Freebuff
Free coding agents to kill Claude, Cursor, Replit, and Devin
Freebuff launched on August 14, 2026 with 310 votes, #76 of 23,274 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches.
In plain words
Freebuff is a free coding agent platform offering CLI, desktop, web, and cloud tools for building full-stack applications. Developers get access to open-source AI models without subscriptions, API keys, or vendor lock-in. The platform includes a web app builder with managed hosting, a cloud IDE for GitHub repositories, and parallel workspace execution. It positions itself as a free alternative to paid coding assistants like Claude Code, Cursor, and Devin.
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From the sources
Freebuff is a free coding agent that gives you access to the best open source models. We offer a CLI, Desktop app, Web app builder, and Cloud agent -- all free! This is the free way to build full-stack apps. No subscription, no API keys, no lock-in. Cancel your subscriptions to Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Lovable, Replit, Bolt, Windsurf, and Devin.
Code, build and deploy apps, and chat with AI for free. Work in your browser, desktop or terminal with Freebuff.
The best coding models, funded by ads instead of a subscription. No card, no credits to watch. Threads live in the cloud. Start on your desktop, check in from your phone, finish in the browser. Added a sliding-window limiter in lib/rate-limit.ts , keyed by the Stripe account. Over the limit returns 429 with a Retry-After header. Done — webhook.test.ts sends 61 requests and asserts the last one is rejected. Connect GitHub, Linear, Stripe and the rest of your stack. The agent uses them as it works. Kick off a task, review what changed and reply to the agent from your phone. Added a toggle under Settings → Appearance. It follows the system theme byfrom freebuff.com
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