What are the best alternatives to Mentat?

The top alternatives to Mentat are Gemini CLI, Cursor CLI, Amp, ranked by real usage data on Unfragile.

Are there free alternatives to Mentat?

Yes, 18 free alternatives to Mentat exist, including Gemini CLI, Codex CLI, llm (Simon Willison).

Best Mentat Alternatives (2026) — Ranked by Real Data | Unfragile

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Best Alternatives to Mentat

20 alternatives ranked by real usage data. Mentat scores 21/100 — 20 tools score higher.

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Gemini CLI84/100FreeHigher rated

Google's open-source terminal coding agent — Gemini + 1M context + Search grounding in the shell.

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Cursor CLI80/100Higher rated

Cursor's headless terminal agent — the Cursor loop in shells, scripts, and CI.

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Amp80/100Higher rated

Sourcegraph's agentic coding tool — frontier models, subagents, shared team threads (CLI + editor).

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Codex CLI75/100FreeHigher rated

OpenAI's terminal coding agent — file editing, command execution, sandboxed, multi-file support.

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llm (Simon Willison)58/100FreeHigher rated

CLI for LLMs — multi-provider, conversation history, templates, embeddings, plugin ecosystem.

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Llamafile58/100FreeHigher rated

Single-file executable LLMs — bundle model + inference, runs on any OS with zero install.

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aichat58/100FreeHigher rated

All-in-one AI CLI with RAG and tools.

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Warp57/100FreeHigher rated

AI-powered terminal with natural language commands.

CLI Tool

Shell GPT57/100FreeHigher rated

AI-powered shell command generator.

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sgpt57/100FreeHigher rated

CLI productivity tool — generate shell commands and code from natural language.

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Mods57/100FreeHigher rated

Pipe CLI output through AI models.

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llm57/100FreeHigher rated

CLI tool for interacting with LLMs.

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Hugging Face CLI57/100FreeHigher rated

Official Hugging Face Hub CLI.

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Fabric57/100FreeHigher rated

Modular CLI for AI-augmented tasks.

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DVC CLI57/100FreeHigher rated

Data version control for ML projects.

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aiac57/100FreeHigher rated

AI-powered infrastructure-as-code generator.

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AI Shell57/100FreeHigher rated

Natural language to shell commands.

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Warp Terminal56/100FreeHigher rated

Modern terminal with built-in AI.

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Amazon Q CLI55/100FreeHigher rated

AWS AI CLI assistant — natural language commands, autocomplete, AWS infrastructure management.

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claude-code54/100FreeHigher rated

Pointer to the official Claude Code package at @anthropic-ai/claude-code

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