Coding Agents
AI pair programmers and autonomous software agents.
5 projects · catalog last checked 2026-10-20. "Highlight" is editorial; status, commit and release come from the weekly evidence refresh.
Comparison
| Project | What it does | Highlight (editorial) | Deployment | Hardware | Licence | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenHands | Autonomous software-engineering agent | Web / headless | local | cpu-ok | MIT | active |
| Continue | IDE assistant for VS Code and JetBrains | IDE extension | local | cpu-ok | Apache-2.0 | active |
| Aider | Terminal pair programmer working on git repos | CLI | local | cpu-ok | Apache-2.0 | active |
| OpenCode | Terminal coding agent | TUI | local | cpu-ok | MIT | active |
| Cline | Autonomous coding agent in VS Code | IDE extension | local | cpu-ok | Apache-2.0 | active |
Quick start
pip install aider-chat
aider --openai-api-base http://localhost:4000/v1 --model openai/llama3.2
Project details
OpenHands
Autonomous software-engineering agent
| Upstream repository | OpenHands on GitHub |
| Setup docs | OpenHands setup guide |
| Licence | MIT · licence evidence · checked 2026-10-20 |
| Licence detected by GitHub | MIT |
| Repository state | active |
| Licence review reason | – |
| Last lookup | ok |
| Last commit | 2026-10-20 |
| Latest release | v1.28.1 (2026-10-19) |
| Deployment | local |
| Hardware | cpu-ok |
| Languages | Python |
| Evidence collected | 2026-10-20 |
Continue
IDE assistant for VS Code and JetBrains
| Upstream repository | Continue on GitHub |
| Setup docs | Continue setup guide |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 · licence evidence · checked 2026-10-20 |
| Licence detected by GitHub | Apache-2.0 |
| Repository state | active |
| Licence review reason | – |
| Last lookup | ok |
| Last commit | 2026-07-21 |
| Latest release | v2.0.0-vscode (2026-06-19) |
| Deployment | local |
| Hardware | cpu-ok |
| Languages | TypeScript |
| Evidence collected | 2026-10-20 |
Aider
Terminal pair programmer working on git repos
| Upstream repository | Aider on GitHub |
| Setup docs | Aider setup guide |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 · licence evidence · checked 2026-10-20 |
| Licence detected by GitHub | Apache-2.0 |
| Repository state | active |
| Licence review reason | – |
| Last lookup | ok |
| Last commit | 2026-05-22 |
| Latest release | v0.86.0 (2025-08-09) |
| Deployment | local |
| Hardware | cpu-ok |
| Languages | Python |
| Evidence collected | 2026-10-20 |
OpenCode
Terminal coding agent
| Upstream repository | OpenCode on GitHub |
| Setup docs | OpenCode setup guide |
| Licence | MIT · licence evidence · checked 2026-10-20 |
| Licence detected by GitHub | MIT |
| Repository state | active |
| Licence review reason | – |
| Last lookup | ok |
| Last commit | 2026-10-20 |
| Latest release | v1.19.3 (2026-10-16) |
| Deployment | local |
| Hardware | cpu-ok |
| Languages | TypeScript |
| Evidence collected | 2026-10-20 |
Cline
Autonomous coding agent in VS Code
| Upstream repository | Cline on GitHub |
| Setup docs | Cline setup guide |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 · licence evidence · checked 2026-10-20 |
| Licence detected by GitHub | Apache-2.0 |
| Repository state | active |
| Licence review reason | – |
| Last lookup | ok |
| Last commit | 2026-10-20 |
| Latest release | desktop-v0.0.48 (2026-10-17) |
| Deployment | local |
| Hardware | cpu-ok |
| Languages | TypeScript |
| Evidence collected | 2026-10-20 |