AI coding tool alternatives and comparisons
The AI coding market spent the last year churning: free tiers retired, subscriptions turned into meters, tools got acquired or shut down outright. Every post here exists because one of those changes stranded real developers, and "just pick another tool" is useless advice without specifics.
These are honest comparisons. Where a competitor is genuinely better for your situation, the post says so, including when that competitor is not us. Most include a feature-by-feature table, current pricing with the date we verified it, and a migration path if you decide to move.
If you want the short version first: the pricing page has a cost table comparing Bodega One Code against Cursor, Copilot, Devin Desktop, Tabnine, and Augment Code over one and three years.
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Cursor acquired Continue.dev: what happened and what it means
Cursor acqui-hired Continue.dev and shut the product down. The facts, the timeline, the July 15 export deadline, and what it means for open source.
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Best Windsurf alternatives in 2026
Windsurf moved to quota billing in March 2026, two months after Cognition acquired it. The Windsurf alternatives worth picking in 2026.
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Best Tabnine alternatives in 2026
Tabnine killed every individual plan by 2025, then Tricentis acquired it in July 2026. Six honest alternatives ranked by privacy, price, and air-gap.
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Best GitHub Copilot alternatives in 2026
GitHub Copilot trains on your code as of April 24, 2026. Here are the six alternatives worth considering, ranked by privacy, pricing, and control.
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Best Cursor alternatives in 2026
Cursor 3 demoted the IDE to a fallback. Its new plans meter third-party models on top. Six Cursor alternatives we'd actually recommend in 2026.
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GitHub Copilot vs Cursor vs Bodega One Code: honest pick
GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Bodega One Code take three different approaches to AI coding. Plugin vs fork vs standalone. Here is what matters.
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Roo Code is shutting down: where to go next
Roo Code announced its sunset on April 20 and archives on May 15. Five honest alternatives, including the one Roo itself recommends.
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The best Kilo Code alternatives in 2026 (and who should stay)
Kilo Code's free tier ended March 23. Kilo Pass runs $19-$199/mo plus a 5% fee and KiloClaw is being retired. Your best alternatives, by need.
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How to migrate from Tabnine to Bodega One Code
Tabnine killed its free tier, sunset its Dev plan in release 5.24.0, then Tricentis acquired it in July 2026. What that means if you are migrating.
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How to migrate from Windsurf to Bodega One Code
Windsurf changed hands twice in July 2025. The founding team is gone. Here's what migration to a local-first alternative actually looks like.
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Augment Code Is Sunsetting Completions: What to Do
Augment Code isn't shutting down, but it killed completions on non-Enterprise plans. Cheapest plan is $20/mo Standard. What changed, and 3 options.
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Continue.dev is winding down after the Cursor acquisition: where to go next
Continue.dev was acquired by Cursor and is no longer maintained. Three honest alternatives for developers who relied on it.
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OpenAI is cutting off Cursor. A tool you rent can be switched off.
OpenAI is cutting Cursor off from its models on Nov 12, weeks after SpaceX bought its parent. The fix: own your AI coding tools with BYOLLM.
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Google is retiring Gemini CLI on July 17. The terminal-agent wave, and owning your CLI
Google retires Gemini CLI on July 17 and moves devs to the cloud-only Antigravity CLI. The terminal-agent wave, and why owning your CLI matters.
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The 'IDEs are dead' debate is a misdirection.
Roo Code archived May 15. The founder said IDEs are not the future. Roomote's own homepage says the opposite. What the debate actually hides.
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Bodega One Code is the local-first AI IDE these guides are written around. Free for everyone in the open beta, commercial use included.