BYOAIK — Bring Your Own AI Key: a directory of AI tools that run on your own API key.

BYOK Coding Agents

AI coding assistants where you pay your model provider directly.

• OpenCode — Open-source, provider-agnostic AI coding agent built for the terminal.
• Cline — Open-source autonomous coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains, and CLI with bring-your-own-key model support.
• Aider — AI pair programming in your terminal, editing code in your local git repo.
• Zed — High-performance Rust code editor with a built-in AI agent that runs on your own provider API keys.
• OpenHands — Open-source autonomous AI software-engineering agent that runs on any LLM you supply.
• Crush — Glamourous terminal-native agentic coding agent that works with any LLM via your own API key.
• OpenAI Codex CLI — Open-source terminal coding agent that edits files and runs commands in a sandbox.
• Kilo Code — Open-source AI coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains, and CLI with zero-markup BYOK
• Tabby — Self-hosted, open-source AI coding assistant (Copilot alternative) you point at the models and providers you choose.
• Open Interpreter — Natural-language coding agent that runs code locally in your terminal using your own model key.
• CodeCompanion.nvim — AI coding assistant for Neovim, Vim style
• avante.nvim — Use your Neovim like Cursor AI IDE, with diff-reviewed AI code edits.