Best 49 IDE alternatives

8 tools that solve the same problem as 49 IDE, ranked by how they are performing in the directory.

1
Google Antigravity
antigravity.google
Experience liftoff with the next-gen agent platform
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2H
Hrdx
github.com
Yet another minimal and lightweight terminal multiplexer built for the agent era.
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3S
Shepherdr
github.com
A phone-friendly web interface for Herdr: monitor agents, receive notifications, open real terminals, and send files.
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- Design
4T
Terminal Browser
github.com
A browser inside your terminal.
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- Design
5
OverCLI
overcodelions.com
Desktop control plane for Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, Copilot, and Ollama, with credit-aware model routing.
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- Design
6C
Coder Eval
github.com
Test that your Claude Code skills, MCP servers, and CLIs actually work when an agent uses them — sandboxed YAML suites, activation checks, A/B experiments, CI…
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- Design
- Open source
7
Maxxwell
maxxwell.dev
Run your coding agents in one workspace.
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- Design
- Free
8H
Hydra Local
github.com
Open-source agentic terminal.
- Developer Tools
- Design
- Open source

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