Ante

An open-source coding agent in one small binary that works in your terminal with the model you pick, cloud or local. AI model and agent, with a free plan; runs on macOS, Linux. The stack builder picks it for AI coding.

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Plans and prices

PlanPriceWhat you get
Open sourceFreeApache-2.0; bring your own model, cloud or local; macOS and Linux, Windows through WSL; beta

Checked by hand against antigma.ai on October 7, 2026; confidence high. Prices are monthly in US dollars unless the row says otherwise; the builder counts the plan it starts on, Open source.

When the stack builder picks it

The builder reads each job's rules from the top and takes the first step whose conditions hold and whose plan fits the money left. Ante is named in these steps:

The rules are public in stack-rules.json, and how the stack builder scores explains the tie-break.

Alternatives the same rules name

Signals and what people say

Change log

Logo: Nameryn monogram (no free mark on file), CC0 1.0.

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