SWE-agent alternatives
6 agents tools in the same lane as SWE-agent, ranked by editorial score.
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mini-SWE-agent
Agents · Multi-model (via litellm, OpenRouter, Portkey)
7.2
A 100-line open-source coding agent that scores 74%+ on SWE-bench Verified.
Free· Free and open source (Apache 2.0); you pay only for the underlying LLM tokens.swe-bench-evaluationautonomous-coding
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OpenHands
Agents · Multi-model (Claude, Gemini, GPT/Codex)
8.0
Open-source autonomous coding agent that plans, edits, and ships changes across real codebases.
Freemium· Open Source: Free · Individual: Free · Enterprise: Custom pricingautonomous-codingpr-review
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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
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AgenticSeek
Agents · Bring-your-own local LLM (Ollama / llama.cpp compatible)
7.0
Open-source local-first AI agent that browses the web, writes code, and runs tasks without sending anything to the cloud.
Free· Free and open source; optional SerpApi key for enhanced searchlocal-ai-agentautonomous-web-browsing
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Archon
Agents · Multi-model (Claude Code, Codex, others)
7.0
Open-source orchestration layer for running multiple AI coding agents in parallel git worktrees.
Free· Free and open source; bring your own model API keysparallel-coding-agentsworkflow-orchestration
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Vigla
Agents · Model-agnostic (delegates to the underlying agent's LLM: Claude, GPT, etc.)
Open-source mission control for AI coding agents
Free· Free and open source under Apache-2.0. No paid tiers; users build from source.Supervising multiple AI coding agents in parallelPre-merge audit of agent-generated diffs