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Alternatives to Zed

Zed ranks #9 in Code Assistants with a BenchRank score of 60.5/100. These are the 42 other code assistants tools we rank, best first. Rank numbers show each tool's position in the full Code Assistants ranking.

  • Ranked 1

    76.8 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Warp

    Warp · Terminal for running and orchestrating coding agents

    Best for: Developers running coding agents like Claude Code or Codex who want them managed in one terminal.

  • Ranked 2

    76 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Superset

    Superset · Desktop app for running coding agents in parallel Git worktrees

    Best for: Developers on macOS running several CLI coding agents in parallel across isolated Git worktrees

  • Ranked 3

    71.9 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Frontman

    Frontman · AI website editor for existing WordPress, Next.js, Astro and Vite sites

    Best for: Designers, PMs and marketing teams editing existing sites without waiting on developer tickets.

  • Ranked 4

    69.3 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Kilo Code

    Kilo · Open source AI coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains, CLI and cloud

    Best for: Developers and teams who want an open-source coding agent and direct control over model choice and spend

  • Ranked 5

    68.3 — BenchRank score out of 100

    OpenHands

    OpenHands · Open-source, model-agnostic platform for cloud coding agents

    Best for: Engineering teams wanting to run autonomous coding agents on their own infrastructure with access controls.

  • Ranked 6

    67.2 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Emdash

    Emdash · Open-source desktop app for running coding agents in parallel

    Best for: Developers running several CLI coding agents in parallel across isolated Git worktrees.

  • Ranked 7

    66.4 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Cline

    Cline · Open-source coding agent for the editor, terminal and SDK

    Best for: Developers wanting an open-source coding agent they can point at their own model API keys.

  • Ranked 8

    62.4 — BenchRank score out of 100

    AWS Cloud9

    AWS Cloud9 · Browser-based IDE for writing, running and debugging code on AWS

    Best for: Developers on AWS wanting a browser-based IDE for shared, serverless work without local setup

  • Ranked 10

    60.5 — BenchRank score out of 100

    GitKraken

    GitKraken · Visual Git client, IDE extension and CLI with agent session tracking

    Best for: Developers and small teams wanting a visual Git client with private repo access and agent oversight

  • Ranked 11

    60.4 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Cody

    Cody · AI coding assistant with context from local and remote codebases

    Best for: Enterprise engineering teams wanting an in-IDE AI assistant with context from their whole codebase

  • Ranked 12

    55.8 — BenchRank score out of 100

    OpenCode

    OpenCode · Open source AI coding agent for terminal, IDE and desktop

    Best for: Developers who want an open source coding agent in the terminal, IDE or desktop app

  • Ranked 13

    53.8 — BenchRank score out of 100

    ForgeCode

    Forgecode · Open-source coding harness that runs inside ZSH

    Best for: Developers working in ZSH who want a terminal coding agent that can switch models mid-task.

  • Ranked 14

    53.1 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Visual Studio

    Microsoft Visual Studio · IDE for .NET, C++ and game development with GitHub Copilot built in

    Best for: Professional .NET and C++ teams wanting an IDE bundled with Azure credits and DevOps access

  • Ranked 15

    52.5 — BenchRank score out of 100

    pi

    pi · Terminal-based coding agent

    Best for: Developers who want to run a coding agent from the terminal.

  • Ranked 16

    49.9 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Synara

    Synara · Local-first desktop workspace for running coding agents in parallel

    Best for: Developers running several coding agents locally who want one workspace for parallel work

  • Ranked 17

    48.5 — BenchRank score out of 100

    VSCodium

    VSCodium · Free/libre binary builds of VS Code with telemetry disabled

    Best for: Developers who want VS Code's editor as MIT-licensed prebuilt binaries with telemetry disabled.

  • Ranked 18

    47 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Dyad

    Dyad · Local, open-source desktop AI app builder

    Best for: Builders who want to generate web apps locally with their own AI model keys and keep the code

  • Ranked 19

    46.1 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Continue

    Continue · Open-source coding agent, now acquired by Cursor

    Best for: Developers wanting the open-source codebase of a coding agent that has joined Cursor.

  • Ranked 20

    45.6 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Pullfrog

    Pullfrog · Open-source GitHub agent bot that runs in GitHub Actions

    Best for: GitHub teams wanting PR review, issue triage and CI fixes run by agents in their own Actions

  • Ranked 21

    42.8 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Omnigent

    Omnigent · Open-source meta-harness for composing, governing and sharing AI agent sessions

    Best for: Teams running several AI coding harnesses who want one layer for policies, sandboxing and shared sessions.

  • Ranked 22

    41.5 — BenchRank score out of 100

    IntelliJ IDEA

    IntelliJ IDEA · IDE for Java and Kotlin with integrated AI models and agents

    Best for: Java and Kotlin developers who want an IDE with built-in AI agents and debugging tools

  • Ranked 23

    40.1 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Roomote

    Roomote · Single-tenant cloud coding agent that hands back reviewable PRs

    Best for: Teams wanting a single-tenant coding agent that opens reviewable PRs, hosted or self-hosted

  • Ranked 24

    38.5 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Tabby

    Tabby · Open-source, self-hosted AI coding assistant

    Best for: Development teams that want an AI coding assistant they can self-host rather than use a hosted one.

  • Ranked 25

    38.4 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Orca

    Orca · Desktop environment for running CLI coding agents in parallel git worktrees

    Best for: Developers running several CLI coding agents at once, each isolated in its own git worktree

  • Ranked 26

    37.3 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Apache NetBeans

    Apache NetBeans · Development environment, tooling platform and application framework

    Best for: Developers building Java, PHP, JavaScript or HTML5 applications who want a cross-platform IDE

  • Ranked 27

    35 — BenchRank score out of 100

    OmoiOS

    OmoiOS · Spec-to-pull-request agent pipeline that runs overnight

    Best for: Teams that want AI agents to turn an approved feature spec into a tested pull request overnight

  • Ranked 28

    34.2 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Aider

    Aider · AI pair programming in your terminal

    Best for: Developers working in the terminal who want an LLM to edit code in an existing git repository.

  • Ranked 29

    32.9 — BenchRank score out of 100

    RStudio

    RStudio · Free open-source IDE for R, with an optional paid AI assistant

    Best for: R data scientists who want a free desktop IDE for writing, exploring and publishing analyses

  • Ranked 30

    31.9 — BenchRank score out of 100

    CodeEdit

    CodeEdit · Native open-source code editor for macOS

    Best for: macOS developers wanting a native, open-source editor for projects outside Apple platforms

  • Ranked 31

    30.8 — BenchRank score out of 100

    PearAI

    PearAI · AI code editor with codebase chat, a coding agent and model routing

    Best for: Developers who want an AI code editor with codebase-aware chat and an agent that edits code

  • Ranked 32

    30.4 — BenchRank score out of 100

    UltraEdit

    UltraEdit · Desktop text editor for very large files and remote editing

    Best for: Developers, data and IT teams editing very large logs, CSVs and config files on the desktop.

  • Ranked 33

    28.9 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Android Studio

    Android Studio · Official IDE for Android app development

    Best for: Developers building Android apps in Kotlin, Java or C/C++ who want the official IDE

  • Ranked 34

    28 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Spyder

    Spyder · Open-source Python IDE for scientific and data work

    Best for: Scientists, data analysts and engineers who want an interactive Python IDE for iterative work

  • Ranked 35

    27.3 — BenchRank score out of 100

    T3 Code

    T3 Code · Open-source control plane for coding agents

    Best for: Developers who already pay for coding-agent CLIs and want one app to run and ship from

  • Ranked 36

    26.4 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Eclipse IDE

    Eclipse · Open source Java IDE and extensible development platform

    Best for: Java developers wanting a free desktop IDE, and vendors building their own IDE on its platform.

  • Ranked 37

    22.9 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Bluefish

    Bluefish Editor · Open source code and text editor for programmers and web developers

    Best for: Programmers and web developers wanting a fast desktop editor for websites, scripts and code.

  • Ranked 38

    20.1 — BenchRank score out of 100

    KDevelop

    KDevelop · Cross-platform IDE for C, C++, Python, QML/JavaScript and PHP

    Best for: C and C++ developers on Linux, Windows or macOS working across several linked projects at once

  • Ranked 39

    18.9 — BenchRank score out of 100

    Xcode

    Xcode · Development, testing and distribution tools for Apple platforms

    Best for: Developers on a Mac building, testing and shipping apps for Apple platforms.

  • Ranked 40

    18.5 — BenchRank score out of 100

    JSFiddle

    jsFiddle · Browser playground for HTML, CSS and JavaScript

    Best for: Front-end developers testing HTML, CSS and JavaScript snippets in the browser without local setup.

  • Ranked 41

    14.4 — BenchRank score out of 100

    MonoDevelop

    MonoDevelop · Cross-platform IDE for C#, F# and other .NET languages

    Best for: Developers writing C# and other .NET desktop or web apps across Linux, Windows and macOS

  • Ranked 42

    14.3 — BenchRank score out of 100

    TextMate

    TextMate · Open source text editor for macOS

    Best for: macOS developers who want a customisable editor built around bundles, snippets and shell commands

  • Ranked 43

    12.3 — BenchRank score out of 100

    SWE-agent

    SWE-agent · Language-model agent that fixes GitHub issues autonomously

    Best for: Researchers and engineers wanting a configurable LM agent to fix GitHub issues autonomously

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