Coding Assistants

AI pair programming in your terminal. Edits code in your local git repository via chat, works with Claude, GPT and local models, and automatically commits changes with sensible messages.

• Open source
• Local-first

Cline

Cline

Autonomous coding agent available as a VS Code extension, CLI and SDK. Plans and executes multi-step coding tasks with human-in-the-loop approval of file edits and terminal commands; bring your own model keys.

• Open source
• Local-first

Continue

Continue

Open-source coding agent for VS Code and JetBrains. Chat, autocomplete and edit with any model — cloud APIs or local models via Ollama — configured through shareable blocks.

• Open source
• Local-first

Nanocoder

Nano Collective

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Open coding agent for your terminal, built by a community collective. Runs agentic coding on the model of your choice — local models via Ollama or any OpenAI-compatible API — so your code stays on your machine.

• Open source
• Local-first
• Privacy-first
• Self-hostable

Zed

Zed Industries

High-performance, open-source code editor written in Rust with built-in AI features, multiplayer collaboration and agentic editing. AI features can use cloud providers or local models via Ollama.

• Open source
• Local-first