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Stele alternatives

3 mutual alternatives and 3 other related tools for Stele, ordered by editorial similarity. See all tools on the alternatives hub.

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Mutual alternatives (both tools list each other)

claude-mem

Agents · Model-agnostic — works with the models used by the connected agent (Claude, GPT, Gemini, etc.) via MCP

Keeps decisions, discoveries, and fixes from work ready for the next session, machine, and tool.

Freemium· Open source claude-mem: Free; CMEM Pro: $30/month; Heavy: $70/month; CMEM Max: $100/monthSearching for past decisions, discoveries, and fixesPicking up work on another machine

AgentMemory

Agents · Multi-model (Claude, Gemini, MiniMax, OpenRouter)

Open-source persistent memory runtime for AI coding agents, with hybrid retrieval and zero external dependencies.

Free· Free, open-source (Apache 2.0); bring your own LLM API keyagent-memorycoding-agents

OpenHands

Agents · Multi-model (Claude, Gemini, GPT/Codex)

OpenHands is an AI agent platform for software development that executes real engineering work.

Freemium· Free tier · from $500/moIssue triage and draft PR creationDocumentation and codebase map updates

Also related

Stele lists these as alternatives, but they do not list Stele back.

gpt-engineer

Agents · OpenAI GPT (default), Anthropic Claude, Azure OpenAI, and open-weights models like WizardCoder via configuration

Describe software in natural language, watch an AI agent write, run, and improve it.

Free· Free and open source under MIT license. Users pay only for the underlying LLM API calls (OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure OpenAI) or run local models at zero token cost.Greenfield script and prototype generationSmall single-file utility creation from a spec

Archon

Agents · Multi-model (Claude Code, Codex, others)

Archon is a command layer for dispatching AI coding agents from a terminal, Slack, or GitHub comments.

Free· Free and open source; bring your own model API keysparallel-coding-agentsworkflow-orchestration

AionUi

Agents · Model-agnostic: routes to Claude, GPT-4/5, Gemini, DeepSeek, Qwen, Kimi, plus local Ollama and LM Studio runtimes and any OpenAI-compatible endpoint.

Open-source desktop cowork app that unifies 20+ AI coding agents and CLI models in a single graphical workspace.

Free· Free and open-source under Apache-2.0. You bring your own API keys (Gemini, Claude, OpenAI, Qwen, DeepSeek, etc.) and pay each provider directly, or run local models via Ollama or LM Studio at zero token cost.Unified control panel for multiple CLI coding agentsLocal-first AI chat with private SQLite history