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Devin alternatives
Looking for an alternative to Devin? Below are the coding agents in our index that do a similar job — open-source options are ranked by real maintained adoption (GitHub stars and recent commit activity), never by sponsorship. Devin is a commercial product, so the list below includes both other commercial options and open-source projects you can self-host.
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Devin's own profile notes it may not be the right fit if you want tight interactive control over every edit, or a low-cost entry point. If that's you, the options below are worth comparing.
Commercial alternatives to Devin
— Best for developers who want an agentic coding tool in the terminal, IDE, and CI that works against existing repositories.
— Pricing model differs — Devin is a paid product, Cursor is freemium.
— Pricing model differs — Devin is a paid product, GitHub Copilot is freemium.
— Best for developers who want assisted coding, local tests and reviewable changes, with optional cloud task delegation.
Open-source alternatives to Devin
— Devin is a commercial product; OpenCode is open-source and self-hostable.
— Devin is a commercial product; gemini-cli is open-source and self-hostable.
— Devin is a commercial product; Zed is open-source and self-hostable.
— Devin is a commercial product; Cline is open-source and self-hostable.
— Devin is a commercial product; openinterpreter is open-source and self-hostable.
— Devin is a commercial product; Aider is open-source and self-hostable.
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Frequently asked
- What is the best alternative to Devin?
- It depends on whether you'd rather self-host or buy a managed product. OpenCode is the most widely-adopted open-source alternative (211k GitHub stars); Claude Code is one of the commercial options. Compare the full list above on adoption, license, and pricing.
- Is there a free or open-source alternative to Devin?
- Yes. OpenCode, gemini-cli, and Zed are open-source coding agents you can self-host for free — you still pay for the infrastructure you run them on and any model or API usage. See the ranked open-source list above.
- How are these Devin alternatives ranked?
- Every product in the coding agents category is a candidate. Open-source alternatives are ranked by maintained adoption — GitHub stars plus recent commit activity — so you see what's genuinely used, not abandoned. Commercial products are listed separately and alphabetically, because stars don't measure commercial adoption. Sponsored placement is always labeled and never affects the ranking.