Top Open-Source (Self-Hostable) Coding Agents (2026)
Want to keep your code, prompts, and model choice under your own control? Then a self-hosted open-source coding agent is the path. These run on your machine, in Docker, or on servers you own. Most work with any model, even local or open-weight ones. This list covers the projects developers self-host today.
An MIT-licensed control center for coding agents that you host yourself. It runs on your machine, in Docker, or in a VM. It works with any LLM.
- License:
- MIT
- Runs:
- Local / Docker / VM
An Apache-2.0 pair-programmer for the terminal. It works with git. It works with any LLM, including local models.
- License:
- Apache-2.0
- Runs:
- Terminal, local
An Apache-2.0 coding agent for the IDE and terminal. It supports MCP.
- License:
- Apache-2.0
- Runs:
- IDE + terminal
An MIT-licensed terminal coding agent. It works with many model providers.
- License:
- MIT
- Runs:
- Terminal
An Apache-2.0 agent from Block that runs on your machine and handles broad tasks. It has a CLI, a desktop app, and MCP extensions.
- License:
- Apache-2.0
- Runs:
- Terminal + desktop, local
Reviewed quarterly. License and self-host facts are stable and easy to check. This list records those and leaves out stars and benchmark scores. Each row carries the date it was last checked against the repo.
Common questions
- What is a self-hostable coding agent?
- An open-source coding agent you run yourself, on your own machine or servers, rather than as a hosted service. Your code and prompts stay under your control. You also choose the model, even a local or open-weight one.
- Do open-source coding agents work with local models?
- Many do. Aider connects to almost any LLM, including local models. OpenHands works with any LLM. Check each project's provider settings for the current options.