Alternatives to GitHub Copilot CLI
GitHub's Copilot coding agent for the terminal, which reads, writes and changes code from the command line. Notes say what changes if you switch.
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GitHub Copilot CLI
GitHub's Copilot coding agent for the terminal, which reads, writes and changes code from the command line.
23 alternatives
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GitHub Copilot
An AI coding assistant from GitHub that suggests code and carries out coding tasks in editors and terminals.
Grok Build
A terminal coding agent powered by Grok models, with plan mode, skills, plugins and MCP support.
Kiro CLI
A terminal tool from Amazon for running Kiro's AI coding agents against your codebase.
Muse Code
Meta's multi-agent coding assistant for the terminal, built for the Muse Spark models.
GitHub Copilot for Xcode
An Xcode extension that brings GitHub Copilot code completions, chat, code review and agent mode.
Antigravity CLI
Google's command-line interface for giving tasks to Antigravity AI coding agents from the terminal.
Junie
JetBrains' AI coding agent that runs in the terminal, in JetBrains IDEs and from GitHub or GitLab.
Junie is JetBrains' agent for the terminal, JetBrains IDEs, GitHub and GitLab, with editable plan files and bring-your-own-key model access.
Kimi Code
An AI coding agent from Moonshot AI available as a desktop app, terminal CLI and IDE plugins.
Ellipsis
A managed platform that runs coding agents defined as config files in your GitHub repository.
Warp Agent CLI
A terminal-native AI coding agent from Warp that runs in any terminal on Mac, Linux and Windows.
Gemini CLI
Google's open source AI agent for the terminal, powered by Gemini.
Gemini CLI is open source under Apache-2.0 with a usable free tier, but it requires Google authentication and depends on Gemini's cloud models.
Codebuff
Terminal-based AI coding agent that edits your codebase and runs commands from natural-language instructions.
Codebuff is a freemium terminal agent installed via npm that indexes the codebase before editing, without the GitHub Actions or MCP integration listed for Copilot CLI.
AionUi
A desktop app that gives command-line AI agents such as Claude Code, Codex and Gemini CLI one shared interface.
Claude Squad
A terminal app for running several AI coding agents at once, each in its own workspace.
Devin CLI
A local command-line coding agent that works in your terminal and connects to Devin Cloud.
Devin CLI is a paid local terminal agent with subagents, a sandbox mode and handoff to Devin Cloud, requiring a Devin account instead of a Copilot plan.
Claude Code
Agentic coding tool that reads a codebase, edits files and runs commands.
Claude Code is a paid terminal agent that also runs in IDEs, desktop and web, using a Claude plan or API credits instead of a GitHub Copilot plan.
Beads
A command-line tool that gives AI coding agents a persistent memory for work and issues.
Herdr
A terminal multiplexer for AI coding agents that keeps their sessions running across machines.
RTK
A Rust command-line proxy that trims CLI output before it reaches an AI coding agent's context.
OpenCode
Work with an AI coding assistant from your terminal.
OpenCode is a free MIT-licensed terminal assistant that supports multiple model providers, so it needs no GitHub account, with model charges paid separately.
Spec Kit
GitHub's open-source command-line toolkit for spec-driven development with AI coding agents.
Aider
AI pair programming in a terminal, working directly on your git repository and committing as it goes.
Aider is Apache-2.0 software that commits each change to git and runs linters and tests, working with almost any model including local ones.
Crush
Terminal coding agent that works with whichever large language model you point it at.
Crush is an open source MIT terminal agent that connects to any OpenAI- or Anthropic-compatible API and pulls context from language servers, with model costs paid by you.
