Alternatives to Factory
8 Code & DevTools tools you could use instead. Each one shares a way to connect with Factory and overlaps on what it does. Strongest match first.
Factoryby FactoryCLI · MCPAlternatives
Codex CLI
CLI · MCPRuns a coding agent locally in the terminal, editing files and executing commands inside an OS sandbox with…
VerifiedOfficialFeaturedby OpenAI · Code & DevTools, Orchestration · 5 skills · OAuth 2.0Why Both offer CLI and MCP. In common: headless exec, terminal, coding.
Codewhale
CLIRuns a terminal coding agent with plan and work modes, approval levels, durable goals, agent teams, and MCP, using…
Verifiedby Codewhale · Code & DevTools · 5 skills · No authWhy Both offer CLI. In common: headless exec, terminal, coding.
MiniMax Code
CLIRuns MiniMax's open-source coding agent in the terminal for developers, with an interactive TUI, headless mcode exec…
VerifiedOfficialby MiniMax AI · Code & DevTools · 5 skills · OAuth 2.0Why Both offer CLI. In common: headless exec, terminal, coding.
Kiro
CLITurns prompts into specs, designs, and task lists, then implements them for developers in Kiro's agentic IDE or CLI…
VerifiedOfficialby Kiro (AWS) · Code & DevTools, Autonomous Agents · 5 skills · OAuth 2.0Why Both offer CLI. In common: headless ci, coding.
Google Antigravity
CLIBuilds and runs coding agents for developers across a desktop agent manager, an agentic IDE, a terminal CLI, and a…
VerifiedOfficialby Google · Code & DevTools, Autonomous Agents · 5 skills · OAuth 2.0Why Both offer CLI. In common: custom, terminal, coding.
Mistral Vibe
CLIWrites, tests, and refactors code from the terminal or ACP editors, and runs long work tasks over connected tools, for…
VerifiedOfficialby Mistral AI · Code & DevTools, Autonomous Agents · 5 skills · API KeyWhy Both offer CLI. In common: custom, terminal, coding.
Qwen Code
CLI · APIRuns an open-source coding agent in the terminal with subagents, agent teams, hooks, skills, plan mode and MCP…
VerifiedOfficialby Alibaba Qwen · Code & DevTools, Orchestration · 5 skills · API KeyWhy Both offer CLI. In common: headless, terminal, coding.
IBM Bob
CLIAssists enterprise developers with an agentic IDE and the Bob Shell CLI that plan, write, refactor and document code…
VerifiedOfficialby IBM · Code & DevTools, Autonomous Agents · 4 skills · OAuth 2.0Why Both offer CLI. In common: ci, enterprise, coding.