Amazon Q Developer alternatives

Amazon's developer-focused agent — formerly CodeWhisperer (renamed 2024-Q4). Available as IDE plugins (VS Code, JetBrains, Visual Studio, Eclipse), in AWS Console, and CLI. Full Amazon Q Developer record →

Official migration path

AWS announced end of support for Amazon Q Developer: new sign-ups and subscriptions are blocked from 2026-05-15, and the IDE plugins and paid subscriptions lose support on 2027-04-30. AWS names Kiro as the successor; Q in the AWS console, Slack and Teams is unaffected.

Move to: Kiro

Sources: aws.amazon.com · checked 2026-10-26

Other live alternatives

  1. 1 JetBrains AI Assistant Agent IDEs & coding harnesses

    also in Agent IDEs & coding harnesses · same storage (kv) · same retrieval (injection) · same conflict handling (no) · same memory unit (turn) · also offered managed · also has MCP

    OSS ? Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ✓ Compare with Amazon Q Developer →

  2. 2 JetBrains Junie Agent IDEs & coding harnesses

    also in Agent IDEs & coding harnesses · same storage (kv) · same retrieval (injection) · same conflict handling (no) · same memory unit (turn) · also offered managed · also has MCP

    OSS ? Self-host — Managed ✓ MCP ✓ released 2026-10-21 Compare with Amazon Q Developer →

  3. 3 OpenHands Agent IDEs & coding harnesses

    also in Agent IDEs & coding harnesses · same storage (kv) · same retrieval (injection) · same memory unit (turn) · also offered managed · also has MCP

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ✓ ★ 92k released 2026-09-25 MIT Compare with Amazon Q Developer →

  4. 4 ChatGPT — Codex (cloud agent) Agent IDEs & coding harnesses

    also in Agent IDEs & coding harnesses · same storage (kv) · same retrieval (injection) · same memory unit (turn) · also offered managed

    OSS ? Self-host — Managed ✓ MCP ? Compare with Amazon Q Developer →

  5. 5 Magic.dev Agent IDEs & coding harnesses

    also in Agent IDEs & coding harnesses · same storage (kv) · same retrieval (injection) · same conflict handling (no) · also offered managed

    OSS ? Self-host — Managed ✓ MCP ? Compare with Amazon Q Developer →

  6. 6 Manus AI Agent IDEs & coding harnesses

    also in Agent IDEs & coding harnesses · same storage (kv) · same retrieval (injection) · same memory unit (turn) · also offered managed

    OSS ? Self-host — Managed ✓ MCP ? released 2026-09-28 Compare with Amazon Q Developer →

  7. 7 Browser Use Computer-use & desktop agents

    same storage (kv) · same retrieval (injection) · same memory unit (turn) · also offered managed · also has MCP

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ✓ ★ 119k MIT Compare with Amazon Q Developer →

  8. 8 Pipecat (Daily) Voice agent platforms

    same storage (kv) · same retrieval (injection) · same memory unit (turn) · also offered managed · also has MCP

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ✓ ★ 17k released 2026-08-01 BSD-2-Clause Compare with Amazon Q Developer →

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