sh: sources and git: repos. The open skills CLI 1.7.0 installs OpenClaw skills into skills/ at the workspace root. The docs give no date skills were added.","mcpSupport":"OpenClaw adds MCP servers with a command, for example openclaw mcp add memory --command npx --arg -y --arg @modelcontextprotocol/server-memory, or openclaw mcp set <name> '<json>' for a remote url with transport streamable-http or sse. Servers are stored under mcp.servers in ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json, and the Control UI has a /settings/mcp page. openclaw mcp serve runs OpenClaw itself as an MCP server.","whatItDoes":["OpenClaw is a self-hosted gateway that connects chat apps to an AI agent running on your own computer or server. You message it from WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Signal, iMessage, Microsoft Teams or one of the 32 channels its docs list, and it acts with access to the browser, files and shell: sorting an inbox, sending email, handling a calendar or checking you in for a flight.","OpenClaw is not tied to one model. It works with OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, OpenRouter, xAI and Moonshot, with local runtimes such as Ollama, LM Studio, llama.cpp and vLLM, and onboarding can reuse an existing Claude Code or Codex CLI login. It keeps persistent memory and can be shared with a team through one gateway.","OpenClaw is free and MIT licensed, stewarded by the non-profit OpenClaw Foundation. It installs with a script or npm on macOS, Windows and Linux, with desktop apps and guides for hosting on Docker, Fly.io, Hetzner and other providers."],"bestFor":["People who want an AI assistant they can text from the chat app they already use","Automating personal tasks such as email, calendar and travel check-ins","Running an agent on your own hardware with local models, at no software cost","Developers who want to extend an agent with community skills from ClawHub"],"notFor":["Anyone who wants a coding agent inside an editor; Cline, Cursor or GitHub Copilot fit better","People who do not want an agent with full system access to their machine","Users who want a hosted service with no setup: the homepage says there is no hosted tier"],"strength":"OpenClaw is MIT licensed with 391,123 GitHub stars (2026-10-01) and reaches the agent from 32 chat channels in its docs catalog, with no subscription for the software itself.","limit":"OpenClaw has no hosted tier, so you run, secure and update the gateway yourself, and the agent gets broad access to your files, browser and shell.","alternatives":["hermes-agent","goose","claude-code","opencode"],"archived":false,"checked":"2026-10-02","checkedAt":"2026-10-02T03:02:16+02:00","changedAt":"2026-10-03T10:04:47+02:00"},{"url":"https://cookiesforai.app/tools/opencode","slug":"opencode","name":"OpenCode","title":"OpenCode: open-source terminal coding agent, free tier and alternatives","summary":"OpenCode is an open source terminal coding agent by Anomaly that works with 75+ model providers, local models included, and also ships as a desktop app and IDE extension.","kind":"terminal-agent","maker":"Anomaly","makerUrl":"https://anoma.ly","website":"https://opencode.ai","license":"MIT","repo":"anomalyco/opencode","stars":211340,"lastPush":"2026-10-02","platforms":["macOS","Windows","Linux","Desktop app","VS Code","Cursor","Zed","Windsurf","Web (opencode web)"],"freeTier":"free","cost":"Free and open source under MIT with your own provider key or local models; its maker also sells an optional model gateway and a subscription for open models.","pricingUrl":"https://opencode.ai/go","skillsSupport":"OpenCode supports Agent Skills natively through a built-in skill tool. It reads project skills from .opencode/skills, .claude/skills and .agents/skills, searching up to the git worktree root, and global skills from ~/.config/opencode/skills, ~/.claude/skills and ~/.agents/skills. The docs do not give a date it was added. The open skills CLI installs OpenCode skills into .agents/skills.","mcpSupport":"OpenCode reads MCP servers from opencode.json under the mcp key: \"type\": \"local\" with a command array, or \"type\": \"remote\" with a url and headers; OAuth for remote servers is handled automatically and opencode mcp auth <name> logs in. The new v2 docs add a command, opencode mcp add <name> --url <url> or opencode mcp add <name> -- <command>, and nest servers under mcp.servers instead.","whatItDoes":["OpenCode is an open source coding agent with a terminal interface, a desktop app for macOS, Windows and Linux, and an extension for VS Code, Cursor, Zed and Windsurf. It has two main agents, Build for making changes and Plan for read-only planning, plus subagents for general work and code exploration. It loads language servers automatically, so the agent sees diagnostics as it edits.","OpenCode is not tied to one model vendor. It connects to 75+ providers through Models.dev, including local models, and you can sign in with a GitHub Copilot account or a ChatGPT Plus or Pro plan. Its maker, Anomaly, also sells two optional services: Zen, a pay-as-you-go model gateway, and Go, a subscription for open models.","OpenCode integrates with GitHub: mention /opencode or /oc in an issue or pull request comment and it runs in your GitHub Actions runner and opens a pull request. OpenCode is moving to a v2, and the classic and v2 docs currently describe slightly different config formats."],"bestFor":["Developers who want a free, MIT-licensed terminal agent they can use with any model provider","People who already pay for GitHub Copilot or ChatGPT and want to use that login in a terminal agent","Running local models, or switching between cheap open models and frontier models per task","Teams that want an agent triggered from GitHub issue and pull request comments"],"notFor":["People who want one bundled subscription that covers the tool and the models with no setup; Cursor or GitHub Copilot do that","Teams that need stable config right now: classic and v2 docs give different MCP config shapes during the v2 move","Windows users who avoid WSL: the docs recommend WSL on Windows"],"strength":"OpenCode has 211,260 GitHub stars (2026-10-01), is MIT licensed, and works with 75+ model providers including local models, so the tool itself costs nothing.","limit":"OpenCode is mid-migration to v2, and its classic and v2 docs give different MCP config formats and install scripts, so guides you find may not match your version.","alternatives":["claude-code","codex","kilo-code","cline","goose"],"faq":[{"q":"Is OpenCode free?","a":"Yes. OpenCode is free and open source under the MIT license; you pay only your model provider, or nothing with local models. Its maker sells optional services: Zen (pay as you go) and Go (a monthly subscription), read on opencode.ai on 2026-10-01."},{"q":"Can OpenCode use agent skills and MCP servers?","a":"Yes. OpenCode reads Agent Skills from .opencode/skills, .claude/skills or .agents/skills, and connects MCP servers configured under the mcp key in opencode.json."}],"archived":false,"checked":"2026-10-02","checkedAt":"2026-10-02T03:02:16+02:00","changedAt":"2026-10-03T15:11:25+02:00"},{"url":"https://cookiesforai.app/tools/roo-code","slug":"roo-code","name":"Roo Code","title":"Roo Code: VS Code coding agent, shutdown status and alternatives","summary":"Roo Code was an open source coding agent extension for VS Code by Roo Code, Inc.; the extension was shut down on 2026-05-15 and its GitHub repository is archived.","kind":"editor-extension","maker":"Roo Code, Inc.","makerUrl":"https://github.com/RooCodeInc","website":"https://github.com/RooCodeInc/Roo-Code","license":"Apache-2.0","repo":"RooCodeInc/Roo-Code","stars":24288,"lastPush":"2026-05-15","platforms":["VS Code"],"freeTier":"free","cost":"Roo Code shut down on 2026-05-15; it was free and open source, used with your own model keys.","pricingUrl":"https://github.com/RooCodeInc/Roo-Code","skillsSupport":"Roo Code supported Agent Skills from v3.38.0 (2025-12-27), reading project skills from .roo/skills and .agents/skills and global skills from ~/.roo/skills and ~/.agents/skills. The open skills CLI 1.7.0 still installs Roo Code skills into .roo/skills, but the extension was shut down on 2026-05-15.","mcpSupport":"Roo Code read MCP servers from a global mcp_settings.json (Edit Global MCP in its MCP settings view) or a project .roo/mcp.json, under the mcpServers key with command, args, env, alwaysAllow and disabled. The extension was shut down on 2026-05-15, so these settings get no further updates.","whatItDoes":["Roo Code was an open source AI coding agent for VS Code, originally forked from Cline. It worked with modes such as Code, Architect, Ask and Debug plus custom modes, used your own model keys, and supported MCP servers and Agent Skills.","Roo Code is no longer an active product. The GitHub repository was archived on 2026-05-15, the same day its last commits redirected roocode.com to roomote.dev and removed the roocode.com web app. The README notice says the extension was shut down on May 15 and points users to ZooCode, a community fork, and to Cline. docs.roocode.com now redirects to an archived docs site with the same notice.","Roo Code's last version, 3.54.0, is still listed on the VS Code Marketplace and Open VSX, both last updated on 2026-05-15. Whether it still works with current models was not confirmed. Roomote, at roomote.dev, is a separate cloud agent from the same creators and is not described as a replacement."],"bestFor":["Reading the archived Apache-2.0 code or forking it","Teams migrating old Roo Code setups (.roo/skills, .roo/mcp.json) to another tool"],"notFor":["Anyone choosing a coding agent today: the extension was shut down on 2026-05-15","People who need bug fixes or support; Cline, Kilo Code and OpenCode are maintained"],"strength":"Roo Code's full source stays available under Apache-2.0 in an archived repository with 24,289 GitHub stars (2026-10-01), so it can still be studied or forked.","limit":"Roo Code was shut down on 2026-05-15 and its repository is archived, so there are no updates, fixes or support.","alternatives":["cline","kilo-code","opencode","github-copilot"],"archived":true,"checked":"2026-10-02","checkedAt":"2026-10-02T03:02:16+02:00","changedAt":"2026-10-03T10:04:47+02:00"},{"url":"https://cookiesforai.app/tools/windsurf","slug":"windsurf","name":"Windsurf (now Devin Desktop)","title":"Windsurf, now Devin Desktop: AI code editor, free tier and alternatives","summary":"Windsurf is an AI code editor by Cognition, renamed Devin Desktop on 2026-06-02, that pairs a desktop editor and Tab completions with a local agent and handoff to Devin's cloud agents.","kind":"editor","maker":"Cognition","makerUrl":"https://cognition.com","website":"https://devin.ai/desktop","license":"Proprietary","platforms":["macOS","Windows","Linux","JetBrains (plugin)","VS Code (plugin)","Visual Studio (plugin)","Vim and Neovim (plugin)"],"freeTier":"free-plan","cost":"Free plan with a light agent quota and unlimited Tab completions; paid plans raise the daily and weekly quotas and add Devin Cloud.","pricingUrl":"https://devin.ai/pricing","skillsSupport":"Windsurf (Devin Desktop) supports Agent Skills natively since Windsurf v1.13.6 (2026-01-13). It reads workspace skills from .devin/skills (preferred), .windsurf/skills (legacy) and .agents/skills, and global skills from ~/.config/devin/skills, ~/.codeium/windsurf/skills and ~/.agents/skills; .claude/skills loads only if Claude Code config reading is turned on. The open skills CLI 1.7.0 installs into .windsurf/skills.","mcpSupport":"Windsurf's default agent, Devin Local, adds MCP servers with devin mcp add <name> -- <command> for a local server or devin mcp add <name> <URL> for a remote one; -s project writes .devin/mcp_config.json and -s user writes ~/.config/devin/mcp_config.json, under the mcpServers key. The legacy Cascade agent used the panel's ... menu, Open MCP config file.","whatItDoes":["Windsurf is a desktop code editor with an AI agent and Tab completions. Cognition renamed it Devin Desktop on 2026-06-02; windsurf.com now redirects to devin.ai/desktop, and the launch post says plans, pricing and extensions stayed the same. It runs on macOS, Windows and Linux and can import VS Code and Cursor settings.","Windsurf's default agent is now Devin Local, a rewrite of the earlier Cascade agent that Cognition describes as up to 30% more token efficient, with subagents. An Agent Command Center shows agents on a Kanban board, other agents such as Codex, Claude Agent and OpenCode can run inside it over the Agent Client Protocol, and work can be handed off to Devin's cloud agents.","Windsurf also exists as plugins for JetBrains IDEs, VS Code, Visual Studio, Vim, Neovim and Jupyter, so teams can keep their editor. It offers Cognition's own SWE models alongside models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI and open model makers, billed against daily and weekly quotas."],"bestFor":["Developers who want a desktop AI editor with unlimited Tab completions, even on the free plan","Teams that want to move work from a local agent to Devin's cloud agents in one product","JetBrains, Visual Studio or Vim users who want the same AI through a plugin","People who want to run several agents, including third-party ones, from one editor"],"notFor":["Anyone who needs published usage numbers: quotas are daily and weekly, but the amounts are not on the pricing page","People following older Windsurf guides: names, folders and the default agent changed in 2026","Developers who want an open source editor; Zed is GPL-3.0"],"strength":"Windsurf's Free plan includes unlimited Tab completions and inline edits, and the paid Pro plan adds Devin Cloud access in the same subscription.","limit":"Windsurf's quotas are daily and weekly but their sizes are not published, and the 2026 rename means docs, folders and agents now carry both Windsurf and Devin names.","alternatives":["cursor","devin","antigravity","zed","github-copilot"],"faq":[{"q":"What happened to Windsurf?","a":"Cognition renamed Windsurf to Devin Desktop on 2026-06-02. windsurf.com redirects to devin.ai/desktop, and the launch post says existing plans, pricing and extensions stay the same."},{"q":"Is Windsurf free?","a":"Yes, there is a Free plan with a light agent quota, limited models and unlimited Tab completions and inline edits. Paid plans raise the quotas, per devin.ai/pricing read on 2026-10-01."}],"checked":"2026-10-02","checkedAt":"2026-10-02T03:02:16+02:00","changedAt":"2026-10-03T15:11:25+02:00"},{"url":"https://cookiesforai.app/tools/zed","slug":"zed","name":"Zed","title":"Zed: open-source AI code editor, free tier and alternatives","summary":"Zed is an open source code editor by Zed Industries, written in Rust, with a built-in AI agent, edit predictions, external agents over ACP and real-time collaboration.","kind":"editor","maker":"Zed Industries","makerUrl":"https://zed.dev","website":"https://zed.dev","license":"GPL-3.0-or-later","repo":"zed-industries/zed","stars":91178,"lastPush":"2026-10-01","platforms":["macOS","Windows","Linux","Remote over SSH"],"freeTier":"free-plan","cost":"Free Personal plan with limited edit predictions and unlimited use of your own keys or external agents; Pro and Business add hosted model usage and team controls.","pricingUrl":"https://zed.dev/pricing","skillsSupport":"Zed supports Agent Skills natively since v1.4.2 (2026-05-27). It reads global skills from ~/.agents/skills and project skills from .agents/skills in the worktree (trusted worktrees only); skills must sit directly in the skills folder. Call one with a / command or @skill, or manage them in Settings, AI, Skills. The open skills CLI installs Zed skills into the same .agents/skills folder.","mcpSupport":"Zed adds MCP servers in Settings, AI, MCP Servers, then Add Server (local, remote, or from an extension), or in settings.json under context_servers: command, args and env for a local server, or url and headers for a remote one; remote servers can use OAuth. Zed supports MCP tools and prompts.","whatItDoes":["Zed is a native code editor written in Rust for macOS, Windows and Linux, built by the team behind Atom and Tree-sitter. It includes an agent panel for AI edits, edit predictions as you type, a native debugger, git integration, remote development over SSH, and real-time collaboration with shared editing, channels and voice.","Zed lets you choose where the AI comes from. You can use Zed's hosted models, your own API keys, existing ChatGPT, Claude or Copilot subscriptions, gateways such as OpenRouter or Bedrock, or local models through Ollama, LM Studio or llama.cpp. Over the Agent Client Protocol, external agents such as Claude, Codex, OpenCode, Gemini CLI and Cursor run inside Zed's agent panel.","Zed works without AI or a subscription. The free Personal plan includes an allowance of accepted edit predictions and unlimited use of your own keys or external agents, while Pro adds unlimited predictions and an allowance of hosted tokens, billed by usage beyond that."],"bestFor":["Developers who want a fast native editor and the freedom to plug in any agent or model","People who already pay for Claude, ChatGPT or Copilot and want to use that inside their editor","Pair programming with real-time shared editing and voice","Running local models through Ollama or LM Studio"],"notFor":["Teams that need SSO, SAML or SCIM today: Zed lists them as planned but not available","People who rely on VS Code extensions; Zed has its own extension system","Anyone who wants Zed in the browser: the web version is not yet available"],"strength":"Zed is open source (GPL-3.0-or-later, 91,154 GitHub stars on 2026-10-01) and its free plan allows unlimited AI use with your own keys or external agents such as Claude, Codex and Gemini CLI.","limit":"Zed's Business plan lacks SSO, SAML and SCIM, which Zed lists as planned but not available, and the Pro plan includes only a small allowance of hosted tokens a month.","alternatives":["cursor","windsurf","antigravity","github-copilot"],"archived":false,"checked":"2026-10-02","checkedAt":"2026-10-02T03:02:16+02:00","changedAt":"2026-10-03T15:11:25+02:00"}]}