Alternatives#
The AI-assisted development space is rapidly evolving, with many projects emerging and rapidly improving. Here, we’ll provide an overview of gptme and some similar projects that might be good alternatives (or vice versa) for your use case, highlighting their key features to help you understand the landscape.
When selecting an AI-assisted development tool, consider the following factors:
Your preferred working environment (terminal, IDE, etc.)
The specific tasks you need assistance with
Integration with your existing workflow
The level of control and customization you require
Each of these projects has its own strengths and may be better suited for different use cases. We encourage you to explore them and find the one that best fits your needs.
If your answers to these questions are “terminal”, “general-purpose/coding”, “extensible”, and “highly customizable”, gptme might be the right choice for you.
Remember that the AI-assisted development space is rapidly evolving, and these tools are continuously improving and adding new features. Always check the latest documentation and releases for the most up-to-date information.
Let’s start with the comparison, we will first show an overview comparison and then dig deeper into each alternative.
Comparison#
While we obviously like gptme, there are other great projects in the AI-assisted development space that provide similar but different capabilities, which be more what you are looking for.
Here we will briefly introduce some we like, along with their key features.
Type |
Focus |
Price |
Open Source |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
gptme |
CLI |
General purpose |
Free |
✅ |
Open Interpreter |
CLI |
General purpose |
Free |
✅ |
Aider |
CLI |
Coding |
Free |
✅ |
Moatless Tools |
CLI |
Coding |
Free |
✅ |
Lovable.dev |
Web app |
Frontend |
Credits |
❌ |
Cursor |
IDE fork |
Coding |
$20/mo |
❌ |
Claude Desktop |
Desktop app |
General purpose |
$20/mo |
❌ |
Claude Projects |
Web app |
Chat with files |
$20/mo |
❌ |
Projects#
To begin, lets first introduce gptme and then we will compare it to some of the other projects in the space.
gptme#
gptme is a personal AI assistant that runs in your terminal, designed to assist with various programming tasks and knowledge work.
Key features:
Runs in the terminal
Can execute shell commands and Python code
Ability to read, write, and patch files
Web browsing capabilities
Vision support for images and screenshots
Self-correcting behavior
Support for multiple LLM providers
Extensible tool system
Highly customizable, aims to be simple to modify
Aider#
Aider is AI pair programming in your terminal.
Key features:
Git integration
Code editing capabilities
Conversation history
Customizable prompts
Scores highly on SWE-Bench
Differences to gptme:
gptme is less git-commit focused
gptme is more general-purpose?
gptme has wider array of tools?
Moatless Tools#
Moatless Tools is an impressive AI coding agent that has performed really well on SWE-Bench.
Key features:
Various specialized tools for different tasks
Integration with popular development environments
Focus on specific development workflows
Scores highly on SWE-Bench
Lovable.dev#
lovable.dev (previously GPT Engineer) lets you build webapps fast by just prompting.
Key features:
Builds frontends with ease, just by prompting
LLM-powered no-code editor for frontends
Git/GitHub integration, ability to import projects
Differences to gptme:
gptme is terminal-only (for now)
gptme is much more general-purpose
gptme is far from low/no-code
gptme is far from as good at building frontends
gptme is not no-code, you still need to select your context yourself
Disclaimer: gptme author has worked on this project too.
Cursor#
If you are a VSCode user who doesn’t mind using a fork, this seems to be it.
Differences to gptme:
gptme is in-terminal instead of in-vscode-fork
gptme is extensible with tools, more general-purpose
Claude Desktop#
Claude Desktop is…
Claude Projects#
Claude projects let users upload their files and chat with them. It requires a Claude subscription.
ChatGPT Code Interpreter#
This was one of the early inspirations for gptme, a local-first alternative to ChatGPT’s Code Interpreter, giving the LLM access to your terminal and local files.
There’s not much to compare here anymore, as gptme has evolved a lot since then (while Code Interpreter hasn’t), but it’s worth mentioning as it was one of the first projects in this space.