Best Bolt.new alternatives
8 tools developers use instead of Bolt.new, ranked by popularity. 8 offer a free plan and 1 is open source. Updated October 2026.
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Cursor
Free planAI-first code editor forked from VS Code, with Tab autocomplete, multi-file Agent mode, Composer, and background agents running on Claude, GPT, or Gemini.
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GitHub Copilot
Free planGitHub's AI pair programmer for code completion, chat, PR review, and an autonomous coding agent, built into VS Code, JetBrains, Visual Studio, and more.
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Lovable
Free planAI app builder turning prompts, and hand-drawn sketches via Draw-to-Build, into full-stack web apps with built-in Supabase, Stripe, and file storage.
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Windsurf
FreeCognition AI's agentic IDE (formerly Codeium), built on VS Code, with the Cascade agent handling codebase-wide reasoning and multi-file edits.
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Replit Agent
Free planReplit's autonomous app-building agent that plans, writes, and deploys a full application from a prompt, provisioning its own database and hosting inside Replit's cloud IDE.
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v0.dev
Free planVercel's AI UI and app builder, rebranded from v0.dev to v0.app, with a Design Mode for visual editing, Figma import, and agentic full-stack generation.
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Base44
Free planNo-code platform that turns plain-language prompts into full-stack apps, websites, and AI agents. Acquired by Wix for about $80 million in 2025.
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Free, open-source AI app builder that runs locally and writes real Next.js code to disk, using your own API keys or fully offline models.