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24 alternatives to Aurict – An open-source Terminal AI

Aurict is an open-source terminal AI coding agent built for real developer workflows: sandboxed tools, subagents, multi-provider LLMs, patch safety, and fast CLI UX. - aurict/aurict

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier.

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    Aurict▲3

    opensource ai runtime & agentic workspace

    Jul 2026 · aurict.com · its alternatives →

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    opencode▲393

    Your terminal's AI agent, with any model you want

    2025 · opencode.ai · its alternatives →

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    VEXI▲94

    Open-source AI coding agent for your terminal

    Jun 2026 · vexi.pro · its alternatives →

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    AI pair programming directly in your terminal

    2025 · cosine.sh · its alternatives →

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    Harness by Autonomousfree tier, from $149/mo▲294

    Every coding agent, every machine, one command center.

    8d ago · autonomous.ai · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN, I'm building Plandex (https://plandex.ai), an open source, terminal-based AI coding engine for complex tasks. I built Plandex because I was tired of copying and pasting code back and forth between ChatGPT and my projects. It can complete tasks that span multiple files and require many steps. It uses the OpenAI API with your API key (support for other models, including Claude, Gemini, and open source models is on the roadmap). You can watch a 2 minute demo here: https://player.vimeo.com/video/926634577 Here's a prompt I used to build the AWS…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    OneCLI▲143

    Give every employee a secured, sandboxed pro assistant agent

    Aug 2026 · onecli.sh · its alternatives →

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    Ghost in your shell. Ante is a self-contained agent harness with a highly optimized core. It works like Claude Code or Codex, with none of their dependencies or model constraints. - GitHub - AntigmaLabs/ante: Ghost in your shell. Ante is a self-contained agent harness with a highly optimized core. I

    Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    OpenAgents - The collaboration OS for AI agents. Contribute to openagents-org/openagents development by creating an account on GitHub.

    Apr 2026 · open-agents.dev · its alternatives →

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    Caw▲80

    Open source web terminal multiplexer for AI agents

    Jul 2026 · caw.rocks · its alternatives →

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    Windows Terminal with native agent integration

    Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A coding agent that can refine its own harness

    Aug 2026 · primeintellect.ai · its alternatives →

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    I'm working on a coding agent for building iOS apps. It's built on openspec and xcodebuildmcp. It's free and open source.

    Apr 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Use OpenAI like chatGPT, on your terminal

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    AI powered cli coding agent that monitors your dev/test server and fixes errors and adds features - vysakh0/dravid

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Cyris▲98

    "Cyris is the orchestration layer your AI agents are missing. Whether you're a two-person startup or a 10,000-employee health system — connect agents from OpenClaw, Claude, GPT-4o, Ollama, EPIC, or any platform and have them coordinate, hand off, and escalate across your entire organization. Self-hosted. Auditable. Human-governed" Just a side project I've been working on, and was curious whether people would actually find something like this useful! I'd recommend checking out the sandbox as well.

    Apr 2026 · cyrisai.dev · its alternatives →

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    Swenest▲65

    A platform that teaches how to navigate real-world code.

    Jul 2026 · swenest.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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    13,000+ MCP servers, skills & plugins for AI coding agents

    Jul 2026 · codexmarketplaces.com · its alternatives →

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    ✨ Fully autonomous AI Agent that can perform complicated tasks and projects using terminal, browser, and editor. - semanser/codel

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    AI coding agent in your terminal. Multi-model. Free.

    Dec 2025 · novakit.ai · its alternatives →

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    We built the Kontext CLI because AI coding agents need access to GitHub, Stripe, databases, and dozens of other services — and right now most teams handle this by copy-pasting long-lived API keys into .env files, or the actual chat interface, whilst hoping for the best. The problem isn't just secret sprawl. It's that there's no lineage of access. You don't know which developer launched which agent, what it accessed, or whether it should have been allowed to. The moment you hand raw credentials to a process, you've lost the ability to enforce policy, audit access, or rotate without pain. The…

    Apr 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Autter is your AI teammate for code review and testing. It reviews every pull request, tests product impact, checks security, governs releases, and closes the loop from production failure to verified fix.

    Jun 2026 · autter.dev · its alternatives →

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    Code▲20

    Hey HN, Today we're launching Code, a community-driven, open-source coding agent for your terminal. It's a fork of OpenAI's codex with a focus on developer ergonomics and local control. Key features: - Browser integration – attach to your Chrome via CDP or use a built-in headless browser. You can browse pages, run the CLI in a browser session, and even take screenshots from the terminal. - Multi-agent commands – /plan, /solve and /code orchestrate multiple models (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini) to propose and implement solutions, with consensus or race options. - Diff viewer – see…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Codel▲16

    Autonomous Open Source AI Developer Agent

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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