Two hand-approved projects in our catalog replace Claude Code. Both are aI coding software. Gemini CLI has the most GitHub stars (108.6K). Tick what matters to you and the list re-sorts so the closest fits come first.
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Google's open-source coding agent that works in your terminal.
Query and edit large codebases and run shell commands from a chat in the terminal.
Add project instructions in GEMINI.md files and extra tools through MCP servers.
Run headless in scripts with plain text, JSON or streaming JSON output.
Meets: Permissive licenceMeets: Open-source licenceMeets: Released ≤ 90 daysDoes not meet: Gaining starsMeets: Written in TypeScriptDoes not meet: In a stack
An open-source AI coding agent for your terminal, editor and desktop.
Connects to Qwen, OpenAI, Anthropic and Gemini APIs, or local models via Ollama and vLLM.
Five approval modes, from read-only Plan to fully automatic YOLO.
Use it in the terminal, a desktop app, VS Code, Zed, JetBrains or chat apps.
Meets: Permissive licenceMeets: Open-source licenceMeets: Released ≤ 90 daysDoes not meet: Gaining starsMeets: Written in TypeScriptDoes not meet: In a stack
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