Freebuff (formerly Codebuff)
A free, ad-supported family of coding agents for the terminal, desktop, browser and GitHub, built on Codebuff.
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About Freebuff (formerly Codebuff)
Freebuff, the successor to Codebuff, offers coding and research agents with a choice of leading models and no subscription, credits or API key: a CLI for the terminal, a desktop app for running parallel agents, a web builder for full-stack apps, a cloud agent for GitHub repositories and a chat product. Text ads pay for access to the included models.
Freebuff (formerly Codebuff) is listed in this index written primarily in TypeScript, with 14k stars on GitHub. Its latest recorded repository push was in November 2026; that is not an ASE editorial review date.
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Alternatives guide →| Record | Stars | Pricing | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freebuff (formerly Codebuff)this listing | 14k | TypeScript | Apache-2.0 | Free |
| GitHub Copilot | — | — | — | Limited Free plan; paid allowances and model usage charges vary by plan |
| HolyClaude | 2.6k | JavaScript | MIT | Costs not checked |
| OpenCode | 224k | — | MIT | Provider usage; optional model plans |
| Claude Code | — | — | — | Subscription or API billing; limits vary |
| DeepSeek Super-Agent prototype | — | — | MIT | MIT source; model, hosting and connected-service costs remain separate. |
