Best CLI Coding Agents

Open-source, provider-agnostic AI coding agent with a terminal UI, plus a desktop app (beta) and an IDE integration.

Free tier, paid from $10/moCLI · Desktop app · IDE extensionOpen source★ 219,959

OpenAI's coding agent, available as an open-source terminal CLI, an IDE extension, a mode in the ChatGPT desktop app, and a cloud agent that runs tasks and opens pull requests. Usage is included in ChatGPT plans or billed per token with an API key.

Free tier, paid from $8/moCLI · IDE extension · Desktop app · Cloud agent · WebOpen source★ 130,413

Google's open-source terminal agent for Gemini models. Since June 2026 it is aimed mainly at Gemini Code Assist Standard/Enterprise customers and paid API-key users, while consumer users have been moved to Antigravity CLI.

Free tool; you pay for API usageCLIOpen source★ 107,504

Open-source, model-agnostic coding agent that asks for approval before acting. It is available as a VS Code and JetBrains extension, a CLI, a desktop app, a browser-based cloud agent and an SDK.

Free tier, paid from $9.99/moIDE extension · CLI · Desktop app · Cloud agentOpen source★ 70,712

Open-source terminal pair-programming tool that edits files in your local git repo, commits its changes automatically, and works with most LLM providers.

Free tool; you pay for API usageCLIOpen source★ 49,684

Anthropic's agentic coding tool that reads a codebase, edits files, and runs commands, available as a terminal CLI, VS Code and JetBrains extensions, a desktop app, and cloud sessions in the browser.

Paid, from $20/moCLI · IDE extension · Desktop app · Cloud agent · WebClosed source

AI code editor forked from VS Code with an agent, tab completion, a CLI, and cloud agents. Since October 2026 it is sold as part of a combined Grok/Cursor/X subscription.

Free tier, paid from $8/moIDE · CLI · Cloud agent · WebClosed source

Cognition's autonomous coding agent that runs tasks in cloud VMs, tests in its own browser, and opens pull requests, with a local Devin CLI and integrations for Slack, Teams, Linear, Jira, and Git hosts.

Free tier, paid from $20/moCloud agent · Web · CLIClosed source

GitHub's AI coding assistant with completions, chat, and agent mode in many IDEs, plus a CLI, a desktop app, and a cloud agent that works on assigned issues and opens pull requests. Usage beyond completions is metered in GitHub AI Credits.

Free tier, paid from $10/moIDE extension · CLI · Cloud agent · Desktop app · WebClosed source

AWS's agentic development environment built on Code OSS, centered on spec-driven development (requirements, design, tasks), with steering files, hooks, and a shared agent across the IDE, CLI, web, and mobile.

Free tier, paid from $20/moIDE · CLI · Cloud agent · WebClosed source