Local AI Coding Assistants and Agents

Pooled runs a single open model across browser tabs on laptops, desktops and phones, combining their memory when the model won't fit on one device. It's for people who want local AI chat or a coding assistant using hardware they already have. It's open source under the MIT license and requires no account or per-device installation.

ripwire helps AI coding agents find relevant code and assess changes without filling their context with whole files. It runs offline on your machine as a self-contained binary, with a CLI and an optional MCP server. It's for developers who want their agents to spend less context on repository research and check the effects of their edits.

Superpowers adds a structured development process to AI coding assistants. It's for developers who want their agent to agree on a design before writing code, follow an implementation plan, and check its work against that plan. The open-source framework uses the MIT license and works inside coding tools including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI and OpenCode.

OpenCode is a free, MIT-licensed AI coding agent for developers working in a terminal, IDE, or desktop app. The desktop app runs on macOS, Windows, and Linux, with support for both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs. It can use local models, giving developers a way to run the model on their own hardware.

Crush is a terminal AI coding assistant for developers who want to work with their code and tools through a model they choose. The app runs on your machine, while model requests go to your selected local backend or cloud provider. It supports macOS, Linux, Windows (PowerShell and WSL), Android, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and NetBSD.

Serena is a locally run MCP toolkit that gives AI coding agents access to code structure: functions, classes and the references between them. It's for developers who want their agent to find and change specific parts of a codebase without reading whole files or relying on text matching. It requires an LLM client and works with Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Cursor and OpenWebUI.

Context7 brings current library documentation and code examples into an AI coding assistant's context. It's for developers who want answers grounded in the libraries and versions they're actually using, rather than an assistant's older training data. It works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Devin Desktop and Antigravity.

Codex CLI is an open source coding assistant that runs on your computer and works with local repositories. It's for developers who want to explore code, make changes, and use their existing development tools from the terminal. It runs on macOS, Windows, and Linux under the Apache 2.0 license.

AFFiNE is a local-first knowledge workspace for individuals and teams who want documents and visual planning in the same place. It combines a block editor, an edgeless whiteboard and databases, making it an alternative to Notion and Miro for team wikis, project plans and connected notes.

Cline is an AI coding agent for developers who want help understanding a codebase and changing it. Its shared agent core is open source under Apache 2.0. You can use it in VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, or a terminal. A native desktop app runs on macOS and Windows. No editor is required for desktop sessions. The JetBrains plugin itself is not open source.

Goose is a general-purpose AI agent that runs on your computer. It suits people who want an agent for coding, research, writing, automation, or data analysis, without committing to one model provider. The desktop app runs on macOS, Windows, and Linux; there's also a CLI for terminal work and an API for use in other software.

Zed is a native code editor for developers who want AI coding assistance and collaboration in the same desktop app. It runs on macOS, Linux, and Windows, with a minimal interface and a focus on responsive editing. Its AI agents can work in parallel on tasks that involve editing files, exploring code, and running tools.

Pi is a terminal-based coding assistant for developers who want to shape the agent around their own workflow. Its core stays small, while extensions can change its tools, commands and terminal interface. It's open source under the MIT license.

LLMKube is a free, open-source Kubernetes operator for teams and homelab owners running local LLM inference across their own hardware. It manages Linux GPU servers and Apple Silicon Macs together, so a mixed fleet can serve models through the same platform. It uses the Apache 2.0 license.

LlamaCoder generates small apps from a single prompt and previews them in your browser. It's an open-source alternative to Claude Artifacts for people who want to turn an idea into an app, with a MIT license that lets them run and modify the code themselves.

OpenUI is a self-hosted AI UI builder for developers prototyping web interfaces with models they choose. It turns plain-language descriptions into rendered interfaces, with a live preview and follow-up requests for changes. You can run the app locally through Docker or Python and use it in your browser.

GPT Pilot is a self-hosted AI coding assistant for developers who want an agent to build applications under their supervision. The project is no longer maintained. It uses the FSL-1.1-MIT source-available license, with restrictions on competing uses. It runs locally as a Python CLI and is the core technology behind the Pythagora VS Code extension.

gpt-engineer is a locally run coding assistant for developers who want to experiment with AI code generation and build their own agents. It can create software from plain-language descriptions or make requested changes to an existing codebase. The project is archived and no longer maintained. Its Python code is open source under the MIT license.

CodeGPT is an AI coding assistant for VS Code, JetBrains and Visual Studio that lets developers choose between models running locally through Ollama or LM Studio and cloud models such as Claude, GPT, Gemini and Grok. It's for people who want help writing and debugging code inside their editor while keeping control over which model handles each task.

Void is an open-source desktop AI code editor for developers who want to choose their own models and control where coding prompts go. It's a fork of VS Code, licensed under Apache 2.0. The project is archived and no longer maintained.

PearAI is an open source AI code editor built on Microsoft’s VS Code, for developers and makers who want AI assistance inside their project. It combines questions about existing code with an agent that can write features and fix bugs. Its VS Code foundation gives it a familiar editing environment.

Refact is a self-hosted AI coding assistant for developers who want an agent to work across their repository and development tools. The original project is archived and no longer maintained; ongoing development has moved to JegernOUTT/refact. The original code uses the BSD-3-Clause license.

Devika is a self-hosted AI coding agent for developers who want to give a software task in plain language and have an agent plan the work, research it and write code. Modeled after Cognition AI's Devin, it runs on your own machine with a browser interface and supports local LLMs through Ollama. It's open source under the MIT license.

Wingman-AI is a self-hosted AI agent platform for work that needs ongoing context and several agents with different roles. It suits developers and teams handling research, support, or recurring operations alongside coding tasks. A lead agent can delegate work to specialized subagents, each with its own workspace and session history.

Llama Coder is an open source VS Code extension for developers who want a self-hosted alternative to GitHub Copilot's code completion. It uses Ollama to run models on your own hardware, either on the computer you're coding on or on a separate machine. The extension has no telemetry or tracking.

Twinny is an AI coding assistant for VS Code that lets developers choose where their models run: on their own computer, a private server or a hosted API. It's for individuals and teams who want code suggestions and repository chat with control over where their code goes. The extension and team gateway are open source under the MIT license.

Roo Code is an AI coding assistant for developers working in a code editor. The project is archived and no longer maintained, and its extension has been shut down. It builds on Cline, and its source code is available under the Apache License 2.0.

ShellGPT is an AI terminal assistant for developers and people who work with shell commands. It runs on Linux, macOS and Windows, turning plain-language requests into commands suited to your operating system and shell. You can review, explain or execute its suggestions, and its Bash and Zsh integrations put generated commands into the terminal input line for editing.

tlm is an open source terminal assistant for people who want help writing shell commands and understanding unfamiliar ones. It runs models on your workstation through Ollama, so command assistance doesn't depend on a cloud service. It works offline and requires no API key or subscription.

LlamaGPT is a self-hosted ChatGPT alternative for people who want general chat or coding help on their own computer or home server. It runs models locally and keeps conversation data on your device. After the initial model download, it works offline.

Plandex is an open source, terminal-based AI coding agent for developers working on changes that span many files. Its review sandbox holds generated edits apart from your project files so you can inspect the accumulated changes before applying them. You can run its server locally through Docker or host it on your own server. The code uses the MIT license.

gptme is a self-hosted AI agent that works directly in your terminal, with access to your files and installed tools. It's for developers who want a coding assistant in their own environment, and people who want an agent for data analysis or other knowledge work. The software is free under the MIT license and doesn't require a gptme account.

Forge is an open-source coding assistant that runs in your terminal and works with models from multiple providers. It's for developers who want an AI agent to edit code and run commands in their own development environment, with a choice of Claude, GPT, OpenAI's O Series, Grok, Deepseek or Gemini.

ChatDev is a self-hosted platform for building teams of AI agents through a visual workflow editor. It's for people who want agents to collaborate on research, data analysis or software projects without writing the orchestration code themselves. You define each agent's role and how information passes between them.

Kodus is an AI code review tool for engineering teams that want automated pull request feedback while choosing where the reviewer runs and which model it uses. Its open source core uses the AGPL license and can be self-hosted with Docker Compose or on Kubernetes. Kodus also offers a hosted cloud service that manages the infrastructure.

Open Interpreter is a terminal coding assistant built around open-weight models, with model-specific behavior for Kimi, Qwen and DeepSeek. It's a fork of OpenAI's Codex for developers who want to choose their model provider while keeping a familiar agent interface. The project uses the Apache 2.0 license.