# Alternatives to Muse Code > Source: https://theagentsindex.com/muse-code/alternatives (current datasheets, evidence-ranked) Candidates share the baseline category or are previously researched peers. Requirements, preserved strengths, explicit trade-offs and research coverage decide the order; paid tier does not. ## Shortlist ### 1. Devin Cloud AI software engineer that takes a ticket, works in its own VM, and opens a pull request. **Research coverage:** 35/35 criteria **Where it improves on Muse Code:** - [Reviews code: yes — Devin Review reviews pull requests anyone authored, reorganising and explaining large diffs in the Devin webapp.](https://docs.devin.ai/work-with-devin/devin-review) - [Whole-codebase work: yes — Migrations spanning many files, modules or whole repositories are the stated use for fanning work out to parallel sessions.](https://docs.devin.ai/work-with-devin/advanced-capabilities) - [Claude: yes — Anthropic models are selectable in Devin CLI, where opus and sonnet resolve to the latest in each family.](https://docs.devin.ai/cli/models) **Trade-offs against Muse Code:** - [Opt out of training: partial — Training is on by default and the opt-out is paid-plans-only; opting out also enables Zero Data Retention with the model providers.](https://docs.devin.ai/admin/security) [View Devin](https://theagentsindex.com/devin) ### 2. Codex CLI OpenAI's terminal coding agent for inspecting, editing and running repository code from the shell. **Research coverage:** 35/35 criteria **Where it improves on Muse Code:** - [Reviews code: yes — /review runs a dedicated reviewer over a diff, commit or branch without editing the tree.](https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/codex/cli) - [GPT: yes — GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra and Luna are all marked available in Codex CLI, selected with --model.](https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/models) - [Open models: yes — --oss runs Codex against a local Ollama or LM Studio provider.](https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/config-file/config-advanced) **Trade-offs against Muse Code:** - [Pooled budget: partial — Credit-based workspace agreements draw from one shared pool; individual plans have per-user rate limits instead.](https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/enterprise/chatgpt-work-usage-and-cost) - [Opt out of training: partial — Business, Enterprise and API-key usage are not trained on by default; the same matrix marks Plus and Pro unavailable.](https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/pricing) [View Codex CLI](https://theagentsindex.com/codex-cli) ### 3. Cline Open-source coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains, the terminal and CI, running on whichever model you bring. **Research coverage:** 34/35 criteria **Where it improves on Muse Code:** - [Reviews code: yes — It reviews diffs someone else wrote, either interactively on files and pull requests or unattended in GitHub Actions posting a review comment.](https://cline.bot/faq) - [Whole-codebase work: yes — Repository-wide migrations are a stated use case, though the vendor is explicit that it never indexes a repo and instead uses partial-file analysis and summarisation.](https://cline.bot/) - [Claude: yes — Claude is supported and is the vendor's recommended coding model, reachable through Cline's own billing, through Anthropic directly, or via Bedrock and Vertex.](https://cline.bot/) **Trade-offs against Muse Code:** - [Pooled budget: partial — Organisation members draw on providers and billing configured centrally by an admin, and spend is reported per team and per member, but no per-seat budget cap is documented.](https://docs.cline.bot/enterprise-solutions/configuration/remote-configuration/overview) - [Opt out of training: partial — Cline states it never trains on your code, and BYOK keeps requests out of its infrastructure entirely, but its privacy notice puts training on whichever model provider you choose and their opt-out.](https://cline.bot/faq) [View Cline](https://theagentsindex.com/cline) ### 4. OpenHands Open-source software engineering agent with GUI, CLI, SDK and an enterprise control plane. **Research coverage:** 34/35 criteria **Where it improves on Muse Code:** - [Reviews code: yes — A dedicated PR review workflow reads someone else's diff and posts inline comments on the pull request within minutes.](https://docs.openhands.dev/openhands/usage/use-cases/code-review.md) - [Done-for-you service: partial — Software you run yourself, but the vendor also sells advisory and implementation engagements that deploy agents alongside your team.](https://www.openhands.dev/services) - [Claude: yes — Claude Sonnet, Opus and Haiku are all sold through the vendor's own LLM proxy, and can equally be reached with your own Anthropic key.](https://docs.openhands.dev/openhands/usage/llms/openhands-llms.md) **Trade-offs against Muse Code:** - [Multi-agent: partial — A parent agent can delegate to sub-agents, but the documented TaskToolSet runs them sequentially and blocks, so it is delegation rather than parallel coordination.](https://docs.openhands.dev/sdk/guides/task-tool-set.md) - [Opt out of training: partial — Running it locally or self-hosted keeps code out of vendor hands entirely, but the cloud privacy policy reserves model training on your content with no opt-out published.](https://www.openhands.dev/privacy) [View OpenHands](https://theagentsindex.com/openhands) ### 5. Kilo Code Open source AI coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains, CLI and cloud, with 500+ models at provider rates. **Research coverage:** 35/35 criteria **Where it improves on Muse Code:** - [Reviews code: yes — Kilo Code Reviewer analyses pull requests and comments in the PR.](https://kilo.ai/code-reviewer) - [Whole-codebase work: yes — Indexes the repository and runs multi-step repo-wide work such as migrations.](https://kilo.ai/) - [Claude: yes — Claude models are in the hosted catalogue and available via an Anthropic BYOK key.](https://kilo.ai/) **Trade-offs against Muse Code:** - [Agent permissions: partial — Auto-approve exists, but the OS-level sandbox that bounds it is experimental and Linux/macOS only.](https://kilo.ai/enterprise) - [API access: partial — Cloud Agent sessions can be launched by HTTP webhook and usage data has documented OpenAPI endpoints; no public API for driving the agent itself is documented.](https://kilo.ai/cloud) - [Admin controls: partial — Teams gets data-privacy controls on models and providers; allowlists, RBAC and policy enforcement are Enterprise.](https://kilo.ai/enterprise) [View Kilo Code](https://theagentsindex.com/kilo-code) ### 6. Augment Code Cosmos platform running fleets of coding agents across the SDLC, plus Auggie CLI and IDE extensions. **Research coverage:** 35/35 criteria **Where it improves on Muse Code:** - [Reviews code: yes — Deep Reviewer, Pair Reviewer and Risk Analyzer experts review pull requests and post inline findings.](https://docs.augmentcode.com/cosmos/experts-templates) - [Whole-codebase work: yes — Published workflows cover module-by-module legacy migration and epic decomposition across repositories.](https://www.augmentcode.com/workflows) - [Claude: yes — Claude Opus, Sonnet, Haiku and Fable families are all selectable.](https://docs.augmentcode.com/models/available-models) **Trade-offs against Muse Code:** - [Free tier: partial — No free plan is published; pricing lists only Business at $100/month and Enterprise. Business is self-serve, though, and trials are referenced.](https://www.augmentcode.com/pricing) - [API access: partial — Auggie TypeScript/Python SDKs drive the agent from your own code; the Analytics API is Enterprise-only preview.](https://docs.augmentcode.com/cli/sdk) - [Opt out of training: partial — Paid plans exclude AI training on your data, but the Community terms grant Augment the right to train on Customer Code.](https://www.augmentcode.com/pricing) [View Augment Code](https://theagentsindex.com/augment-code) ## Method Unknown data is never treated as a benefit or a trade-off. Featured placement is labelled but cannot alter recommendation order.