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The best IDE alternative to Codex is Google Antigravity, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Codex and 13 are IDEs so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting IDE alternatives to Codex are Cursor, Devin Desktop, Kiro and Firebase Studio.

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  1. Google Antigravity icon

    Google Antigravity

     57 likes

    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...

    81 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

    Cursor

     59 likes

    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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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • US flagUnited States
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  4. Devin Desktop icon

    Devin Desktop

     38 likes

    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

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • US flagUnited States
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  5. Kiro icon

    Kiro

     15 likes

    Kiro is an AI-powered IDE developed by Amazon Web Services to help developers build and ship production-ready software from prompt to deployment. Based on VS Code, it combines intuitive "vibe coding" with structured...

    65 Kiro alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • US flagUnited States
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  6. Firebase Studio icon

    Firebase Studio

     23 likes

    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
    • US flagUnited States
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  8. TabbyML icon

    TabbyML

     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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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Visual Studio Code
    • US flagUnited States
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  9. Qoder IDE icon

    Qoder IDE

     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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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • CN flagChina
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  10. Bodega One Code icon

    Bodega One Code

     2 likes

    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
    • US flagUnited States
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  11. KinetAios icon

    KinetAios

     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.

    Cost / License

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • CN flagChina
    New UX
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  12. defract icon

    defract

     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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • PT flagPortugal
    • European Union flagEU
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  13. Moxby icon

    Moxby

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    Work browser that combines your browser, IDE, AI agents, docs, tasks, and automations in one workspace, and lets you modify any website you use.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  14. CrewCode icon

    CrewCode

     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
    • US flagUnited States
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