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Three Open-Source Coding Agents Out of China

Three open source coding agents out of China that run in your terminal, what each one actually costs in August 2026, and the one claim from the video that has since stopped being true.

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All three of these are real, open source, and installable in one line. Two of them have a genuine free tier today. The third does not any more, and most articles written about it still say it does.

Pricing and free tiers on Chinese AI products have been moving month to month, so check the vendor page on the day you install rather than trusting any article, including this one.

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