33 tools

Coding AI tools

Pair-program, review, and ship code faster with AI built for developers.

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Cursor 9.5/10 Free Hobby + Individual $20/mo + Teams $40/user/mo + Enterprise Custom ★ Pick

AI-first code editor built on VS Code. Multi-file editing, intelligent refactoring, and a built-in chat that understands your entire codebase. A favorite among developers for complex projects.

DevelopmentAgents & autom.
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GPT-5.5 9.4/10 API: $5/$30 per 1M tokens (in/out). ChatGPT Plus $20/mo, Pro $200/mo ★ Pick

OpenAI's most capable frontier model, built for complex multi-step reasoning, agentic tool use, and deep coding tasks. Powers ChatGPT and Codex with up to 272K context.

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Claude Code 9.3/10 Included with Claude Pro $17/mo, Max 5x $100/mo, Max 20x $200/mo, Team and Enterprise plans ★ Pick

Anthropic's coding agent, running in the terminal, IDEs, Slack, the web and mobile, with parallel subagents and scheduled routines.

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Windsurf 9.1/10 Freemium

Next-gen AI IDE that blends copilot and agent modes. Wave 13 introduced autonomous multi-step workflows, letting the AI plan, code, test, and iterate across your entire project.

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v0 by Vercel 9/10 Free tier + Plus $30/user/mo + Business $100/user/mo + Enterprise custom ★ Pick

AI-powered UI generator that turns text prompts or screenshots into production-ready React components using shadcn/ui and Tailwind CSS.

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CodeRabbit 9/10 Free tier + Pro $24/user/mo, Pro Plus $48/user/mo (annual) ★ Pick

AI code reviewer that posts inline, context-aware feedback on every pull request across GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps, and Bitbucket.

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DeepSeek 8.9/10 Free chat + API from $0.27/M input tokens ★ Pick

Open-weight AI models specializing in code generation, math, and complex reasoning at a fraction of closed-model API pricing.

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GitHub Copilot 8.8/10 Free tier + Pro $10/mo ★ Pick

The most widely adopted AI coding assistant. Multi-model completions, agentic coding, code review, and deep IDE integration — now with a free tier.

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Replit Agent 8.8/10 Free Starter tier + Core $25/mo + Pro $100/mo + Enterprise custom

Describe what you want in natural language and Replit Agent builds the full application — frontend, backend, database, and deployment. No local setup required, everything runs in the cloud.

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Amazon Q Developer 8.8/10 Free tier + Pro $19/user/mo ★ Pick

AWS-backed AI assistant for code generation, transformation, security scanning, and deep cloud infrastructure integration.

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Zed 8.8/10 Free (open source) — BYOK for AI features ★ Pick

Rust-built code editor with native AI agents, edit prediction, and real-time collaboration — all at native speed that makes Electron editors feel sluggish.

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OpenAI Codex 8.8/10 Included with ChatGPT Free, Go, Plus, Pro, Business, Edu and Enterprise plans

OpenAI's coding agent across a CLI, an IDE extension, a cloud environment, ChatGPT and GitHub code review, powered by the GPT-5.6 family.

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Ollama 8.8/10 Free, with Pro at $20/mo and Team at $25/seat/mo for cloud usage ★ Pick

Runs open-weight models on your own machine with one command, and optionally spills over to Ollama's cloud when the model is too big for local hardware.

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Bolt.new 8.7/10 Freemium ★ Pick

In-browser AI coding environment by StackBlitz that builds full-stack web apps from natural language prompts. No local setup needed.

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GLM-5.2 8.7/10 Free 20M tokens on signup + open weights; paid API & coding plans (check site) ★ Pick

Open-weight 744B-parameter frontier model from Zhipu AI built for coding, reasoning, and long-horizon agentic work, with a 1M-token context and an MIT license.

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Lovable 8.6/10 Freemium

Prompt-to-app builder that turns natural language into live, functional web applications. Chat-based interface outputs real code with backend logic, perfect for rapid prototyping.

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Aider 8.6/10 Free (BYOK — pay your LLM provider) ★ Pick

Open-source command-line AI coding partner that edits code directly in your local git repo. Bring your own API key, pay only for what you use.

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Cody 8.6/10 Free tier + Pro $9/mo + Enterprise custom ★ Pick

Codebase-aware AI coding assistant from Sourcegraph with chat, autocomplete, and inline edits powered by your full repository context.

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Codeium 8.5/10 Free for individuals, Team $15/mo/user, Enterprise custom

Free AI code completion and chat tool for individuals, with enterprise-grade privacy. Works across 70+ IDEs with fast, accurate suggestions.

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Devin 8.5/10 Teams ~$500/user/mo, Enterprise custom

Autonomous AI software engineer that can plan, code, debug, and deploy entire projects in its own sandboxed environment.

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Laguna XS.2 8.5/10 Free (Apache 2.0)

Open-weight 33B MoE coding model from Poolside AI with only 3B active parameters. Hits 68.2% on SWE-bench Verified and runs locally on a single GPU or Mac with 36GB RAM.

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Command A+ 8.5/10 Free API tier + open weights (Apache 2.0)

Cohere's open-source 218B Mixture-of-Experts LLM built for agentic coding workflows, multilingual tasks, and document processing — runs on as few as 2 H100s.

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MiniMax M3 8.5/10 Freemium — Plus $20/mo, API $0.30/M input / $1.20/M output

Open-weights multimodal model with 1M token context that matches frontier coding benchmarks at 5-10% of GPT-5.5 pricing.

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LM Studio 8.5/10 Free desktop app; cloud inference is pay as you go per token

Desktop app for running open-weight models locally, with a GGUF and MLX runtime, an OpenAI-compatible local server, a CLI and Python and TypeScript SDKs.

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DeepSeek Harness 8.4/10 Free (MIT). Inference is whatever model you plug in — DeepSeek V4-Flash and V4-Pro are the vendor pairing.

Open-source agent runtime from DeepSeek. Every piece — models, tools, sandboxes, UI — is a plugin. MIT-licensed developer preview launched August 13, 2026.

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Grok Build 8.2/10 Product page says you can try it free; SuperGrok and X Premium+ still listed as paid paths

xAI's terminal coding agent, now defaulting to Grok 4.6. Plan mode, subagents, skills, MCP, and sandboxed runs from your shell.

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Goose 8.2/10 Free (open-source, Apache 2.0)

Open-source AI coding agent from Block that runs locally on your machine. Supports any LLM provider, extends via MCP, and keeps your code private by default.

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North Mini Code 8.2/10 Free (open-source, Apache 2.0)

Cohere's open-source 30B/3B MoE coding model with 256K context, interleaved thinking, and strong SWE-Bench scores — all under Apache 2.0.

DevelopmentAgents & autom.
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Muse Spark 1.1 8.2/10 Free in Meta AI app; API in public preview (pricing not yet disclosed)

Meta's multimodal reasoning model built for agentic coding, tool use, and computer control, with a 1M-token context window.

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Codex Security CLI 8.2/10 Free, open source (model-backed analysis runs through Codex access)

Open-source CLI from OpenAI that scans Git repositories for vulnerabilities, tracks findings across runs, and verifies fixes inside CI/CD.

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Tabnine 8/10 Free basic, Pro $12/mo/user, Enterprise custom

AI code assistant built for enterprise teams with personalized completions, chat, and zero data retention privacy guarantees.

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T3MP3ST 7.8/10 Free, open source (AGPL-3.0) — you pay for the underlying AI agent's API usage

Open-source multi-agent framework that turns AI coding agents like Claude and Codex into autonomous red-teaming tools for vulnerability hunting.

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Osaurus 7.5/10 Free (open-source)

Open-source, native local LLM server for Apple Silicon Macs — runs models on-device via MLX with an OpenAI-compatible API for private coding and automation.

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