Open-source alternatives to paid AI tools

SkipTheSub / Claude Code

Open-source alternatives to Claude Code

Monthly price for Claude Code: Included in Claude Pro, $20/mo (as reported 29 Sep 2026) (source) . Below: 2 open-source alternatives.

anomalyco/opencode

What it can do

The open source coding agent. (GitHub project description) source

What it can't do

TBD

Minimum hardware

TBD

Setup difficulty

2/5 — Single documented command (docker run / pip / npm / brew install) source

Freshness

Stars
214,254
Last push
2026-10-16
Latest release
v1.19.3

Running cost (per month, roughly)

VPS: TBD — minimum RAM not verified

Local electricity: $ —/mo watts / 1000 × hours/day × 30 × 0.1831 $/kWh source

Fetched 2026-10-16 from the GitHub API.

Open on GitHub

Aider-AI/aider

What it can do

aider is AI pair programming in your terminal. (GitHub project description) source

What it can't do

TBD

Minimum hardware

TBD

Setup difficulty

2/5 — Single documented command (docker run / pip / npm / brew install) source

Freshness

Stars
49,584
Last push
2026-05-22
Latest release
v0.86.0

Running cost (per month, roughly)

VPS: TBD — minimum RAM not verified

Local electricity: $ —/mo watts / 1000 × hours/day × 30 × 0.1831 $/kWh source

Fetched 2026-10-16 from the GitHub API.

Open on GitHub

List this page

Listed on SkipTheSub Paste this into your project's README to link back here: