Best Coding that work in the EU.
42 of 73 AI coding assistants and app builders we track are verified available to EU users. The list is ranked by creator coverage, with the exact second each one is shown.
Updated Last EU check Method
Verified available in the EU
Anthropic's Claude assistant and agentic coding tool, with chat apps, Projects, skills, connectors and Claude Code.
18 mentions, last shown 11 Nov 2026. Anthropic's regional-compliance page states Claude is available globally with regional data residency and inference options, including via AWS Bedrock, GCP Vertex and Microsoft Foundry, and cites a European data-protection compliance customer story. No explicit EU exclusion found.
OpenAI's coding agent, available in the ChatGPT app, cloud, IDE extension and CLI under one ChatGPT account.
13 mentions, last shown 9 Sept 2026. OpenAI publishes Europe Terms of Use for EEA residents (contracting entity OpenAI Ireland Ltd), a GDPR DPA, EU DSA reports, and data residency for ChatGPT and API business products. No Codex-specific EU restriction was found.
JetBrains environment for running multiple coding agents in parallel with IntelliJ IDEA's debugging, testing and review tools.
8 mentions, last shown 7 Nov 2026. The IntelliJ IDEA page offers a free download with no regional restriction and lists GDPR and SOC 2 Type II under enterprise security. JetBrains is a Czech company, but no EU-specific availability statement for Air was found.
AI coding editor and agent platform with cloud agents, a CLI and code review, now part of SpaceX.
6 mentions, last shown 1 Sept 2026. Pricing page notes prices exclude applicable taxes such as VAT, and the help center has a "Regions and data residency" section, but no country exclusions were found. Cursor is widely used in the EU; specific residency details were not in the provided text.
Cursor's in-house coding model, used in the Cursor editor and by sub-agents for lower-cost coding tasks.
4 mentions, last shown 7 Jul 2026. Cursor is a generally available product with a help page on regions and data residency, and no EU exclusion appears on the pricing pages (prices note VAT). No Composer-specific EU restriction found.
OpenAI's Codex coding agent and its 28-day series of daily product updates, including desktop app and caching changes.
3 mentions, last shown 23 Oct 2026. OpenAI Ireland Ltd serves EEA residents under Europe Terms of Use, and OpenAI offers a DPA, GDPR compliance support and data residency for business products. No Codex-specific EU restriction was found.
Available in EUon Matt WolfeAI code review tool that indexes a repository and reviews pull requests with agents, plus sandboxed runtime testing.
3 mentions, last shown 1 Sept 2026. The privacy policy has a dedicated section for EU/EEA individuals under GDPR, with SCCs for transfers, and no country restrictions are listed. The site is hosted in the US, but Enterprise offers self-hosting and GitHub Enterprise Cloud with data residency support.
OpenAI's cloud-based coding agent that runs engineering tasks in remote environments, accessed via ChatGPT.
2 mentions, last shown 2 Oct 2026. OpenAI publishes Europe Terms of Use for EEA residents (OpenAI Ireland Ltd), GDPR DPA support, and data residency options for ChatGPT business products. No EU exclusion for Codex was found in the provided material.
Cursor's in-house agentic coding model, available inside the Cursor editor and agent for software development tasks.
2 mentions, last shown 23 Jul 2026. Cursor is sold worldwide with pricing shown excluding VAT, which implies EU customers are served, and its help center has a "Regions and data residency" section. No explicit EU restriction on Composer was found.
Open-source set of Claude Code slash-command skills that act as a virtual engineering team, by Garry Tan.
2 mentions, last shown 24 Jun 2026. MIT-licensed open-source repo that runs locally with no regional restrictions or waitlist stated. Use of the underlying Claude Code agent is subject to Anthropic's own availability.
Claude Code feature where Claude writes orchestration scripts that run tens to hundreds of parallel subagents with verification.
2 mentions, last shown 29 May 2026. Anthropic states Claude is available globally with regional data residency options, and the feature is generally available on Claude plans, the API, Bedrock, Vertex AI and Microsoft Foundry. No EU-specific exclusion was found.
OpenAI policy under which ChatGPT and Codex usage allowances are drawn from a single shared pool on a ChatGPT plan.
1 mention, last shown 6 Nov 2026. ChatGPT and the Codex CLI are generally offered in the EU/EEA, and the Codex CLI is distributed openly via npm, Homebrew and GitHub. The provided pages contain no explicit EU restriction, though they do not list supported countries.
Apache 2.0 fine-tune of Qwen3.5-4B that writes Three.js pages for low-poly 3D assets with GLB export.
1 mention, last shown 5 Nov 2026. Apache-2.0 open weights downloadable from Hugging Face with no regional restrictions in the license, so usable locally in the EU/EEA.
Open-source kit of 15 video-editing skills for Claude Code and Codex, built on HyperFrames and GSAP.
1 mention, last shown 28 Oct 2026. It is a locally run, publicly cloneable GitHub repository with no regional restrictions stated. Optional services (ElevenLabs, Kie.ai, Claude Code/Codex) are subject to their own availability.
Alibaba's Qwen coding-specialist language model, available as open weights for local and hosted use.
1 mention, last shown 23 Oct 2026. Reported as an open model that can be run locally, so it is generally usable in the EU; no explicit EU exclusion was found, but the license was not confirmed.
Permission mode in OpenAI's Codex that auto-approves routine agent actions and asks only on higher-risk ones.
1 mention, last shown 9 Oct 2026. Codex CLI is open source and installable anywhere via npm, Homebrew or install scripts, and ChatGPT sign-in is generally offered in the EU. No explicit EU restriction on this feature was found.
GPL-2.0 tool that converts decrypted PS5 game dumps into native Windows executables using Vulkan, without CPU emulation.
1 mention, last shown 6 Oct 2026. Open-source GPL-2.0 code downloadable from GitHub with no regional restrictions. Users must supply their own game dumps, and legal use depends on local law.
Open-source relinker and system library layer that ports PS5 executables to native Linux and Windows binaries.
1 mention, last shown 6 Oct 2026. Open-source code under GPL-2.0 is downloadable and runnable anywhere, with no geographic restrictions. The web converter runs client-side. Users remain responsible for lawful sourcing of binaries under local law.
320B-parameter MoE model (15B active) from IQuest for agentic coding and tool use, with 512K context.
1 mention, last shown 4 Oct 2026. Weights are self-hostable anywhere via Docker/SGLang/vLLM, and no EU exclusion was found in the README; the license is unspecified (NOASSERTION), so terms should be verified.
TypeScript functions that hook Claude Code events to rewrite prompts, block commands, add UI or replace built-in features.
1 mention, last shown 2 Oct 2026. Anthropic states Claude is available globally with regional data residency options, and mods run locally within the Claude Code CLI and desktop app. No EU-specific restriction on mods was found.
OpenAI's open-source coding agent that runs in the terminal, with voice control and a new code review experience.
1 mention, last shown 30 Sept 2026. OpenAI's Europe Terms of Use apply to EEA residents (OpenAI Ireland Ltd), and it offers a DPA, GDPR compliance support, and data residency for ChatGPT and API business products. The CLI is Apache-2.0 and downloadable anywhere; no EU exclusion was found.
AI pull-request review interface from CodeRabbit that explains, ranks and checks code changes, including agent-written code.
1 mention, last shown 29 Sept 2026. CodeRabbit's FAQ states it is SOC 2 Type II certified and GDPR compliant, and the pricing page lists company-selected SaaS regions and self-hosting for Enterprise. No EU exclusion was found.
Open-source terminal coding agent from MiniMax that works with MiniMax models or your own model API.
1 mention, last shown 20 Sept 2026. The MIT-licensed CLI can be installed anywhere and supports a Global account region plus bring-your-own-key providers, with no EU exclusion found. No explicit EU/EEA data-residency statement was found.
OpenAI's agentic coding model powering Codex in the CLI, IDE extension, desktop app and ChatGPT cloud.
1 mention, last shown 10 Sept 2026. OpenAI publishes Europe Terms of Use for EEA residents (contracting entity OpenAI Ireland Ltd), offers a DPA and GDPR compliance, and provides data residency for ChatGPT and API business products. No EU-specific restriction on Codex was found in the provided material.
Claude Code permission mode where a classifier approves safe tool calls and blocks risky ones instead of prompting.
1 mention, last shown 14 Aug 2026. Anthropic's regional-compliance page says Claude is available globally with regional data residency and inference, and via AWS Bedrock, GCP Vertex and Microsoft Foundry. No EU-specific restriction on auto mode was found.
Claude Code feature that lets separate Claude Code sessions send each other messages and summaries to share context.
1 mention, last shown 14 Aug 2026. Claude Code is offered generally through Anthropic's paid plans, and the provided pages show no EU exclusion. This is based on general knowledge that Anthropic serves EU countries; the provided pages contain no explicit supported-countries list.
OpenAI Codex features for running coding tasks in reusable cloud environments and reaching a desktop Codex remotely.
1 mention, last shown 5 Aug 2026. OpenAI publishes Europe Terms of Use for EEA residents (OpenAI Ireland Ltd), a DPA, GDPR support, and data residency for ChatGPT and API business products. No Codex-specific EU restriction was found.
Usage quota system for OpenAI Codex, with weekly limits per ChatGPT plan and expiring banked resets that refill quota.
1 mention, last shown 5 Aug 2026. OpenAI's Terms of Use have a dedicated EEA section naming OpenAI Ireland Ltd as the contracting entity, and OpenAI offers a DPA, GDPR compliance and data residency for ChatGPT and API business products. No Codex-specific EU restriction was found.
Agent skill that teaches AI coding assistants to build programmatic React videos and motion graphics with Remotion.
1 mention, last shown 8 Jul 2026. Provided by Remotion AG, a Swiss company in Zürich, with a GDPR-oriented privacy policy and DPA statement; it is a locally run library with no regional restrictions listed.
Open-weights family of agentic coding models (9B to 397B) that learns to generate its own task-specific scaffolds.
1 mention, last shown 28 Jun 2026. Described as open-source with downloadable weights, which can be used anywhere; no EU exclusion was found, though the license text was not provided.
Anthropic agent skill that steers Claude toward distinctive, intentional frontend design instead of generic AI-looking UI.
1 mention, last shown 24 Jun 2026. It is a text-based skill file distributed through skills.sh with no regional restrictions found in the provided material; no explicit EU statement was found, and use depends on access to a compatible Claude product.
Claude Code plugin that builds an interactive knowledge graph of a codebase or wiki using a multi-agent pipeline.
1 mention, last shown 24 Jun 2026. Distributed as a plugin via a public GitHub repository and runs locally on the user's host platform, with no regional restrictions mentioned. A local model such as Ollama can be used for privacy.
Open-source CLI and agent skill that turns code, docs, PDFs and media into a queryable local knowledge graph.
1 mention, last shown 24 Jun 2026. The CLI installs locally via uv or pipx with no region restrictions mentioned, and code parsing runs on-device. The README is offered in many European languages. No explicit EU data-residency information was found for Graphify Cloud.
Agent Skill that guides coding agents to build company websites with one design system, real photos and browser-checked output.
1 mention, last shown 24 Jun 2026. A locally installed skill distributed via GitHub with no regional restrictions; no EU exclusions found. Fetching extra photos or icons uses network access, and the host coding agent has its own availability.
Local MCP server that indexes code, docs and infrastructure into a knowledge graph for AI coding agents.
1 mention, last shown 24 Jun 2026. Locally run software distributed via GitHub releases with no hosted service or region restrictions mentioned; analysis and storage stay on the user's machine.
Scheduled, recurring task feature in OpenAI Codex that runs agent jobs automatically, such as nightly docs updates and PRs.
1 mention, last shown 19 Jun 2026. OpenAI publishes Europe Terms of Use for EEA residents (OpenAI Ireland Ltd), GDPR DPA support and data residency for business products. No Codex-specific EU exclusion found, though Automations-specific EU availability isn't stated.
Model-agnostic AI coding agents (Droids) for planning, building, reviewing and shipping software via CLI, desktop and web.
1 mention, last shown 18 Jun 2026. The privacy policy addresses EEA users (legal basis, Standard Contractual Clauses for transfers to the US), and the product is sold without listed country restrictions. Data residency is offered only on Enterprise; processing is primarily in the US.
MIT-licensed pack of 25 engineering skills and slash commands for AI coding agents, covering spec through ship.
1 mention, last shown 12 Jun 2026. MIT-licensed GitHub repository that can be cloned and installed anywhere, with no regional restrictions in the license or README. The agent it runs in determines any model-side availability.
Codex app update adding computer use on Windows and remote control of Windows devices from the ChatGPT mobile app.
1 mention, last shown 5 Jun 2026. OpenAI publishes Europe Terms of Use for EEA residents (OpenAI Ireland Ltd), GDPR DPA and data residency for business products. Whether the Windows computer-use and remote-control features are rolled out in the EU is not stated.
Mobile access to Codex in the ChatGPT iOS and Android app to monitor, approve and start coding tasks running on your machines.
1 mention, last shown 17 May 2026. OpenAI states the preview is rolling out on iOS and Android across all plans "in all supported regions"; ChatGPT is offered in EU countries and OpenAI provides a DPA and GDPR support. The page does not list EU countries explicitly.
Claude Code CLI view that lists and manages multiple parallel Claude Code sessions, showing which need input or are done.
1 mention, last shown 15 May 2026. Anthropic states Claude is available globally with regional data residency options, and agent view is offered on all Claude Code plans without stated regional restrictions. No EU-specific exclusion found.
Anthropic change to Claude subscription usage: higher Claude Code weekly limits and credit-based billing for third-party harnesses.
1 mention, last shown 15 May 2026. The provided pages contained no explicit EU statement. Claude and Claude Code are generally offered in EU member states, based on general knowledge rather than the fetched pages.
Not available in the EU
Shown in creator videos, but blocked or excluded for EU users. Each page lists alternatives that work.
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Google app where users describe a game in a prompt and get a playable desktop or mobile game.
A creator report says it is available to US users over 18 only; the Google Terms of Service pages the scraper found are generic EEA legal text, not evidence of EU availability.
Not in EU
Frequently asked
- Which coding tools work in the EU?
- 42 of the 73 coding tools we track are verified available in the EU as of 14 Nov 2026: Claude Code, Codex, JetBrains Air, Cursor, Composer 2.5, OpenAI Codex updates (28-day shipping challenge), Greptile, Codex in the cloud and others.
- How is this list ranked?
- By how many creator videos showed the tool, then by how recently it was last seen. Only tools whose EU status is verified as available are ranked. Paid placement does not exist on this site.
- How do you check EU availability?
- We read the vendor's availability pages, terms and regional notes, store a short reason with each status and the date we checked, and publish unknown when we cannot confirm. Full method on the methodology page.