Claude Code
Anthropic's agentic coding tool for the terminal, included with Claude Pro and Max subscriptions.
Pricing FreemiumPaid from $20 a month (Claude Pro, monthly) or $17 a month billed annuallyOpen source noStars 150knpm a week 15M
Supermaven alternatives
11 tools you can use instead of Supermaven, ranked by live GitHub stars and npm downloads. Claude Code, Open Interpreter and GPT Engineer are the most used. Stats updated 5 hours ago.
GitHub Copilot is the closest alternative for code completion, with 2,000 completions a month on its free tier. Tabnine also focuses on completion, and JetBrains AI is built into JetBrains IDEs.
When Supermaven is not a good fit
Supermaven is an AI code completion plugin known for very fast, low-latency suggestions and a large context window for understanding big codebases. Anysphere, the company behind the Cursor editor, acquired Supermaven in November 2024. As of September 2026 the Supermaven plugin is still available and maintained as a standalone product, though Cursor is Anysphere's main focus. Plans run from a free tier to Pro and Team at $10 a month per user.
It is a weaker choice for:
- Teams wanting the most actively developed product from Anysphere, since new investment is focused on Cursor rather than the standalone Supermaven plugin
- Users who want a full AI-native editor with agent mode rather than a completion plugin for an existing editor
- Anyone concerned about a product's long-term roadmap given it's a secondary product inside its parent company
The alternatives
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Open Interpreter
Open source coding agent for running code locally with low-cost and open-weight AI models.
Pricing Open sourceOpen source yesStars 68.5k
GPT Engineer
Early open source tool for generating an entire codebase from a natural-language prompt.
Pricing Open sourceOpen source yesStars 55.1k
Aider
Open source AI pair programming tool that runs in the terminal and edits your codebase with git commits.
Pricing Open sourceOpen source yesStars 49.4k
smol-developer
Early open source, single-file AI agent for scaffolding a small application from a prompt.
Pricing Open sourceOpen source yesStars 12.2k
Amazon Q Developer
AWS's AI coding and cloud assistant, successor to Amazon CodeWhisperer, with a free and $19 a month Pro tier.
Pricing FreemiumPaid from $19 per user a month (Pro tier)Open source no
Cody
Sourcegraph's AI coding assistant, built on large-scale code search across an entire codebase.
Pricing PaidPaid from $16,000 minimum annual contract (Enterprise)Open source no
GitHub Copilot
GitHub's AI pair programmer, with code completions, chat and coding agents in the editor.
Pricing FreemiumPaid from $10 a month for Copilot ProOpen source no
Google Antigravity
Google's agentic development platform for building with AI agents, free for individual developers.
Pricing FreePaid from Contact Google for Enterprise pricingOpen source no
JetBrains AI
AI coding assistant built into JetBrains IDEs, priced through a monthly AI Credit system.
Pricing FreemiumPaid from $10 a month (AI Pro, 10 AI Credits per 30 days)Open source no
Tabnine
AI code completion tool, acquired by Tricentis in 2026 to power enterprise AI testing agents.
Pricing FreemiumPaid from Contact Tabnine or Tricentis for current pricingOpen source no
Supermaven and its alternatives, side by side
| Tool | Pricing | Free plan | Paid from | Open source | GitHub stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supermaven | Freemium | Yes: fast code suggestions, large codebase support, 7-day data retention | $10 a month for the Pro plan | No | None |
| Claude Code | Freemium | No standalone free tier; included with paid Claude Pro and Max subscriptions | $20 a month (Claude Pro, monthly) or $17 a month billed annually | No | 150k |
| Open Interpreter | Open source | Yes, fully free and open source | Not listed | Yes, AGPL-3.0 | 68.5k |
| GPT Engineer | Open source | Yes, fully free and open source | Not listed | Yes, MIT | 55.1k |
| Aider | Open source | Yes, Aider itself is free; you pay your chosen LLM provider directly for API usage | Not listed | Yes, Apache-2.0 | 49.4k |
| smol-developer | Open source | Yes, fully free and open source | Not listed | Yes, MIT | 12.2k |
| Amazon Q Developer | Freemium | Yes: 50 agentic requests a month and 1,000 lines of code transformation a month | $19 per user a month (Pro tier) | No | None |
| Cody | Paid | A free trial is available; contact Sourcegraph for current details | $16,000 minimum annual contract (Enterprise) | No | None |
| GitHub Copilot | Freemium | Yes: 2,000 code completions and 50 chat requests a month, no AI credits included | $10 a month for Copilot Pro | No | None |
| Google Antigravity | Free | Yes, available at no charge for individual developers | Contact Google for Enterprise pricing | No | None |
| JetBrains AI | Freemium | Yes: AI Free tier includes 3 AI Credits per 30 days, no top-ups | $10 a month (AI Pro, 10 AI Credits per 30 days) | No | None |
| Tabnine | Freemium | Historically yes, with a free tier for individual developers; confirm current availability on Tabnine's site | Contact Tabnine or Tricentis for current pricing | No | None |
Pricing facts come from each tool's official pricing page, with the checked date on the tool's own page.
Questions
What is the most popular alternative to Supermaven?
By GitHub stars, Claude Code is the most used alternative to Supermaven listed on ScratchDB, with 150k stars.
Which Supermaven alternatives are open source?
Open Interpreter, GPT Engineer, Aider and smol-developer are open source.
Which Supermaven alternatives have a free plan?
Open Interpreter, GPT Engineer, Aider, smol-developer, Amazon Q Developer, GitHub Copilot, Google Antigravity and JetBrains AI have a free plan. The table on this page shows what each one includes.