Developer tools
Claude Code: Claude Code is Anthropic's agentic coding tool that works in the terminal and IDE. These tools do a similar job: indie picks from our Friday drops and open source projects, each one chosen by a person.
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4 alternatives to Claude Code
Free to use, and you can host them yourself
Open source AI coding agent for the terminal
Best for Using any model provider in a Claude Code-style terminal agent
opencode.ai ↗GitHub ↗Free; bring your own model or paid Zen
Open source autonomous coding agent for VS Code
Best for Agentic coding inside VS Code with your own API keys
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Submit your toolOpen source, extensible AI agent for coding and automation
Best for Running a local agent with any LLM and MCP extensions
AI pair programming in your terminal
Best for Developers wanting a model-agnostic, git-aware coding agent
aider.chat ↗GitHub ↗Free; bring your own model API key
