Developer tools
Factory alternatives
2 open-source projects that already do this job. Free to use - not free to run, which is what the numbers on the right are for.
The projects
Kilo-Org/kilocode★26,752 GitHub starsMIT licenceAn agentic engineering platform that runs autonomous coding agents to generate and modify project code.Open on GitHub ↗plandex-ai/plandex★15,573 GitHub starsMIT licenceOpen-source AI coding agent designed to perform code changes and tasks across large, real-world projects.Open on GitHub ↗
What you give up either way
- Factory-managed cloud computers (remote Droid compute)
- Cross-platform native desktop app and synchronized sessions across devices
- Enterprise features: SSO, SAML/SCIM, audit logs, zero data retention options
- On-prem / air-gapped deployment and vendor-provided dedicated inference pools
- Agent-readiness programs, enterprise support, and readiness dashboard
An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches Factory, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.