# The best free terminal and CLI coding agents Every option in the catalog for when you need to let an agent run commands and edit files from your shell — 17 terminal and CLI coding agents, 16 of them free or freemium, with the pricing tier printed on every row. ## Stats - 17 tools listed - 16 free or freemium - 10 with no paid plan at all - 1 sub-categories covered ## FAQ ### What are the best free terminal and CLI coding agents? Flocci AI Tools lists 17 of them, ordered free tiers first: Aider, Cline, Crush, Gemini CLI and Goose. 16 of the 17 are free or have a free tier. Each entry states what it uniquely does rather than a score. ### Which of these are completely free? 10 on this page are marked fully free with no paid plan at all: Aider, Cline, Crush, Gemini CLI and Goose. The remaining 7 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. ## Quick picks ### Which terminal and CLI coding agents work in a browser with no install? Freebuff works in a browser tab with no install needed — just open the site and go. 1 of the 16 free terminal and CLI coding agents listed here are browser-based. ### Which terminal and CLI coding agents let you sign in with Google? Gemini CLI, Freebuff, GitHub Copilot CLI and Kilo Code support Google sign-in, so you can start without creating a new account. That's 4 of the 16 free terminal and CLI coding agents on this page. ### Which terminal and CLI coding agents can you self-host or run offline? Aider, Cline, Crush, Gemini CLI and Goose can be self-hosted or run locally without a browser — useful for privacy, air-gapped networks, or avoiding API rate limits. 14 of the 16 free terminal and CLI coding agents here run offline. ## Tools - [Aider](https://aitools.flocci.in/tool/aider) — Free — Open-source AI pair programmer in your terminal - [Cline](https://aitools.flocci.in/tool/cline) — Free — Open-source autonomous coding agent for VS Code - [Crush](https://aitools.flocci.in/tool/crush) — Free — Terminal coding agent from Charm with LSP-aware context - [Gemini CLI](https://aitools.flocci.in/tool/gemini-cli) — Free — Open-source terminal agent from Google - [Goose](https://aitools.flocci.in/tool/goose) — Free — Open-source agent (now under Agentic AI Foundation/Linux Foundation) usable as CLI, desktop app or API - [Kimi Code CLI](https://aitools.flocci.in/tool/kimi-code-cli) — Free — MIT-licensed terminal coding agent from Moonshot AI that edits files, runs shell commands and uses MCP - [Mistral Vibe](https://aitools.flocci.in/tool/mistral-vibe) — Free — Apache-2.0 minimal terminal coding agent built around Devstral models - [OpenCode](https://aitools.flocci.in/tool/opencode) — Free — Fully open-source terminal/IDE/desktop coding agent, MIT licensed - [Qwen Code](https://aitools.flocci.in/tool/qwen-code) — Free — Open-source terminal CLI adapted from Gemini CLI, tuned for Qwen3-Coder models - [Trae Agent](https://aitools.flocci.in/tool/trae-agent) — Free — Open-source CLI agent for general software-engineering tasks - [Freebuff](https://aitools.flocci.in/tool/freebuff) — Freemium — Terminal coding agent that needs no API key, subscription or card; funded by small text ads shown in the CLI - [Amp](https://aitools.flocci.in/tool/amp) — Freemium — Multi-model routing across frontier models with no artificial usage caps - [GitHub Copilot CLI](https://aitools.flocci.in/tool/github-copilot-cli) — Freemium — GitHub-native terminal agent that works directly with issues and PRs - [Kilo Code](https://aitools.flocci.in/tool/kilo-code) — Freemium — Same open-source agent usable in VS Code, JetBrains, CLI and cloud from one account - [OpenAI Codex CLI](https://aitools.flocci.in/tool/openai-codex-cli) — Freemium — #1 on Terminal-Bench with GPT-5-series - [Warp](https://aitools.flocci.in/tool/warp) — Freemium — Terminal rebuilt as an agentic development environment for any coding agent - [Claude Code](https://aitools.flocci.in/tool/claude-code) — Paid — Terminal-native agent, best on large codebases --- Source: Flocci AI Tools — https://aitools.flocci.in/best/best-terminal-cli-agents Facts last verified: October 2026