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SWE-agent

Takes a GitHub issue and tries to fix it automatically with your LM of choice

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What SWE-agent does

  • 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

SWE-agent — straight answers

What is SWE-agent?

SWE-agent is listed under Autonomous Coding Agents, in the Code & Development category on Flocci AI Tools. Takes a GitHub issue and tries to fix it automatically with your LM of choice. It is free, with no paid plan attached, and it lives at swe-agent.com.

Is SWE-agent free?

SWE-agent is listed as fully free — there is no paid tier attached to it in the catalog. That makes it one of the 399 entries on Flocci AI Tools with no upgrade path built in.

What can SWE-agent do?

SWE-agent does 3 things the catalog singles out: 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.

What is the best free alternative to SWE-agent?

mini-SWE-agent is the closest free alternative: it sits in the same Autonomous Coding Agents sub-category and is free. Open SWE, OpenHands and Google Jules also start free. The full list is on the alternatives page.

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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
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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
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Factory

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

Autonomous Coding Agents
freemiumLeaving soon
  • Infrastructure layer for deploying, orchestrating and governing many coding agents at scale
  • Agents embed inside tools like ClickUp with full task/spec business context, not just code diffs
  • Free tier with limited tokens plus a paid Pro tier for teams
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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
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