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The best IDE alternative to Claude Code is Google Antigravity, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Claude Code and 12 are IDEs so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting IDE alternatives to Claude Code are Cursor, Devin Desktop, Firebase Studio and TabbyML.

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  1. Google Antigravity is an agentic IDE and coding environment designed to support real world software projects through autonomous development workflows. It provides an agent first workspace where developers set direction while AI agents carry out tasks such as coding, debugging...

    82 Google Antigravity alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Visual Studio Code
    • Xcode
    • Microsoft Visual Studio
    • Zed
    • JetBrains IDE
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  2. Cursor icon
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    The AI-first Code Editor. Build software faster in an editor designed for pair-programming with AI.

    169 Cursor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  3. Devin Desktop icon
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    Windsurf Editor is an IDE merging AI and developers for lockstep collaboration with Cascade capabilities, boosting speed and contextual coding through copilot and agent-like systems across Mac, Windows, and Linux.

    116 Devin Desktop alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. Firebase Studio icon
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    A cloud-based, agentic development environment designed to accelerate how you build, test, deploy and run production-quality AI applications, all in one place.

    96 Firebase Studio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
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  5. TabbyML icon
     20 likes

    Tabby is an open-source, self-hosted AI coding assistant. With Tabby, every team can set up its own LLM-powered code completion server with ease.

    99 TabbyML alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Visual Studio Code
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  6. Qoder IDE icon
     9 likes

    Qoder is an AI-powered agentic coding platform and IDE that automates complex software development tasks using autonomous AI agents.

    97 Qoder IDE alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. CrewCode icon
     2 likes

    CrewCode — an open-source (Apache-2.0) desktop app for running multiple coding agents at once without losing control of your repo.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  8. Free, local-first AI coding IDE with full chat, code mode, and an autonomous coding agent that runs on your machine with any LLM (BYOLLM). No subscription.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  9. Ollie IDE icon
     1 like

    Ollie is a sovereign creative suite designed for developers, writers, and creators who want the power of AI without sacrificing privacy or paying monthly subscriptions. It is a unified engine that runs local AI models entirely offline on your own hardware, ensuring complete data...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. defract icon
     2 likes

    defract is a local-first desktop app that orchestrates parallel Claude Code agents through a full development lifecycle — story, design, architecture, review, ship.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  11. KinetAios icon
     2 likes

    KinetAios is a cross-platform (Windows + macOS) desktop app that runs multiple AI agent engines side-by-side from a single window. No cloud, no account — everything stays on your machine.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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  12. Modo IDE icon
     1 like

    The open-source AI IDE that plans before it codes.

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    Platforms

    • Typescript
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
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