Freebuff (formerly Codebuff) shipped an update

Freebuff, the coding-agent project formerly known as Codebuff, shipped an update and now offers a free, ad-supported family of coding and research agents for the terminal, desktop, browser and GitHub with no subscription, credits or API key required. The TypeScript project has 13k stars on GitHub and was last updated in September 2026, with text ads paying for access to the included models. Freebuff's listing compares it against 49 alternatives, including OpenCode at 210k stars, gemini-cli at 107k, Zed at 91k, OpenHands at 89k and Cline at 69k.

Freebuff formerly Codebuff A free, ad-supported family of coding agents for the terminal, desktop, browser and GitHub, built on Codebuff. Sources and review Checked against public documentation on . Suitability guidance is our editorial judgment; this is not a performance benchmark or an endorsement. Trying capable coding agents without a subscription or your own API keys. You don't want ads in your tools; the free model access is ad-supported. About Freebuff formerly Codebuff Freebuff, the successor to Codebuff, offers coding and research agents with a choice of leading models and no subscription, credits or API key: a CLI for the terminal, a desktop app for running parallel agents, a web builder for full-stack apps, a cloud agent for GitHub repositories and a chat product. Text ads pay for access to the included models. Freebuff formerly Codebuff is a project written primarily in TypeScript, with 13k stars on GitHub. It was last updated in September 2026. npm install -g freebuff Make your product part of the discovery. Explore advertising Freebuff formerly Codebuff vs. the alternatives All 49 alternatives → https://agentsearchengine.app/alternatives/freebuff | Record | Stars | Pricing | | | |---|---|---|---|---| | Freebuff formerly Codebuff this listing | 13k | TypeScript | Apache-2.0 | Free | | OpenCode https://agentsearchengine.app/agents/opencode | 210k | — | MIT | Open source | | gemini-cli https://agentsearchengine.app/agents/gemini-cli | 107k | TypeScript | Apache-2.0 | Open source | | Zed https://agentsearchengine.app/agents/zed | 91k | Rust | GPL-3.0-or-later | Open source | | OpenHands https://agentsearchengine.app/agents/openhands | 89k | — | MIT | Open source | | Cline https://agentsearchengine.app/agents/cline | 69k | — | Apache-2.0 | Open source | See all 49 Freebuff formerly Codebuff alternatives, compared → https://agentsearchengine.app/alternatives/freebuff