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# Freebuff
> Code, build and deploy apps, and chat with AI for free. Work in your browser, desktop or terminal with Freebuff.
Freebuff lets you code, build and deploy apps, and chat with AI for free:
- **Freebuff Web** (https://freebuff.com/): Code, build and deploy apps, and chat with AI in your browser.
- **Freebuff Desktop** (https://freebuff.com/desktop): A coding workspace for macOS, Windows and Linux.
- **Freebuff CLI** (https://freebuff.com/cli): A coding agent for your terminal. Install with `npm install -g freebuff`, then run `freebuff` in your project.
- **Freebuff Chat** (https://freebuff.com/chat): Ask questions, write and explore ideas with free AI chat.
Free access is supported by ads. Paid plans (https://freebuff.com/plans) provide more time with AI models.
Freebuff is built by the Codebuff team (https://codebuff.com) on the same agent framework.
## Key pages
- [Home](https://freebuff.com/): Code, build and deploy apps, and chat with AI for free
- [Freebuff CLI](https://freebuff.com/cli): Install the free terminal coding agent
- [Freebuff Desktop](https://freebuff.com/desktop): Download Freebuff for macOS, Windows and Linux
- [Freebuff Chat](https://freebuff.com/chat): Free AI chat
- [Plans](https://freebuff.com/plans): Compare free and paid plans
- [Advertisers](https://freebuff.com/advertisers): Reach developers with ads on desktop, web and the terminal
- [Blog](https://freebuff.com/blog): Guides and comparisons ([RSS](https://freebuff.com/blog/rss.xml))
- [Privacy policy](https://freebuff.com/privacy-policy)
- [Terms of service](https://freebuff.com/terms-of-service)
- [Advertiser terms of service](https://freebuff.com/ads/terms): The terms that govern advertising on Freebuff, including the Advertising Policies
- [Advertiser data security overview](https://freebuff.com/ads/security): How the ads platform is hosted and secured, what advertisers do and do not receive about users, subprocessors, retention
## FAQ
### How can it be free?
Freebuff is supported by text ads.
### What models do you use?
Freebuff offers a curated choice of leading models. In full mode, the regular picker includes:
- MiMo 2.6 Flash: Balanced.
- GLM 5.3 Flash: Deep reasoning.
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: Smart & Fast. May use data for AI training.
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash Fast: Parallel agents. May use data for AI training.
- GPT-6 Luna: Strong all-around.
- MiMo 2.6 Pro: Strong reasoning.
- Solar Mini 4: Fast and light. May use data for AI training.
- Solar Pro 4: Upstage flagship. May use data for AI training.
- Gemini 3.8 Flash: 1M context.
- Muse Spark 1.3: Falls back when busy. May use data for AI training.
- Gemini 4 Argon: Google flagship.
- GPT-6.1 Sol: OpenAI flagship.
MiMo 2.6 Flash is the default on CLI, Desktop, Web, and Cloud. Available models depend on your app and access level; check your model picker for the current selection.
Referrals earn rewards. Where your app shows Freebucks, eligible rewards can be converted into wallet Freebucks; session-based apps show earned sessions. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite handles specialist tasks such as file finding and research.
### Which countries is Freebuff available in?
All countries. Freebuff runs in "full" or "limited" mode, and your free daily Freebucks depend on where you are. Full access covers US, CA, GB, AU, NZ, IE, NO, SE, DK, FI, NL, AT, LU, IS, DE, FR, ES, IT, PT, BE, CH, LI, MT and KR. Anywhere else, or over a VPN, Freebuff still works in limited mode. Your account settings show your own daily allowance.
### What is limited mode?
Limited mode lets you use Freebuff outside the full-access countries, or while using a VPN. Where your app shows Freebucks, the free limited-access allowance is 25 Freebucks a day, or 20 on a VPN or proxy, because we lose money on every VPN user. Limited-access subscriptions include 105 a day on Starter, 200 on Plus, or 350 on Pro, plus a monthly bonus. Check your picker for available models and prices.
Where your app shows session allowances instead, limited mode includes MiMo 2.6 Flash and GLM 5.3 Flash and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Solar Mini 4 and Solar Pro 4, with 6 one-hour sessions per day.
### How do Freebucks work?
Where your app shows a Freebucks balance, Freebucks buy one-hour model sessions. What a free account receives each day depends on where you are. Your account settings show your own daily allowance.
Daily Freebucks refill at midnight in your local timezone and unused daily Freebucks do not carry over. A subscription replaces that daily allowance with the plan's daily total and adds monthly bonus Freebucks to your wallet. Your wallet covers the part of a session today's allowance cannot cover. Any unused monthly bonus is replaced when the next month’s bonus is credited, so it does not add up across months. An upgrade keeps your current bonus and adds the new plan’s. Ending your subscription does not expire an existing bonus. Model prices and usage limits still apply. Check the plans page for the allowances available to your account.
### Does Freebuff collect my data?
Freebuff collects prompts, messages, code, files, repository data, and agent traces when you use features that need them. Depending on the model or feature, AI model providers may also process that data. See the Privacy Policy for the uses and limits that apply.
### What else is cool in Freebuff?
Freebuff comes with 9 specialized subagents:
- file-picker finds relevant files across your codebase
- code-reviewer gives critical feedback on your changes
- browser-use lets the AI control a real browser to test your app
- thinker does deep reasoning
- and more.
After every response, it generates 3 clickable follow-up suggestions so you always know what to do next.
For big tasks, try the commands /interview → /plan → (implement) → /review to go from idea to polished code.
## Featured articles
- [The free alternative to Lovable](https://freebuff.com/blog/free-lovable-dev-ai-app-builder-alternative-freebuff): Freebuff App Builder is the free alternative to Lovable. Build deployed full-stack apps from a single prompt, with auth, database, and hosting included — free.
- [The state of free AI coding in 2026](https://freebuff.com/blog/state-of-free-ai-coding-2026): A look at why every category of AI coding tool — from CLI agents to in-browser app builders — now has a free, frontier-quality option in 2026, and what that means for developers.
- [The free alternative to Claude Code](https://freebuff.com/blog/free-claude-code-cli-coding-agent-alternative-freebuff): Freebuff is a free alternative to Claude Code — a CLI coding agent with subagents, slash commands, and frontier models. No Claude Pro or Max subscription required.
- [Introducing Freebuff Web: free, instant full-stack apps](https://freebuff.com/blog/freebuff-web-launch): Freebuff Web is the free way to build full-stack apps from a single prompt — the free alternative to Lovable, Bolt.new, Replit Agent, and Emergent. Auth, database, and hosting included.
- [Introducing Freebuff: the free coding agent](https://freebuff.com/blog/freebuff-launch): Freebuff is a free CLI coding agent with frontier models, 9 specialized subagents, and zero setup. Install with one command and start shipping.
## More articles
- [Command Code alternative: a free terminal coding agent](https://freebuff.com/blog/free-command-code-cli-coding-agent-alternative-freebuff): Command Code vs Freebuff CLI: pricing, models, and how each handles your coding style. Command Code has no free plan; Freebuff is free and ad-supported.
- [Conductor alternatives: run parallel coding agents for free](https://freebuff.com/blog/free-conductor-parallel-coding-agents-alternative-freebuff): Conductor vs Freebuff Desktop: both run parallel coding agents in isolated git worktrees. Compare platforms, supported agents, and what each costs to run.
- [Claude Code bill climbing? Six ways to cut your AI coding costs](https://freebuff.com/blog/claude-code-bill-too-high-cut-ai-coding-costs): Claude Code starts at $20 a month and Max from $100. Six practical ways to cut AI coding costs, including a 30-minute test of a free agent before you renew.
- [The free alternative to Pi Coding Agent](https://freebuff.com/blog/free-pi-coding-agent-cli-alternative-freebuff): Freebuff is the free alternative to Pi Coding Agent. CLI coding agent with subagents, slash commands, and included models — $0/month.
- [The free alternative to GitHub Copilot CLI](https://freebuff.com/blog/free-github-copilot-cli-coding-agent-alternative-freebuff): Freebuff is the free alternative to GitHub Copilot CLI. CLI coding agent with subagents, slash commands, and included models — $0/month.
- [The free alternative to Anything](https://freebuff.com/blog/free-anything-com-ai-app-builder-alternative-freebuff): Freebuff App Builder is a free alternative to Anything. Build apps with AI, with sign-in, databases, and publishing built in. Free to start.
- [The free alternative to Aura](https://freebuff.com/blog/free-aura-build-ai-website-builder-alternative-freebuff): Freebuff App Builder is a free alternative to Aura. Build apps with AI, with sign-in, databases, and publishing built in. Free to start.
- [The free alternative to Canva Code](https://freebuff.com/blog/free-canva-code-ai-app-builder-alternative-freebuff): Freebuff App Builder is a free alternative to Canva Code. Build apps with AI, with sign-in, databases, and publishing built in. Free to start.
- [The free alternative to Cosmic.new](https://freebuff.com/blog/free-cosmic-new-ai-app-builder-alternative-freebuff): Freebuff App Builder is the free alternative to Cosmic.new. Build apps with AI, with sign-in, databases, and publishing built in. Free to start.
- [The free alternative to Figma Make](https://freebuff.com/blog/free-figma-make-ai-app-builder-alternative-freebuff): Freebuff App Builder is a free alternative to Figma Make. Build apps with AI, with sign-in, databases, and publishing built in. Free to start.
- [The free alternative to Mocha](https://freebuff.com/blog/free-getmocha-mocha-ai-app-builder-alternative-freebuff): Freebuff App Builder is a free alternative to Mocha. Build apps with AI, with sign-in, databases, and publishing built in. Free to start.
- [The free alternative to Google AI Studio](https://freebuff.com/blog/free-google-ai-studio-gemini-app-builder-alternative-freebuff): Freebuff App Builder is a free alternative to Google AI Studio. Build apps with AI, with sign-in, databases, and publishing built in. Free to start.
- [The free alternative to Macaly](https://freebuff.com/blog/free-macaly-ai-app-builder-alternative-freebuff): Freebuff App Builder is a free alternative to Macaly. Build apps with AI, with sign-in, databases, and publishing built in. Free to start.
- [The free alternative to Magic Patterns](https://freebuff.com/blog/free-magic-patterns-ai-ui-generator-alternative-freebuff): Freebuff App Builder is a free alternative to Magic Patterns. Build apps with AI, with sign-in, databases, and publishing built in. Free to start.
- [The free alternative to Orchids](https://freebuff.com/blog/free-orchids-ai-app-builder-alternative-freebuff): Freebuff App Builder is a free alternative to Orchids. Build apps with AI, with sign-in, databases, and publishing built in. Free to start.
- [The free alternative to Same.new](https://freebuff.com/blog/free-same-new-ai-app-builder-alternative-freebuff): Freebuff App Builder is the free alternative to Same.new. Build apps with AI, with sign-in, databases, and publishing built in. Free to start.
- [The free alternative to v0](https://freebuff.com/blog/free-v0-vercel-ai-app-builder-alternative-freebuff): Freebuff App Builder is a free alternative to v0. Build apps with AI, with sign-in, databases, and publishing built in. Free to start.
- [How one Antigravity CLI user saved $240 by switching to Freebuff CLI](https://freebuff.com/blog/save-240-per-year-antigravity-cli-gemini-freebuff-alternative): Savings breakdown: Antigravity CLI at Free today; Gemini API ~$20/mo typical vs Freebuff CLI at $0. A modeled example for terminal-first developers.
- [How one Claude Code user saved $240 by switching to Freebuff CLI](https://freebuff.com/blog/save-240-per-year-claude-code-cli-freebuff-alternative): Savings breakdown: Claude Code at $20/mo (Pro) vs Freebuff CLI at $0. A modeled example for terminal-first developers.
- [How one OpenAI Codex CLI user saved $240 by switching to Freebuff CLI](https://freebuff.com/blog/save-240-per-year-codex-cli-chatgpt-plus-freebuff-alternative): Savings breakdown: OpenAI Codex CLI at $20/mo (ChatGPT Plus) vs Freebuff CLI at $0. A modeled example for terminal-first developers.
- [How one Cursor Agent user saved $240 by switching to Freebuff CLI](https://freebuff.com/blog/save-240-per-year-cursor-agent-pro-freebuff-cli-alternative): Savings breakdown: Cursor Agent at $20/mo (Pro) vs Freebuff CLI at $0. A modeled example for terminal-first developers.
- [How one Pi Coding Agent user saved $240 by switching to Freebuff CLI](https://freebuff.com/blog/save-240-per-year-pi-coding-agent-api-freebuff-cli-alternative): Savings breakdown: Pi Coding Agent at ~$20/mo in API tokens (BYOK) vs Freebuff CLI at $0. A modeled example for terminal-first developers.
- [How one OpenCode user saved $360 by switching to Freebuff CLI](https://freebuff.com/blog/save-360-per-year-opencode-cli-api-costs-freebuff-alternative): Savings breakdown: OpenCode at ~$30/mo (model APIs) vs Freebuff CLI at $0. A modeled example for terminal-first developers.
- [How one GitHub Copilot CLI user saved $468 by switching to Freebuff CLI](https://freebuff.com/blog/save-468-per-year-github-copilot-cli-pro-plus-freebuff-alternative): Savings breakdown: GitHub Copilot CLI at $39/mo (Copilot Pro+) vs Freebuff CLI at $0. A modeled example for terminal-first developers.
- [How one Magic Patterns user saved $1200 by switching to Freebuff](https://freebuff.com/blog/save-1200-per-year-magic-patterns-ai-ui-generator-freebuff-alternative): A modeled savings example: what Magic Patterns costs on Magic Patterns Business ($100/mo) vs Freebuff App Builder (free to start), and how a freelance designer building client sites kept shipping.
- [How one Figma Make user saved $240 by switching to Freebuff](https://freebuff.com/blog/save-240-per-year-figma-make-ai-app-builder-freebuff-alternative): A modeled savings example: what Figma Make costs on Figma Professional Full seat ($20/mo) vs Freebuff App Builder (free to start), and how a marketer shipping client landing pages kept shipping.
- [How one Google AI Studio user saved $240 by switching to Freebuff](https://freebuff.com/blog/save-240-per-year-google-ai-studio-gemini-app-builder-freebuff-alternative): A modeled savings example: what Google AI Studio costs on Google AI Pro ($20/mo) vs Freebuff App Builder (free to start), and how an indie hacker shipping side projects kept shipping.
- [How one Canva Code user saved $252 by switching to Freebuff](https://freebuff.com/blog/save-252-per-year-canva-code-ai-app-builder-freebuff-alternative): A modeled savings example: what Canva Code costs on Canva Business ($21/mo) vs Freebuff App Builder (free to start), and how a marketer shipping client landing pages kept shipping.
- [How one Anything user saved $288 by switching to Freebuff](https://freebuff.com/blog/save-288-per-year-anything-com-ai-app-builder-freebuff-alternative): A modeled savings example: what Anything costs on Anything Pro ($24/mo) vs Freebuff App Builder (free to start), and how an indie hacker shipping side projects kept shipping.
- [How one Floot user saved $300 by switching to Freebuff](https://freebuff.com/blog/save-300-per-year-floot-ai-app-builder-freebuff-alternative): A modeled savings example: what Floot costs on Floot Pro ($25/mo) vs Freebuff App Builder (free to start), and how an indie hacker shipping side projects kept shipping.
- [How one Macaly user saved $300 by switching to Freebuff](https://freebuff.com/blog/save-300-per-year-macaly-ai-app-builder-freebuff-alternative): A modeled savings example: what Macaly costs on Macaly Pro ($25/mo) vs Freebuff App Builder (free to start), and how an indie hacker shipping side projects kept shipping.
- [How one Replit Agent user saved $240 by switching to Freebuff](https://freebuff.com/blog/save-300-per-year-replit-agent-design-mode-freebuff-alternative): A modeled savings example: what Replit Agent costs on Replit Core ($20/mo) vs Freebuff App Builder (free to start), and how an indie hacker shipping side projects kept shipping.
- [How one Cosmic.new user saved $216 by switching to Freebuff](https://freebuff.com/blog/save-360-per-year-cosmic-new-ai-app-builder-freebuff-alternative): A modeled savings example: what Cosmic.new costs on Cosmic.new Pro ($18/mo) vs Freebuff App Builder (free to start), and how an indie hacker shipping side projects kept shipping.
- [How one v0 user saved $360 by switching to Freebuff](https://freebuff.com/blog/save-360-per-year-v0-vercel-ai-app-builder-freebuff-alternative): A modeled savings example: what v0 costs on v0 Plus ($30/mo) vs Freebuff App Builder (free to start), and how an indie hacker shipping side projects kept shipping.
- [How one Aura user saved $600 by switching to Freebuff](https://freebuff.com/blog/save-600-per-year-aura-build-ai-website-builder-freebuff-alternative): A modeled savings example: what Aura costs on Aura Max ($50/mo) vs Freebuff App Builder (free to start), and how a freelance designer building client sites kept shipping.
- [How one Bolt.new user saved $600 by switching to Freebuff](https://freebuff.com/blog/save-600-per-year-bolt-new-ai-app-builder-freebuff-alternative): A modeled savings example: what Bolt.new costs on Bolt.new Max ($50/mo) vs Freebuff App Builder (free to start), and how an indie hacker shipping side projects kept shipping.
- [How one Emergent user saved $240 by switching to Freebuff](https://freebuff.com/blog/save-600-per-year-emergent-ai-app-builder-freebuff-alternative): A modeled savings example: what Emergent costs on Emergent Standard ($20/mo) vs Freebuff App Builder (free to start), and how an indie hacker shipping side projects kept shipping.
- [How one Mocha user saved $600 by switching to Freebuff](https://freebuff.com/blog/save-600-per-year-getmocha-mocha-ai-app-builder-freebuff-alternative): A modeled savings example: what Mocha costs on Mocha Silver ($50/mo) vs Freebuff App Builder (free to start), and how a solo founder migrating before the August 2026 shutdown kept shipping.
- [How one Lovable user saved $600 by switching to Freebuff](https://freebuff.com/blog/save-600-per-year-lovable-dev-ai-app-builder-freebuff-alternative): A modeled savings example: what Lovable costs on Lovable Business ($50/mo) vs Freebuff App Builder (free to start), and how an indie hacker shipping side projects kept shipping.
- [How one Orchids user saved $600 by switching to Freebuff](https://freebuff.com/blog/save-600-per-year-orchids-ai-app-builder-freebuff-alternative): A modeled savings example: what Orchids costs on Orchids Premium ($50/mo) vs Freebuff App Builder (free to start), and how an indie hacker shipping side projects kept shipping.
- [How one Same.new user saved $600 by switching to Freebuff](https://freebuff.com/blog/save-600-per-year-same-new-ai-app-builder-freebuff-alternative): A modeled savings example: what Same.new costs on Same.new Max ($50/mo) vs Freebuff App Builder (free to start), and how an indie hacker shipping side projects kept shipping.
- [How one Base44 user saved $960 by switching to Freebuff](https://freebuff.com/blog/save-960-per-year-base44-ai-app-builder-freebuff-alternative): A modeled savings example: what Base44 costs on Base44 Pro ($80/mo) vs Freebuff App Builder (free to start), and how an indie hacker shipping side projects kept shipping.
- [Freebuff in the wild: notes from May](https://freebuff.com/blog/freebuff-in-the-wild-may-2026): A monthly roundup of things people are bu
