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Alternatives to GitHub Copilot CLI

GitHub Copilot CLI is an AI agent by GitHub: Terminal version of GitHub Copilot's coding agent that works with your repos, issues and pull requests and asks before acting. If it doesn't fit your setup, these 12 AI agents cover similar ground. They are ordered by how closely they match GitHub Copilot CLI and by our rank, which weighs adoption, freshness and documentation; money never changes the order. Codebuff leads the list (open source). Each entry shows data reasons to switch, and you can open a side-by-side comparison with GitHub Copilot CLI.

Updated Oct 26, 2026 · Built from catalog data; how we rank and grade

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GitHub Copilot CLI

Terminal version of GitHub Copilot's coding agent that works with your repos, issues and pull requests and asks before acting

12 alternatives

Ordered by how closely each matches GitHub Copilot CLI (shared product, category or stated alternative) and by rank.

  1. 1
    Codebuff

    Codebuff

    Free coding agents for terminal, desktop, web and GitHub repositories, supported by text ads.

    • Open source

    ★ 13.7KLast active Oct 24, 2026

  2. 2
    PR-Agent

    PR-Agent community

    Open-source AI code review agent for pull requests on GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps and Gitea.

    • Open source

    ★ 13.6K↓ 17.3K/wkLast active Oct 24, 2026

  3. 3
    OpenCode

    Anomaly

    Open-source AI coding agent for the terminal, desktop and IDEs that connects to 75+ model providers

    • More GitHub stars (220.9K)
    • Open source

    ★ 220.9KLast active Oct 24, 2026

  4. 4
    GitHub Copilot coding agent

    GitHub

    GitHub Copilot's cloud agent takes assigned work, plans and writes code, and can open a pull request, alongside IDE and CLI agent modes

  5. 5
    Claude Code

    Anthropic

    Anthropic's coding agent that reads your codebase, edits files and runs commands from the terminal, IDE, desktop app, web and Slack

    • More GitHub stars (153.2K)

    ★ 153.2K↓ 7.2M/wkLast active Oct 24, 2026

  6. 6
    Cline

    Cline Bot Inc.

    Open-source coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains, the terminal and a desktop app that asks for approval before each action

    • More GitHub stars (70.8K)
    • Open source

    ★ 70.8KLast active Oct 24, 2026

  7. 7
    Open Interpreter

    Open Interpreter

    Terminal coding agent, forked from OpenAI's Codex, tuned for low-cost open models and compatible with ACP editors

    • More GitHub stars (68.7K)
    • Open source

    ★ 68.7KLast active Oct 11, 2026

  8. 8
    Gemini CLI

    Google

    Open-source terminal agent that queries and edits codebases and automates tasks with Gemini models

    • More GitHub stars (107.7K)
    • Open source

    ★ 107.7K↓ 231.3K/wkLast active Oct 23, 2026

  9. 9
    Qwen Code

    Alibaba Qwen

    Open-source coding agent for the terminal, editor, desktop, browser and chat apps that works with Qwen, OpenAI, Anthropic and Gemini APIs

    • More GitHub stars (28.7K)
    • Open source

    ★ 28.7KLast active Oct 24, 2026

  10. 10
    Crush

    Charm

    Terminal coding agent from Charm that works with many LLMs, LSPs and MCP servers across macOS, Linux, Windows and BSD

    • More GitHub stars (28.8K)

    ★ 28.8KLast active Oct 24, 2026

  11. 11
    OpenAI Codex

    OpenAI

    OpenAI's coding agent for the terminal, editor, desktop app and ChatGPT cloud, included in ChatGPT plans

    • More GitHub stars (130.8K)
    • Open source

    ★ 130.8K↓ 13.1M/wkLast active Oct 23, 2026

  12. 12
    Kimi Code CLI

    Moonshot AI

    Terminal coding agent from Moonshot AI that edits code and runs commands, with MCP, skills and ACP support.

    • Open source

    ★ 8K↓ 71.3K/wkLast active Oct 23, 2026

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