GitHub Copilot alternatives
We tested the top 5 alternatives to GitHub Copilot hands-on. Here are our picks, ranked by overall quality.
Silver
8.5
/ 10
Cursor
The AI code editor
Free tier
$20/mo macos · windows · linux
Silver
8.5
/ 10
Zed
The fast, collaborative code editor written in Rust
Free tier
$20/mo macos · linux · windows
Silver
8.4
/ 10
Windsurf
Agentic AI IDE built by the Codeium team
Free tier
$15/mo macos · windows · linux
Silver
8.3
/ 10
Cline
Open-source autonomous coding agent for VSCode
Free tier
macos · windows · linux
Silver
8.0
/ 10
Aider
AI pair programming in your terminal
Free tier
macos · windows · linux
Last updated: 2026-05-12