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24 alternatives to M9 Developer

Secure coding copilot using on device AI inferences

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. M9 Developer launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Remember anything with a real-time, on-device AI assistant

    2024 · pieces.app · its alternatives →

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    Your AI pair programmer

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Copilot-native dev environment, designed for everyday tasks

    2024 · github.blog · its alternatives →

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    Zencoder ▲766

    Hi HN, I’m Andrew, Founder of Zencoder. While building our IDE extensions and cloud agents, we ran into the same issue many of you likely face when using coding agents in complex repos: agents getting stuck in loops, apologizing, and wasting time. We tried to manage this with scripts, but juggling terminal windows and copy-paste prompting was painful. So we built Zenflow, a free desktop tool to orchestrate AI coding workflows. It handles the things we were missing in standard chat interfaces: Cross-Model Verification: You can have Codex review Claude’s code, or run them in parallel to see…

    2025 · zencoder.ai · its alternatives →

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    Kite 2.0▲460

    The smart copilot for programmers. Now available for Python

    2017 · kite.com · its alternatives →

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    Github Copilot for Enterprise

    2023 · codecomplete.ai · its alternatives →

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    AI agent that helps, solves, and closes. All day, every day

    2023 · kaily.ai · its alternatives →

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    World’s most widely adopted AI developer tool, now mobile

    2024 · github.blog · its alternatives →

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    Enable your users to collaborate with AI inside your product

    2025 · liveblocks.io · its alternatives →

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    AI coding agent for VS code

    2025 · elasticapp.ai · its alternatives →

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    Grass▲291

    Gives your coding agent a dedicated VM that's ready 24/7

    Apr 2026 · codeongrass.com · its alternatives →

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    Simple to install, powerful command-line based AI agent system for coding. - bhouston/mycoder

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Mu▲126

    Fast, local AI comes to Windows Copilot+ PCs

    2025 · blogs.windows.com · its alternatives →

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    Skip migration and launch MCP with built-in Auth

    Nov 2025 · arcade.dev · its alternatives →

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    Amazon's answer to Github copilot

    2024 · aboutamazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Agent that implements a task/issue + runs in the background

    2025 · github.blog · its alternatives →

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    PMB▲211

    PMB gives Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and Zed a real memory. Decisions, lessons and facts in one SQLite file on your disk. Offline, no API keys, no cloud.

    Jun 2026 · pmbai.dev · its alternatives →

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    Today we are launching YourGPT 2.0, an update focused on making support, sales, and operational workflows work together more smoothly in one system. This release improves how workflows are built, how the platform connects to external tools, and how context is maintained across long, multi-channel interactions. AI Studio now makes it much easier to create and refine workflows. You can describe the process you want in natural language and the system generates the full workflow for you. It can also help debug issues by showing what happened at each step and explaining where things went off…

    Nov 2025 · yourgpt.ai · its alternatives →

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    more powerful Copilot alt, build fast with quality using AI

    2022 · marketplace.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN, We are the devs behind VibeShift. We have been building this MCP server to put AI coding assistants in an automatic feedback loop. They code, test, debug, fix everything until we have a fully working, secure code. It tests like a real user, copies network/console and logical errors to give them back to cursor. (1 min demo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN_RgQGa8B0) We felt this was the natural next step for AI coding assistants. And with new asynchronous assistants like codex, having a plug & play tester makes sure you don't have to spend time debugging and…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN! We’re MutableAI (YC W22) (https://mutable.ai). Our mission is to reduce the time and cost to create high quality code using AI. We have worked at the full gamut of companies ranging from startups to big tech and have gotten the sense that many of the rote aspects of software development could be made easier, freeing up precious mental energy. Devs love Copilot, but autocomplete is just one of many ways that AI should make programming easier. We’re taking a more comprehensive approach to developer tooling that bundles Copilot-like autocomplete with documentation, custom AI…

    2022 · marketplace.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →

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    marpy.io▲109

    AI coding platform built specifically for the Python stack

    May 2026 · its alternatives →

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    Meet your everyday AI companion for work and life

    2023 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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    An innovative MicroPython / CircuitPython IDE for Web and Mobile - vshymanskyy/ViperIDE

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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