Cursor
AI IDEs & Editors
- AI-first VS Code fork with agent mode
- Multi-file edits and terminal commands
- Codebase-wide context and rules
- Free tier with limited requests
Code & Development (10)
10 free AI code editors and IDEs and 1 more — pricing tier and real capabilities on every entry. No ads, no sponsored placement.
AllAI IDEs & EditorsTerminal & CLI AgentsCode Autocomplete & AssistantsApp Builders & Vibe CodingAutonomous Coding AgentsAI Code ReviewAI Docs & Codebase Q&AAI Testing & QAAI DevOps & SREAI Database & SQL CopilotsVector Databases & RAG InfraAI Game Development
freemium
Google Antigravity
AI IDEs & Editors
- Google's agent-first IDE
- Powered by Gemini 3 models
- Autonomous multi-step coding
- Free access tier
Windsurf
AI IDEs & Editors
- Agentic IDE with the Cascade flow
- Now part of Cognition (Devin)
- Deep whole-repo awareness
- Free tier available
Zed
AI IDEs & Editors
- Blazing-fast, Rust-built editor
- Agentic editing and prediction
- Real-time collaboration
- Free and open-source core
Kiro
AI IDEs & Editors
- AWS's spec-driven agentic IDE
- Turns requirements into plans and code
- Hooks and steering files
- Free tier
Trae
AI IDEs & Editors
- ByteDance's free AI IDE
- SOLO agent builder mode
- Access to frontier models
- Generous free usage
JetBrains Junie
AI IDEs & Editors
- Autonomous coding agent embedded in JetBrains IDEs (IntelliJ, PyCharm, WebStorm)
- Plans and executes multi-step coding tasks in-IDE
- Deep integration with JetBrains code intelligence/refactoring
Qoder
AI IDEs & Editors
- Multi-agent collaboration IDE from Alibaba
- Handles codebases up to 100,000 files with long-running agents (up to 26h)
- Auto-generates repo wikis (400,000+ generated)
- Tencent Cloud's AI code editor plus plugins and CLI
- Free plan with 100 base credits monthly and 5,000 completions
- Promotional period currently allows all models and unlimited completions
- International build available with multiple model providers
- Open-source, vendor-neutral IDE with AI agents built on Theia AI
- Bring your own API key or local model; no telemetry on code or prompts
- Customisable agents and prompts, governed by the Eclipse Foundation
AI IDEs & Editors — straight answers
What are the best free AI code editors and IDEs?
Flocci AI Tools lists 11 AI code editors and IDEs, ordered free tiers first: Eclipse Theia IDE, Kiro, CodeBuddy (Tencent), Cursor and Google Antigravity. 10 of the 11 are free or have a free tier. Every entry states what it uniquely does, not a score.
Are there completely free AI code editors and IDEs?
Yes — 1 of these are marked fully free with no paid plan attached: Eclipse Theia IDE. The rest are freemium, trial or paid, and each row states which.
What should I look for in AI code editors and IDEs?
Start with what you need to do: edit a whole codebase with an AI in the loop. Then check the pricing tier, because "free" here means no paid plan at all while "freemium" means a free tier under paid plans. Every tool on this page lists both.
See the full list →Head-to-head comparisons
Eclipse Theia IDE vs KiroCodeBuddy (Tencent) vs Eclipse Theia IDECursor vs Eclipse Theia IDEEclipse Theia IDE vs Google AntigravityEclipse Theia IDE vs JetBrains JunieCodeBuddy (Tencent) vs KiroCursor vs KiroGoogle Antigravity vs Kiro
Free alternatives
Cursor alternativesGoogle Antigravity alternativesWindsurf alternativesZed alternativesKiro alternativesTrae alternativesJetBrains Junie alternativesQoder alternatives
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