Open-source alternatives to Windsurf

Windsurf in the Developer tools category. These are the open alternatives we recommend looking at.

Gemini CLI

AI agent from Google that brings the Gemini models to the terminal, for code and other tasks.

Apache-2.0Permissive

SaaS: YesClosed product: Yes

GitHub stars
107k
Deployment
CLI

Cline

Coding agent as a VS Code extension, CLI or SDK that can edit files and run commands.

Apache-2.0Permissive

SaaS: YesClosed product: Yes

GitHub stars
69.8k
Deployment
Browser extension

Aider

AI pair programming in the terminal that edits code in your Git repo and makes commits.

Apache-2.0Permissive

SaaS: YesClosed product: Yes

GitHub stars
49.4k
Deployment
CLI

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Coding assistant and agent for VS Code, JetBrains and the command line, with your choice of models.

Apache-2.0Permissive

SaaS: YesClosed product: Yes

GitHub stars
36.1k
Deployment
Browser extension

Qwen Code

AI coding agent for the terminal, adapted for the Qwen models.

Apache-2.0Permissive

SaaS: YesClosed product: Yes

GitHub stars
28.3k
Deployment
CLI

Kilo Code

Coding agent as an extension for VS Code and other environments, with support for many models.

MITPermissive

SaaS: YesClosed product: Yes

GitHub stars
27.5k
Deployment
Browser extension

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