The best free autonomous coding agents (7)

Every option in the catalog for when you need to assign a ticket to an agent and review the PR — 7 autonomous coding agents, 5 of them free or freemium, with the pricing tier printed on every row.

7tools listed
5free or freemium
4with no paid plan at all
1sub-categories covered

Best Free Autonomous coding agents — straight answers

What are the best free autonomous coding agents?

Flocci AI Tools lists 7 of them, ordered free tiers first: OpenHands, mini-SWE-agent, Open SWE, SWE-agent and Google Jules. 5 of the 7 are free or have a free tier. Each entry states what it uniquely does rather than a score.

Which of these are completely free?

4 on this page are marked fully free with no paid plan at all: OpenHands, mini-SWE-agent, Open SWE and SWE-agent. The remaining 3 are freemium, trial or paid, and each is labelled with its exact tier so nothing surprises you at sign-up.

How is this list ordered?

Free tools first, then freemium, then trial, then paid, and alphabetically inside each tier. Nobody pays to appear higher: Flocci AI Tools carries no ads, no sponsored slots and no paid listings, so the order reflects price and nothing else.

Best Free Autonomous coding agents — quick picks

Which autonomous coding agents work in a browser with no install?

OpenHands and Google Jules all work in a browser tab with no install needed — just open the site and go. 2 of the 5 free autonomous coding agents listed here are browser-based.

Which autonomous coding agents let you sign in with Google?

Google Jules supports Google sign-in, so you can start without creating a new account. That's 1 of the 5 free autonomous coding agents on this page.

Which autonomous coding agents can you self-host or run offline?

mini-SWE-agent, Open SWE and SWE-agent can be self-hosted or run locally without a browser — useful for privacy, air-gapped networks, or avoiding API rate limits. 3 of the 5 free autonomous coding agents here run offline.

All 7 tools, free tiers first

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Best Free Autonomous coding agents: pricing tier, category and the capability each tool is listed for.
ToolPricingTypeListed for
OpenHandsFreeAutonomous Coding AgentsSelf-hosted control center for coding agents with GUI, CLI and SDK surfaces
mini-SWE-agentFreeAutonomous Coding AgentsRoughly 100-line agent that solves GitHub issues or works in your command line
Open SWEFreeAutonomous Coding AgentsOpen-source asynchronous coding agent from LangChain
SWE-agentFreeAutonomous Coding AgentsTakes a GitHub issue and tries to fix it automatically with your LM of choice
Google JulesFreemiumAutonomous Coding AgentsAsync coding agent that fixes issues & PRs
DevinAutonomous Coding AgentsMost autonomous cloud coding agent
FactoryAutonomous Coding AgentsEnterprise 'Droids' across the whole SDLC

OpenHands

Autonomous Coding Agents
free
  • Self-hosted control center for coding agents with GUI, CLI and SDK surfaces
  • Enterprise deployment controls over models, data access and auditability
  • MIT licensed, 83.9k GitHub stars, very active commit history

mini-SWE-agent

Autonomous Coding Agents
freeNew
  • Roughly 100-line agent that solves GitHub issues or works in your command line
  • Bash-only, no special tools; works with any LM via API
  • From the Princeton/Stanford SWE-agent team

Open SWE

Autonomous Coding Agents
freeNew
  • Open-source asynchronous coding agent from LangChain
  • Works on tasks in the background and opens pull requests
  • Bring your own model

SWE-agent

Autonomous Coding Agents
freeNew
  • Takes a GitHub issue and tries to fix it automatically with your LM of choice
  • Research-grade agent-computer interface for repo edits
  • MIT-licensed

Google Jules

Autonomous Coding Agents
freemium
  • Async coding agent that fixes issues & PRs
  • Runs in a cloud VM on your repo
  • Powered by Gemini
  • Free daily tasks

Devin

Autonomous Coding Agents
  • Most autonomous cloud coding agent
  • Own IDE, browser, terminal and shell
  • Plans, writes, tests and opens PRs
  • Now includes Windsurf's team

Factory

Autonomous Coding Agents
  • Enterprise 'Droids' across the whole SDLC
  • Delegate coding, review and migration
  • Terminal and cloud execution
  • Team and enterprise focus

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