Free AI tools for students who build.

15 AI tools that are free, or have a free plan worth using. Grouped by what you’d use them for. Checked on 16 October 2026.

Assistants

• ChatGPT FreeFree

  Unlimited text chats with GPT-6; limited uploads, image creation, deep research and Codex

• Claude FreeFree

  Chat on web, desktop and mobile; web search, file creation, code running, memory and Artifacts

• Gemini app (free)Free

  £0 with a Google account; Flash-Lite model and image generation

• Mistral Vibe FreeFree

  Limited messages, web searches and coding sessions; 100+ connectors

Coding agents and editors

• GitHub Copilot FreeFree

  Limited chat and agent usage; works in the CLI and agent mode

• Cursor FreeFree

  Limited agent and chat requests

• Windsurf FreeFree

  A small quota for coding with agents; unlimited inline edits and tab completions

• Kiro FreeFree

  50 credits a month; open weight models and Claude Sonnet 4.5

• Zed PersonalFree

  Free forever editor; unlimited use with your own API keys or external agents

Open source and local

• AiderFree

  Open source (Apache-2.0) AI pair programmer for the terminal; bring your own model

• ContinueFree

  Open source (Apache-2.0) coding agent for your editor and CLI

• OllamaFree

  Free: run models locally, plus starter cloud credits

App builders

• v0 FreeFree

  Free access to v0 with a limit of 7 messages a day; deploy to Vercel; GitHub sync

• Bolt FreeFree

  300K tokens a day, 1M tokens a month; public and private projects; hosting with Bolt branding

• Lovable FreeFree

  5 build credits a day (up to 30 a month), plus 20 Cloud credits a month and 4 credits for AI features in your app

Featured listings will always be labelled as sponsored. Tools are only listed if the free plan is on the company’s own page.