Alternatives to Google Antigravity
Google's agent-first development platform with a desktop IDE and a terminal CLI for AI-assisted coding. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
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Google Antigravity
Google's agent-first development platform with a desktop IDE and a terminal CLI for AI-assisted coding.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Google Antigravity.
Cursor
An AI code editor built on VS Code, with coding agents that plan and carry out tasks.
Cursor is an AI code editor built on VS Code with agents working across files, a CLI and cloud agents, relying on hosted models rather than Google's AI services.
Kiro
An AI coding IDE and CLI that turns prompts into specs, designs and tasks for agents.
Kiro is an AI coding IDE and CLI that turns prompts into specs, designs and tasks for parallel agents, relying on cloud models and a paid plan for heavier use.
Trae
An AI-powered code editor with built-in chat and agent modes for writing and changing code.
Trae is a proprietary AI code editor for Windows and macOS with chat and agent modes built in, depending on a remote service and publishing little technical detail.
GitHub Copilot
An AI coding assistant from GitHub that suggests code and carries out coding tasks in editors and terminals.
GitHub Copilot provides AI suggestions and agent tasks inside VS Code, a macOS app and a CLI, tied to GitHub accounts and repositories instead of Google's platform.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Twinny
An open-source AI coding assistant for VS Code that works with local or hosted models.
Zed
A Rust editor from the people who built Atom, written for speed and for two people editing one file.
Visual Studio Code
Microsoft's code editor, free to use but shipped under a Microsoft licence rather than an open one.
Wing Python IDE
A Python IDE with a debugger, editor and testing tools, plus features for managing AI coding agents.
