Free AI coding assistants15 AI tools for autocomplete, refactoring, error fixes and more
All the free AI coding assistants in one list, each with a free plan on its own pricing page. Part of the AI tools list on RankDude. The full list, free or paid, is on the AI coding assistants page.
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Ampampcode.comSourcegraph's coding agent and development environment, the successor to Cody, with agents that keep running on remoteā¦Listed in 4 lists
Claude Codeanthropic.comAI agent: Anthropic's coding agent that plans and carries out software tasks.Listed in 2 lists
Clinecline.botOpen-source coding agent for the editor, the terminal or your own products, with a choice of model providers.Listed in 4 lists
CodeGPTcodegpt.coCoding assistant for VS Code, JetBrains and Visual Studio that works with many models, including your own API keys.Listed in 3 lists
Continuecontinue.devOpen-source coding assistant and agents for the IDE and the CLI, run with any model.Listed in 3 lists
Cursorcursor.comAI code editor with agents that edit across files, run commands and work in the background or the cloud.Listed in 4 lists
JetBrains AI Assistantjetbrains.comAI chat, code completion and refactoring inside JetBrains IDEs, with the Junie coding agent.Listed in 1 list
Kirokiro.devAWS's agentic coding platform, available as an IDE, CLI, web and mobile app, the successor to Amazon Q Developer.
OpenAIopenai.comOpenAI's coding agent that runs in the terminal, the IDE or the cloud and opens pull requests on its own.
OpenCodeopencode.aiOpen-source coding agent for the terminal, IDE or desktop that works with many model providers.Listed in 4 lists
OpenHandsopenhands.devOpen-source platform for running coding agents on software tasks, with a graphical interface, a CLI and an enterpriseā¦Listed in 3 lists
Sourcerysourcery.aiAI code review assistant that finds issues in pull requests and checks code written by coding agents.Listed in 1 list
Tabbytabbyml.comOpen-source, self-hosted coding assistant with completion, chat and answers inside the IDE.Listed in 2 lists
Windsurfwindsurf.comAI code editor whose Cascade agent plans, edits and reviews code across a project.Listed in 3 lists
Workikworkik.comAI coding assistant that reads a repository, schema and API specs to write, review and debug code.Listed in 2 lists
Other free AI coding tools
Still looking? Browse 141 free AI coding tools across 8 lists: website builders, app builders, deployment platforms and more.
- Free AI website buildersBuilders that draft a whole website from a prompt, then let you edit, host and publish it.27 tools
- Free AI app buildersBuilders that turn a prompt into working software: web and mobile apps with logins, a database, user roles and business logic, which they host and publish.47 tools
- Free Deployment platformsPlatforms a developer pushes an app to from a git repository, a CLI or a container, which then build, host, scale and serve it at a live address.32 tools
- Free AI coding agentsAgents that write, fix, test and ship code on their own from a ticket or a prompt, in the editor, the terminal or the browser.20 tools
- Free AI code generatorsTools that write code from a prompt: make a function, build a script, turn a description into a page and explain code.19 tools
- Free AI game makersTools that make a game from a prompt: build a playable game, write the code, draw game art and set up levels and rules.13 tools
- Free AI code editorsTools that are a code editor or IDE built around AI: they read your whole project, write and change code across files, run commands and explain errors.6 tools
AI statistics, live monitors and how I test
- AI statisticsVisits, searches and demand for every category, monthly to October 2026.
- Live monitorsUptime, page speed, security and prices of the tested tools, checked every day.
- CheckersThe tools used during every review, explained one by one.
- Data sourcesWhere the monthly statistics come from and how they are read.
- How I testOne written procedure per category, the same scoring for every tool in it.
- Submit your AI toolNot on the list, or ready to be tested? Send it in for the next pull.
Free AI coding assistants: questions people ask
What is a free AI coding assistant?
Assistants that work inside your editor or IDE: complete code as you type, answer questions about your code, refactor, explain errors and write tests. On this page every tool also has a plan that costs nothing for as long as you like, read from its own pricing page.
How many AI coding assistants have a free plan?
15 of the 21 AI coding assistants RankDude lists, as of 1 November 2026. The full list, free or paid, is on the AI coding assistants page.
What does the free plan usually limit?
Credits, outputs or projects per month, a watermark, lower resolution or fewer seats. The limits differ by tool; the pricing page each status was read from says exactly what the free plan includes.
Is this a ranking of free AI coding assistants?
No. The list follows the site's one order: tools I have tested first, then the rest by how well known they are. Only a tested tool carries a grade.
Written by Miles Foster, Owner and tester, RankDude.
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