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Indie alternatives to GitHub Copilot

6 products made by independent developers and small teams that do what GitHub Copilot does, 6 of them with a free plan. Free and open-source options come first.

At a glance

The alternatives

1. Aider

AI pair programming in your terminal

Aider is an open-source command-line tool that edits code in your Git repo using LLMs and commits the changes.

Free · Mac, Windows, Linux · Website ↗

2. Cline

Open-source AI coding agent for your editor

Cline is an open-source autonomous coding agent for VS Code and other editors that plans, edits files and runs commands with your approval.

Free plan · Mac, Windows, Linux · Website ↗

3. Continue

Open-source AI code assistant and checks

Continue provides open-source AI coding assistance for VS Code and JetBrains and AI checks that run on pull requests.

Free plan · Mac, Windows, Linux · Website ↗

4. Cursor

AI code editor built on VS Code

Cursor is an AI-powered code editor with codebase-aware chat, autocomplete and agents that edit across files.

Free plan · Mac, Windows, Linux · Website ↗

5. Kilo Code

Open-source AI coding agent for VS Code and JetBrains

Kilo Code is an open-source coding agent that plans, writes and debugs code with access to many models.

Free plan · Mac, Windows, Linux · Website ↗

6. Tabby (TabbyML)

Self-hosted AI coding assistant

Tabby is an open-source, self-hosted AI code completion and chat server that runs on your own GPUs.

Free plan · Self-hosted, Linux, Mac, Windows · Website ↗

Questions

Is there a free alternative to GitHub Copilot?

Yes. 6 of the 6 indie alternatives listed here have a free plan or are free: Aider, Cline, Continue, Cursor and 2 more.

Is there an open-source alternative to GitHub Copilot?

Aider, Cline, Continue, Kilo Code and 1 more are open source.

Can I self-host an alternative to GitHub Copilot?

Yes: Tabby (TabbyML) can run on your own server.

What makes these alternatives to GitHub Copilot “indie”?

They are built by independent developers or small teams rather than large companies. Each one is listed because it does the same core job as GitHub Copilot.

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