Local Claude Code and Codex Alternatives

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.

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.

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.

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.

Qwen Code is an Apache 2.0 licensed AI coding agent for developers who want help working through a codebase, changing code and checking the result. It runs on macOS, Windows and Linux, with a terminal interface and a desktop app. It builds on Google Gemini CLI and has developed into an agent that can use Qwen models alongside other model providers.

Aider is an Apache 2.0 open-source coding assistant for developers who work in a terminal and keep their projects in Git. It can help start a project or make changes to an existing codebase. You can use local LLMs or connect to cloud models from providers including Anthropic, DeepSeek and OpenAI.

OpenHands is a coding agent platform for developers and teams that want agents to make changes across a codebase and handle recurring engineering work. You can run it on your own computer or self-host it on a server. Its core is open source under the MIT license, and a separate OpenHands Cloud service offers hosted execution.

Kilo Code is an AI coding agent for developers who want help writing and understanding code in their editor or terminal. It runs in VS Code, JetBrains IDEs and the CLI, with cloud agents available for remote work. The project is open source under the MIT license and can be self-hosted.

Code Buddy is an AI coding assistant for developers who want a terminal agent running on their own machine, with a choice of local or cloud models. It reads repositories, edits code and runs commands on Linux, macOS and Windows. Ollama keeps model inference local without an API key or account; cloud providers send model requests off the machine. Routing includes automatic provider failover.