What's the best free AI coding assistant available?

Question

I&rsquo;m not a programmer, but I understand how code works conceptually. I rely on AI coding assistants to help me build projects, but I&rsquo;ve run into a common problem: most good ones are paid or have very limited free tiers.For example, I used Augment Code (1,000 free daily requests) and Kiro IDE (200 free daily requests), but both eventually moved behind paywalls.I&rsquo;m hoping to find recommendations for new or still-free AI coding assistants that I can use without hitting strict limits.Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

supermanonipad · Accepted Answer

I forgot to add, it has to be a cloud provider I can't run anything locally I have very limited PC resources. Thank you again.

roscas · Answer

Ollama + qwen3-coder:30b

incomingpain · Answer

https://openrouter.ai/rankings#appsPretty good way to gauge the best ai tools.No surprise seeing kilo, roo, and cline at the top.opencode, aider, crush, qwen code, and openhands are some other top options.