⌨️ Write code / vibe coding

AI-first code editor with agent mode, tab completion and cloud agents.

Why people use it: The default 'AI IDE' for many vibe coders: a VS Code-style editor where the agent edits across your whole repo.

Anthropic's agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal and IDE.

Why people use it: Hands-off terminal agent: give it a task, it plans, edits files, runs tests and commits.

OpenAI's coding agent: open-source CLI plus cloud agent in ChatGPT.

Why people use it: Run it locally in the terminal or hand off tasks to cloud sandboxes from ChatGPT.

AI pair programmer and coding agent built into GitHub and popular editors.

Why people use it: Cheapest paid entry among the big editors and built right into VS Code, JetBrains and GitHub itself.

Google's open-source AI agent for the terminal, powered by Gemini.

Why people use it: Generous free tier makes it the go-to free terminal agent.

Open-source platform for AI software-development agents (formerly OpenDevin).

Why people use it: Self-hostable 'AI software engineer' that runs in a sandbox and works through GitHub issues.

High-performance, open-source code editor with built-in AI agent support.

Why people use it: Fast native editor that plugs into Claude Code, Gemini CLI and other agents.

Open-source autonomous coding agent for VS Code that uses your own model keys.

Why people use it: Agent inside VS Code that asks before each step and works with any model you pay for.

Cognition's agentic IDE, relaunched from Windsurf in June 2026.

Why people use it: Windsurf users carried over: an AI IDE with access to Devin cloud agents.

AI pair programming in your terminal, works with git and most LLMs.

Why people use it: Lightweight, git-native terminal pair programmer loved by power users.

Open-source AI code assistant and agents for VS Code and JetBrains.

Why people use it: Customizable, model-agnostic assistant for teams that want control over models and rules.

Build full-stack web apps by chatting with AI.

Why people use it: Prompt-to-app for non-coders: database, auth and hosting included.

AI web app builder that runs a full dev environment in your browser.

Why people use it: Spin up and deploy a working app from one prompt without installing anything.

Vercel's AI app builder for React/Next.js UIs and full apps.

Why people use it: Best-in-class for React/Tailwind UI, with one-click deploys to Vercel.

Describe an app and Replit's agent builds, hosts and deploys it.

Why people use it: All-in-one: cloud IDE, agent, database and hosting in a browser tab.

Autonomous cloud coding agent: connect GitHub, assign issues, get pull requests back.

Why people use it: New: hand it a GitHub issue and it works in the cloud, tests its change and opens a PR. Runs on the web, desktop and terminal.

Open-source memory layer that shares what your coding agents learn across Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and 20+ other tools.

Why people use it: New: switch between coding agents without re-explaining your project; past sessions become reusable skills via MCP.

MCP server that feeds up-to-date library docs to coding agents.

Why people use it: Add it to Cursor/Claude Code so generated code matches current library versions.

Unity's in-editor AI assistant, generators and MCP access for Unity 6+.

Why people use it: Vibe-code inside Unity: the assistant is project-aware.