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Work through coding tasks with an IDE or terminal agent.

What you can use it for

Work through coding tasks with an IDE or terminal agent.

  • Work through coding tasks with an IDE or terminal agent.
Workflow coverage and comparison notes

Local-model coding assistance instead of a Claude subscription or metered API; local hardware required, model quality varies. Work through coding tasks with an IDE or terminal agent. Also covers Codex’s local repository editing and coding-agent workflow; not its managed cloud tasks or hosted review service. For Cursor: Repository-aware chat, code editing and agent tasks through an editor extension using a compatible local model. Your own sufficiently capable hardware is required for free inference; hosted APIs can cost money. Not Cursor’s complete editor experience, Tab model, cloud agents or guaranteed model quality.

Before you switch

Agent actions need a model with tool support. Local inference requires setup; hosted services and external API calls can cost money.

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Each comparison covers the workflow described above, rather than every paid feature.