AI coding agents with a desktop app

7 of the agents we track ship a standalone desktop app (macOS/Windows), rather than living only in a browser tab or terminal. Looking for a terminal-based agent instead? See terminal & TUI agents.

ChatGPT

from Free

OpenAI's Codex coding agent: open-source CLI, desktop app, VS Code/Cursor/Windsurf extensions, and web, billed through ChatGPT plans.

FreemiumSingle vendor

Claude Code

from Free

Anthropic's coding agent: terminal, desktop app, VS Code/Cursor/JetBrains, and web.

SubscriptionSingle vendor

Cline

from $10/mo

Apache-2.0 open-source coding agent: VS Code, JetBrains, desktop app and CLI, any model via your own keys or the at-cost Cline provider.

Open sourceBYOK

Qwen Code

from $50/mo

Alibaba's Apache-2.0 coding agent: terminal CLI, desktop app, and VS Code/Zed/JetBrains plugins, on the Coding Plan or any OpenAI/Anthropic/Gemini-style API.

Open sourceBYOK

Antigravity

from Free

Google's agentic dev platform: standalone IDE, desktop command center, CLI, and extensions for existing editors.

Freemium

Devin

from Free

Cognition's autonomous coding agent: cloud-hosted embedded IDE, plus web, desktop and CLI surfaces.

Freemium

ZCode

from $18/mo

Z.ai's official desktop harness for GLM-5.3: multi-agent tasks with Goals, plus bot control from WeChat, Feishu or Telegram.

SubscriptionSingle vendor