FreeBuff: Open-Source Full-Featured AI Coding Agent Without API Keys
Roger_M_Taylor · x · 2026-08-11
FreeBuff is a completely free AI coding agent requiring no credit card or API key. It runs directly in the terminal and includes 9 specialist agents covering planning, editing, reviewing, and web research.
Key Features:
- A file-picker agent scans projects in 2 seconds, with context gathering claimed to be 5–10x faster than traditional file-by-file crawling.
- Long sessions auto-summarize to retain important context.
- Supports targeting files via @file, calling specific agents, using bash mode, and restoring sessions with /history.
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