The best free AI for coding
Two different ways to get help with code: the Local Code Assistants, installed in your editor, and the Web Code Assistants, which you use online in the browser. Below they are split exactly like that.
Stars = the average of performance and free plan, the same rule for everyone. Models and limits checked on the makers’ websites in October 2026.
Assistants
The all-rounders: writing, translating, reasoning and searching the web.
Images
Generate images from text: realistic photos, art, logos.
Code
Programming: assistants in your editor and online builders.
Video
Create video clips from text or from a photo.
Audio
Music and synthetic voices, starting from text.
Local AI
Models to install on your PC: free, offline, private.
Local Code Assistants
You install them in your editor (VS Code, JetBrains) or as a standalone app: they complete the code as you write and work on your project, on your computer. For people who really code.
Google Antigravity
Gemini Flash
Google Antigravity · Gemini Flash
Google
Google’s environment for coding with agents, which replaced Gemini Code Assist for individuals: editor, command line and extensions for VS Code and JetBrains. On the free plan you get the Gemini Flash models.
Performance 4 · Free plan 3.5 → 4 stars out of 5
CappedFree, with unlimited completions and commands and a weekly agent limit that Google does not publish. ⚠️ Google’s own sources disagree on the included models: the pricing page also lists Gemini 3.1 Pro and Claude, the documentation only the Gemini Flash models.
Data in USAGoogle (USA). Your interactions help improve its products and may be read by people: you can switch it off in the settings.
Gemini 3.8 / 3.7 / 3.6 Flash · freeHigher quotas (Google AI Pro, Ultra) · paidOpen Google Antigravity
GitHub Copilot
Auto
GitHub Copilot · Auto
GitHub (Microsoft)
GitHub’s assistant, the de facto standard, with a free plan. It completes code as you type, answers in chat and has an agent mode; it installs in VS Code, Visual Studio and JetBrains.
Performance 4 · Free plan 2.5 → 3.5 stars out of 5
Capped2,000 completions a month. For chat, since 1 June 2026 the Free plan has an allowance of AI credits that GitHub does not quantify. ⚠️ Since 24 June 2026 free users cannot choose the model: the system picks it ("Auto").
Data in USA⚠️ Since 24 April 2026, on the Free, Pro and Pro+ plans your prompts and suggestions are used to train the models unless you switch it off in the Copilot settings. GitHub/Microsoft (USA).
Auto (model chosen by GitHub) · freeModel choice · paidOpen GitHub Copilot
Devin Desktop
free models
Devin Desktop · free models
Cognition
Cognition’s editor: it is the old Windsurf, renamed Devin Desktop in June 2026. You install it and code with AI help; the autonomous cloud agent, Devin proper, is paid.
Performance 4 · Free plan 2.5 → 3.5 stars out of 5
CappedThe Free plan has unlimited completions and inline edits and a "light quota" for agents, which renews daily and weekly: Cognition does not publish the numbers. The free models do not count against the quota. Cloud agents start from the Pro plan.
Data in USA⚠️ By default Cognition may use your data to train its models, and on the free plan you cannot opt out: only paying users can.
Free models · freeDevin Cloud (agents) · paidOpen Devin Desktop
Cursor
Composer
Cursor · Composer
SpaceX (formerly Anysphere)
The AI-first editor: a souped-up VS Code where the AI knows the whole project and works in agent mode. Since August 2026 it has been part of SpaceX. The free plan is called Hobby.
Performance 4.5 · Free plan 2 → 3.5 stars out of 5
CappedThe Hobby plan is free, with no card, "limited agent requests" and access to Composer. ⚠️ Cursor does not publish any number. For daily use you need the Pro plan.
Data in USAWith privacy mode off, Cursor may use your code to train its models: turn it on. Cursor does not say whether it is on by default for free users.
Composer · freeFrontier models · paidOpen Cursor
Web Code Assistants
You use them online in the browser, with nothing to install: you describe what you want and they build the app. Perfect for getting started fast, for prototypes and for anyone without a development environment.
Google AI Studio
Gemini 3.8 Flash
Google AI Studio · Gemini 3.8 Flash
Google
Google’s online lab for building with Gemini: try the models, generate code and prototype apps, free, from the browser.
Performance 4 · Free plan 4 → 4 stars out of 5
CappedGoogle says AI Studio is free in all regions; the quotas are not published, you only see them in your dashboard. The Gemini Flash models are free (3.8, 3.7, 3.6, 3.5); Gemini 3.1 Pro is not.
Data in USA⚠️ On the free plan your content is used to improve Google’s products: it matters if you paste in a client’s code.
Gemini 3.8 Flash · freeGemini 3.1 Pro · paidOpen Google AI Studio
bolt.new
Standard agent
bolt.new · Standard agent
StackBlitz
From prompt to app, in the browser: describe the application and bolt builds it, previews it and lets you download or publish it.
Performance 4 · Free plan 3.5 → 4 stars out of 5
Capped300,000 tokens a day and 1 million a month, public or private projects, Bolt-branded hosting, uploads up to 10 MB. Enough for prototypes and small web apps; on big projects the tokens run out fast.
Data in USAStackBlitz (USA). From 7 October 2026 it uses code and chats to train models, but European accounts are excluded.
Standard agent · freeMax agent · paidOpen bolt.new
Replit
Free Mode
Replit · Free Mode
Replit
A development environment in the browser with AI: describe what you want and the agent creates, edits and runs the app, with nothing to install.
Performance 4 · Free plan 2 → 3 stars out of 5
CappedThe Starter plan gives daily agent credits, up to a monthly cap: ⚠️ Replit does not publish the numbers. Only the "Lite" version of the agent and a single published app, which expires after 30 days, branded "Made with Replit".
Data in USAReplit (USA). Its privacy policy says nothing about training on your projects.
Free Mode (model chosen by Replit) · freeFull agent · paidOpen Replit
v0
v0
v0 · v0
Vercel
Vercel’s AI for interfaces: describe a screen and v0 generates clean React/Next code, ready to use.
Performance 4 · Free plan 2 → 3 stars out of 5
Capped7 messages a day. Free credits "follow the offer that applies to your account", with no fixed number. For continuous work you need the Plus plan ($30 a month).
Data in USA⚠️ On the free plan you cannot exclude your data from training: the opt-out exists only from the Business plans. Vercel (USA).
v0 (free) · freeAll models (Plus) · paidOpen v0
The stars are the average of two scores from 1 to 5, with the same rule for every tool: performance (how good it is, from independent tests and rankings) and free plan (how much it lets you do without paying, from the limits the makers publish).
AccademIA
AI for Schools and Universities
Studying or teaching? AI tools for schools and universities, checked one by one: real prices, minimum age, data.
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