Free AI code editors (IDEs)
Commercial IDEs cap their free tiers, while open-source editors are fully free and work with your own keys (BYOK) and local models.
11 tools2 open source
| # | Tool ↕ | What is free | License | Platforms | GitHub ↕ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  VS Code + GitHub Copilot Free Microsoft / GitHub |
Copilot Free: 2,000 inline completions per month plus limited chat and agent usage with automatic model selection; your own API keys and local models (Ollama) work in chat without a Copilot plan. | Free tier MIT (Code - OSS); Copilot proprietary |
WindowsmacOSLinux | ★ 192,800 | |
| 2 | Zed Zed Industries |
Personal plan: the editor is free forever with 2,000 accepted edit predictions and unlimited AI through your own keys, local models or external agents; no hosted AI credits. | Open source GPL-3.0 / AGPL-3.0 / Apache-2.0 |
WindowsmacOSLinux | ★ 90,800 | |
| 3 | Theia IDE Eclipse Foundation |
Completely free and open source with no bundled AI quota: connect your own keys or local models via Ollama. | Open source EPL-2.0 |
WindowsmacOSLinux | ★ 21,700 | |
| 4 |  Cursor Anysphere |
Hobby plan: limited Agent requests and Tab completions and access to Cursor's Composer model, no credit card required. | Free tier proprietary |
WindowsmacOSLinuxCLI | — | |
| 5 |  Devin Desktop (ex-Windsurf) Cognition |
Free plan: unlimited Tab completions and inline edits plus a small agent quota that refreshes automatically, with limited model choice. | Free tier proprietary |
WindowsmacOSLinuxJetBrains | — | |
| 6 |  TRAE (TraeCode) ByteDance |
Free plan: Auto mode only, limited agent usage and 5,000 autocomplete requests per month in the standard queue. | Free tier proprietary |
WindowsmacOSLinux | — | |
| 7 | Kiro Amazon Web Services |
Kiro Free: a permanent tier with 50 credits per month and access to open-weight models and Claude Sonnet 4.5, with limits. | Free tier proprietary |
WindowsmacOSLinuxCLI | — | |
| 8 |  Google Antigravity Google |
Free Individual plan: the agent can use Gemini Flash/Pro, Claude Sonnet and Opus 4.6 and gpt-oss-120b within weekly rate limits, plus unlimited tab completions. | Free tier proprietary |
WindowsmacOSLinuxCLI | — | |
| 9 | JetBrains IDEs + AI Free JetBrains |
AI Free: unlimited code completion and unlimited local models via Ollama, LM Studio or OpenAI-compatible servers, plus 3 cloud AI credits per 30 days; BYOK works without a subscription. | Free tier proprietary |
WindowsmacOSLinuxJetBrains | — | |
| 10 |  Qoder Alibaba |
Free plan: limited completions and next-edit suggestions, basic models for a limited number of messages and BYOK, plus a 2-week Pro trial. | Free tier proprietary |
WindowsmacOSLinuxJetBrainsCLI | — | |
| 11 |  CodeBuddy IDE Tencent Cloud |
Free plan: 100 credits and 5,000 code completions per month and 3 automated tasks; current promotions add more. | Free tier proprietary |
WindowsmacOSLinuxVS CodeJetBrainsCLI | — |
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