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Devin
4.3/5 · Paid
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Best Google Jules alternatives (Jules shuts down 31 Dec 2026)
Cloud and GitHub task agents for people who handed Jules a repository and reviewed the result later.
If you only try one: Devin. The closest handoff. Devin's intro docs say you can send a longer task to cloud Devin and come back to draft pull requests waiting for review.
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Codex
4.4/5 · Freemium
Codex Cloud docs say each task keeps working in its own workspace while your computer is asleep, on GitHub…
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GitHub Copilot
4.5/5 · Freemium
GitHub's docs say Copilot can implement a change in a cloud environment and open one pull request for that…
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Cursor
4.7/5 · Freemium
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Google's Jules changelog dated 29 October 2026 says Jules winds down on 31 December 2026. Jules was an asynchronous coding agent for a connected GitHub repository, and the code, branches, and pull requests stay in GitHub. This shortlist is coding agents already in the directory that can take a repository task and leave a change you review. It is not a score reorder of the coding-agents list. Sources: https://jules.google/docs/changelog/2026-10-29/ https://docs.devin.ai/get-started/devin-intro https://developers.openai.com/codex/cloud https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/concepts/agents/coding-agent/about-coding-agent https://cursor.com/docs/background-agent https://code.claude.com/docs/en/github-actions https://factory.com/pricing https://opencode.ai/docs/github/
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Devin
Cognition's cloud software agent for tasks you can hand off and review later.
The closest handoff. Devin's intro docs say you can send a longer task to cloud Devin and come back to draft pull requests waiting for review.
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Codex
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Codex Cloud docs say each task keeps working in its own workspace while your computer is asleep, on GitHub repositories you connect, and you can open a pull request when you review it.
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GitHub Copilot
GitHub's AI pair programmer across editors, pull requests, and the GitHub website.
GitHub's docs say Copilot can implement a change in a cloud environment and open one pull request for that task. It requires a paid plan and only works on repositories hosted on GitHub.
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Cursor
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Claude Code
Anthropic's coding agent for reading a repo, editing files, and running commands.
Claude Code's GitHub Action docs say mentioning @claude on an issue can turn that issue into a pull request. You install the GitHub App and the job runs in your repository.
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Factory Droid
Factory's coding agent for desktop, terminal, and SDK work, with programmatic tool calls.
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OpenCode
Open-source coding agent for the terminal, desktop, or an IDE, with free models or your own.
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- Who is “Best Google Jules alternatives (Jules shuts down 31 Dec 2026)” best for?
- People who used Jules to hand a GitHub repository a task and review the result later.
- Why is “Best Google Jules alternatives (Jules shuts down 31 Dec 2026)” ordered this way?
- Cloud or GitHub-native task agents first, then agents you start from an issue comment. Order is fit for a Jules workflow, not the score.
- When was “Best Google Jules alternatives (Jules shuts down 31 Dec 2026)” last updated?
- Last updated Nov 2, 2026.