AI Coding Tools

AI editors, agents and assistants you can try without paying, plus what the free plan actually includes.

AI Coding Tools

Open-source coding agent for VS Code. Free to use, and you pay your model provider for tokens.

Tool cost: Free for individual developers. The extension is open source
Inference: You pay for AI inference on a usage basis, at cost through Cline or with your own API keys
Interfaces: VS Code extension and CLI

AI Coding Tools

AI code editor with agents that edit across files. The free plan has limited agent and chat requests.

Cost: $0 a month on the Free plan
AI usage: Limited agent requests and limited chat requests. The page gives no numbers
Usage pool: Every tier shares a pool of AI usage across Cursor and Grok, and the allowance refreshes weekly

AI Coding Tools

GitHub's AI coding assistant on a free plan. 2,000 completions a month plus Copilot CLI.

AI Coding Tools

Open-source coding agent for VS Code and JetBrains. Free to use, with free models or your own keys.

Platform plan: Free and open source for individuals. Usage is billed separately
Interfaces: Open-source VS Code, JetBrains and CLI extensions
Free models: Auto Free routes to free models through Kilo Gateway where available

AI Coding Tools

Windsurf's AI editor, now Devin Desktop. The free plan has unlimited Tab completions and inline edits.

AI Coding Tools

A fast code editor with a free Personal plan. Pro adds unlimited edit predictions for $10 a month.

Plan: Personal, $0 forever
AI with your own keys: Unlimited use with your API keys
External agents: Unlimited use with agents such as Claude Agent and Codex CLI