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Best DevStral 2 alternatives (2026)

DevStral 2 is an AI model: Mistral's enterprise-grade vibe coding stack. We name 15 alternatives below.

Quick answer

Of the 15 alternatives here, 3 have been researched claim by claim. Start with GitHub Copilot CLI.

Choose GitHub Copilot CLI when: Work across code and GitHub state — issues, pull requests, repositories — in one session, because the agent ships with GitHub's MCP server enabled. [github.com/github/copilot-cli]

It costs: Copilot CLI is on the $0 Free plan; paid plans are Pro at $10 per user per month, Pro+ at $39 and Max at $100. [github.com/features/copilot]

How this list is ordered. Tools whose claims we have read and quoted come first, then tools whose repository we track, then catalogue entries we have not researched. Within each band the order is category and workflow overlap. A tool that has stopped is never the first answer. We publish no score out of five: every claim here traces to a source, and a number we could not justify would undermine the ones that can.

3 researched alternatives to DevStral 2

What it is: Copilot CLI bills the agent from a dollar-denominated credit balance rather than per token: Pro carries $15 of GitHub AI Credits a month, Pro+ $70 and Max $200. [github.com/features/copilot]

Choose GitHub Copilot CLI when: Work across code and GitHub state — issues, pull requests, repositories — in one session, because the agent ships with GitHub's MCP server enabled. [github.com/github/copilot-cli]

Where it hurts: Your employer can switch the tool off: when Copilot comes from an organization, an administrator must enable the Copilot CLI policy first. [docs.github.com/en/copilot]

Price: Copilot CLI is on the $0 Free plan; paid plans are Pro at $10 per user per month, Pro+ at $39 and Max at $100. [github.com/features/copilot]

Stars
11,244
Verified 8 Oct 2026
Last commit
7 Oct 2026
0 days old when we read it
Verified 8 Oct 2026
License
Other
Verified 8 Oct 2026
Claude Code logo

Claude Code

github.com

What it is: Claude Code runs only Anthropic models: every alias — default, best, fable, sonnet, opus, haiku and opusplan — resolves to a Claude model, and changing the base URL moves where the request goes without changing which model answers it. [code.claude.com/docs/en]

Choose Claude Code when: Plan a change with Opus and execute it with Sonnet inside one session, by setting the model to `opusplan`. [code.claude.com/docs/en]

Where it hurts: You cannot audit, fork or patch the agent: the repository publishes the changelog, plugins and examples, not the CLI source, under an all-rights-reserved licence. GitHub Copilot CLI is the only other tool in this set that does the same. [github.com/anthropics/claude-code]

Price: Claude Pro costs $17 per month on the annual plan, $200 billed up front, or $20 per month billed monthly; Max starts at $100 per month. [claude.com/pricing]

Stars
149,849
Verified 8 Oct 2026
Last commit
8 Oct 2026
0 days old when we read it
Verified 8 Oct 2026
Latest stable release
v2.1.294
published 8 Oct 2026
Verified 8 Oct 2026
Codex CLI logo

Codex CLI

github.com

What it is: Codex CLI is the only agent in this set that confines itself in an OS-enforced sandbox on first run, with network access off and writes limited to the working directory. [developers.openai.com/codex/sandbox]

Choose Codex CLI when: Point an agent at a repository you do not trust: in the default `workspace-write` mode Codex edits inside the working directory and must ask before touching anything outside it. [developers.openai.com/codex/sandbox]

Where it hurts: Subscription spend is unpredictable: the most-commented open issue, 630 comments since 2026-03-13, is that Codex burns the plan budget too fast, and a second reports the 5-hour budget gone in 2-3 prompts. [github.com/openai/codex]

Price: ChatGPT plans that include Codex run $0 for Free, $8 a month for Go, $20 a month for Plus, and from $100 a month for Pro. [developers.openai.com/codex/pricing]

Stars
128,366
Verified 8 Oct 2026
Last commit
8 Oct 2026
0 days old when we read it
Verified 8 Oct 2026
License
Apache-2.0
Verified 8 Oct 2026

DevStral 2 alternatives at a glance

ToolPriceStateNewest commit
GitHub Copilot CLI$0 / $10 / $39 / $100Active7 Oct 2026
Claude Code$17 / $200 / $20 / $100Active8 Oct 2026
Codex CLI$0 / $8 / $20 / $100Active8 Oct 2026
Google Stitchnot verifiedNot trackednot tracked
Cursornot verifiedSlowing12 May 2026
Replitnot verifiedNot trackednot tracked
GitHub Copilotnot verifiedNot trackednot tracked
Bolt.newnot verifiedDormant17 Dec 2024
Windsurfnot verifiedNot trackednot tracked

Also close, not yet researched

These match DevStral 2 by category and workflow, and we have not read their vendor pages. We publish no judgment and no price for them, because we have no source to put beside one.

  • Google StitchExperimental Google Labs tool for prompts to UI designsWebsite checked
  • CursorSlowingAI-powered IDE designed to replace VS Code with predictive editing and project contextRepository tracked
  • ReplitBrowser-based development environment with AI agent that builds and deploys appsRegistry tracked
  • GitHub CopilotAI pair programmer with code completion chat and agent mode for agentic codingRegistry tracked
  • Bolt.newDormantBrowser-based full-stack app builder using StackBlitz with prompt-driven developmentRepository tracked
  • WindsurfAgentic IDE where developers and AI flow together (formerly Codeium)Website checked
  • Zhipu AI GLMGLM-4.7 model access for code generation and debuggingCatalogue entry
  • Qwen3-CoderAlibaba's open-source model for massive monoreposCatalogue entry
  • GitHub SparkGitHub platform to build full-stack intelligent appsCatalogue entry
  • Anything.comAI-powered vibe coding platform for web/mobile appsCatalogue entry
  • GumroadSimple storefront for selling digital products memberships and coursesCatalogue entry
  • JunieChat refactor and generate tests across JetBrains IDEs with context-aware AICatalogue entry

Questions people ask

What is the best alternative to DevStral 2?
GitHub Copilot CLI is the one we can answer for in full. Work across code and GitHub state — issues, pull requests, repositories — in one session, because the agent ships with GitHub's MCP server enabled. Copilot CLI is on the $0 Free plan; paid plans are Pro at $10 per user per month, Pro+ at $39 and Max at $100. Every part of that answer is quoted from a page we read; the links are on this page beside each claim.
Which DevStral 2 alternatives are still actively developed?
GitHub Copilot CLI (newest commit 7 Oct 2026), Claude Code (newest commit 8 Oct 2026), Codex CLI (newest commit 8 Oct 2026). Those dates are the newest commit on each project's default branch, read from the GitHub API on the date shown at the top of this page. We read the default branch rather than the repository's push timestamp, because a push to any branch moves the second one and makes a finished project look active.
Are any of these DevStral 2 alternatives dead?
Bolt.new: dormant, no commit on stackblitz/bolt.new (main) for 660 days; the newest is 17 Dec 2024.
What do DevStral 2 alternatives cost?
GitHub Copilot CLI: Copilot CLI is on the $0 Free plan; paid plans are Pro at $10 per user per month, Pro+ at $39 and Max at $100. Claude Code: Claude Pro costs $17 per month on the annual plan, $200 billed up front, or $20 per month billed monthly; Max starts at $100 per month. Codex CLI: ChatGPT plans that include Codex run $0 for Free, $8 a month for Go, $20 a month for Plus, and from $100 a month for Pro. Prices we have not read ourselves are marked "not verified" in the table above rather than copied from our catalogue, which is out of date on 43 of our 190 rows.
How many DevStral 2 alternatives do you track?
We name 15 on this page. 3 carry judgments and prices we read and quoted, 6 carry live repository data with no judgment yet, and 6 are catalogue entries we have not researched. We say which is which on every row rather than presenting all of them as reviewed.

How we check this page

Stars, licences, the newest commit on each default branch and the latest stable release are read from the GitHub API, and each one shows the day it was last confirmed rather than the day this page was built. Every judgment and every price is quoted from a page we read, and that page is linked beside the claim. Where a link is missing we wrote no claim. We have researched 3 of the 15 tools named here.