A completely free, ad-supported AI coding Agent (from Codebuff), available as desktop, mobile, CLI and web versions.
The YC F24 CodeOne-line growth story, compiled by us from public sources; speculation is marked separately below.
Checkout: checkout.stripe.com
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New-user source: Social media (Organic social). Direct 56.6%, search 32.5% (brand keywords 89.2%: freebuff, freebuff cli), social 6.5% (X, YouTube, Reddit). Referrals include stripe.com 8.02% (advertiser payments), vly.ai 6.33%, ycombinator.com 4.49%; the code is open source on GitHub.
Top channel measured by Similarweb, others estimated by rank
| Attributable new users, last month | Share |
|---|---|
| 6% | |
| Other | 94% |
Direct + brand search 89%. Direct and brand search count as viral only when the site shows sharing mechanics; the largest share wins, under 5% means Other.
| Country | Share of visits |
|---|---|
| India | 23.3% |
| United States | 13.19% |
| Indonesia | 5.26% |
| Germany | 3.68% |
| Turkey | 3.57% |
English
X (Twitter), YouTube, Reddit
628 keywords · brand ~89% · organic 100% / paid 0%
| Similarweb top 5 keywords |
|---|
| freebuff |
| freebuff ai |
| free buff |
| freebuf |
| freebuff cli |
33 referring sites
| Site | Share of referrals |
|---|---|
| stripe.com | 8.02% |
| vly.ai | 6.33% |
| ycombinator.com | 4.49% |
| Category | Share of referrals |
|---|---|
| Programming and Developer Software | 30.34% |
| Computers Electronics and Technology - Other | 24.15% |
| Finance - Other | 3.76% |
| Adult | 1.69% |
| Computer Security | 1.06% |
About 25,788 last month (Similarweb estimate), #101 of 606; the month before was 621. Opening checkout is not paying, so this is not revenue.
New-user source: Social media (Organic social). New users mostly come from YouTube, X, Reddit, TikTok and the like Direct 56.6%, search 32.5% (brand keywords 89.2%: freebuff, freebuff cli), social 6.5% (X, YouTube, Reddit). Referrals include stripe.com 8.02% (advertiser payments), vly.ai 6.33%, ycombinator.com 4.49%; the code is open source on GitHub.
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Dossier confidence: high. Parts 1 and 2 come from reading the site and Similarweb data; part 3 from public reporting, founder posts, Wayback snapshots, WHOIS and similar, with speculation marked.
The number: checkout visits is Similarweb's estimate of visits from the site to a checkout payment page; opening checkout is not paying, so this is not revenue. Small sites land on fixed buckets.
Data through last month. Page updated 2026-10-26.
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