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The best open-source AI coding assistants

Open-source tools you can inspect, self-host and point at any model, including local ones. You pay only for model usage.

Last reviewed Oct 2026 ยท no paid placements

  1. 01

    Aider

    Terminal pair programmer, Apache-2.0, auto-commits each change to git.

    ๐Ÿ’ณ Free / open source; you pay model API costs (approx.)
  2. 02

    Continue

    IDE extension for VS Code and JetBrains, Apache-2.0, bring your own models.

    ๐Ÿ’ณ Free / open source; BYO model keys (approx.)

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