Free AI coding tools: 24 with a free plan or open source
Short answer: 24 of the 33 AI coding tools we track can be used for free: 18 have a free plan and 6 are free and open source. Free plans have usage limits, listed below in each vendor's own words. Firebase Studio is also free but closed to new signups. Checked 28 Oct 2026.
Every tool here has a free plan or is open source, according to its own website. Tables are grouped by type of tool and list what the vendor says the free option includes. Paid prices are shown so you can see the next step up.
AI app builders
| Tool | Free option | What the free option includes (vendor's words) | Cheapest paid plan |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anything | Free plan | Free plan listed ('Everything in Free, plus...'); exact limits not captured source · verified 2026-10-28 | US$19/mo |
| Base44 | Free plan | 25 message credits and 100 integration credits/month, up to 5 apps source · verified 2026-10-28 | US$16/mo |
| Bolt | Free plan | 1M tokens/month (300K/day), public and private projects, website hosting source · verified 2026-10-28 | US$25/mo |
| Lovable | Free plan | 5 daily build credits (max 30/month) plus 20 Cloud credits/month source · verified 2026-10-28 | US$25/mo |
| v0 by Vercel | Free plan | Free access with a 7 message/day limit; deploy to Vercel; Design Mode; GitHub sync source · verified 2026-10-28 | US$30/user/mo |
AI code editors (IDEs)
| Tool | Free option | What the free option includes (vendor's words) | Cheapest paid plan |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cursor | Free plan | Limited agent and chat requests source · verified 2026-10-28 | US$8/mo |
| Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) | Free plan | Light quota to code with agents, unlimited Tab completions and inline edits source · verified 2026-10-28 | US$20/mo |
| Google Antigravity | Free plan | $0/month for individuals source · verified 2026-10-28 | US$30/seat/mo |
| Junie by JetBrains | Free plan | Junie Lite free model in every JetBrains account; BYOK with zero markup source · verified 2026-10-28 | US$8.33/user/mo |
| Kiro | Free plan | 50 credits per month source · verified 2026-10-28 | US$20/user/mo |
| TRAE | Free plan | Auto mode only, limited usage and autocomplete source · verified 2026-10-28 | US$20/mo |
| Zed | Free plan | Personal plan free forever; 14-day Pro trial with $5 usage, no card source · verified 2026-10-28 | US$10/mo |
Editor extensions
| Tool | Free option | What the free option includes (vendor's words) | Cheapest paid plan |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cline | Free & open source | Extension free for individual developers; inference is usage-based source · verified 2026-10-28 | - |
| Continue | Free & open source | Open source (Apache-2.0) source · verified 2026-10-28 | - |
| GitHub Copilot | Free plan | 2,000 completions/month and entry-level models; CLI and agent mode source · verified 2026-10-28 | US$10/mo |
| Kilo Code | Free plan | Free for individuals; inference paid separately or free/local models source · verified 2026-10-28 | US$15/user/mo |
| Roo Code | Free & open source | Open-source extension; Cloud has a 7-day free trial, then from $49/mo source · verified 2026-10-28 | US$49/mo |
Terminal coding agents
| Tool | Free option | What the free option includes (vendor's words) | Cheapest paid plan |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aider | Free & open source | Open source (Apache-2.0) source · verified 2026-10-28 | - |
| Gemini CLI | Free & open source | Open source (Apache-2.0); model usage limits not verified source · verified 2026-10-28 | - |
| OpenAI Codex | Free plan | Included with ChatGPT Free for quick coding tasks source · verified 2026-10-28 | US$8/mo |
| OpenCode | Free & open source | 100% free to use with a set of free models source · verified 2026-10-28 | - |
Cloud & async agents
| Tool | Free option | What the free option includes (vendor's words) | Cheapest paid plan |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jules | Free plan | Entry tier: 15 tasks/day, 3 concurrent tasks (Gemini 2.5 Pro) source · verified 2026-10-28 | - |
Agent & automation builders
| Tool | Free option | What the free option includes (vendor's words) | Cheapest paid plan |
|---|---|---|---|
| Make | Free plan | 1,000 credits per month source · verified 2026-10-28 | - |
| Zapier | Free plan | Free forever: Zaps, Tables and Forms with two-step Zaps source · verified 2026-10-28 | US$19.99/mo |
Free trial only
These have a free trial but no ongoing free plan: CodeRabbit, Gumloop, n8n, Qodo.
Closed to new users
Firebase Studio is free for existing workspaces only. See what to move to.