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CodeGPT
✓ verifiedFreemium
IDE coding assistant for VS Code and JetBrains that uses your own API keys across 15+ model providers, with agentic mode and autocomplete.
262K visits/mo
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Aider
✓ verifiedFree
Open-source terminal AI pair programmer that edits code in your local git repo and auto-commits, working with most LLMs.
479K visits/mo
Pricing
Free: $0/mo (BYOK, 30 free interactions)
AutoComplete Add-on / BYOK Pro: $8/mo per seat ($6.67 annual)
No public pricing
Core features
- ✦BYOK access to 15+ model providers
- ✦Agentic planning-then-build mode
- ✦AI autocomplete
- ✦MCP connections to external systems
- ✦Custom rules and live context tracking
- ✦Local models via Ollama/LM Studio
- ✦VS Code and JetBrains plugins
- ✦Terminal-based AI pair programming
- ✦Edits code in your local git repo
- ✦Automatic git commits with messages
- ✦Codebase mapping for large projects
- ✦Works with cloud and local LLMs
- ✦Voice-to-code, image/web context, lint and test
Use cases
- →Code generation, refactoring and debugging
- →Control AI spend with your own keys
- →Switch between frontier models per task
- →Keep code private and data-sovereign
- →Building features and fixing bugs via AI in the terminal
- →Working on large existing codebases
- →Automating git commits
- →Using local LLMs for private coding
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