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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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  1. Cursor logo

    Cursor

    Free plan

    AI-first code editor forked from VS Code, with Tab autocomplete, multi-file Agent mode, Composer, and background agents running on Claude, GPT, or Gemini.

  2. GitHub Copilot logo

    GitHub Copilot

    Free plan

    GitHub's AI pair programmer for code completion, chat, PR review, and an autonomous coding agent, built into VS Code, JetBrains, Visual Studio, and more.

  3. Lovable logo

    Lovable

    Free plan

    AI 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.

  4. Windsurf logo

    Windsurf

    Free

    Cognition AI's agentic IDE (formerly Codeium), built on VS Code, with the Cascade agent handling codebase-wide reasoning and multi-file edits.

  5. Replit Agent logo

    Replit Agent

    Free plan

    Replit'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.

  6. v0.dev logo

    v0.dev

    Free plan

    Vercel'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 plan

    No-code platform that turns plain-language prompts into full-stack apps, websites, and AI agents. Acquired by Wix for about $80 million in 2025.

  8. Dyad logo

    Dyad

    Free plan Open source

    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.