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IDE

VS Code fork with tab completion, multi-file agent and chat across frontier models. Now bundled with Grok plans.

from $8/mo runs commands audit log
Windsurf
IDE

The IDE formerly sold as Windsurf, now part of Cognition's Devin product family. windsurf.com redirects to devin.ai.

from $20/mo runs commands audit log
GitHub Copilot
Completion

Inline completion and chat embedded across VS Code, JetBrains, Neovim and github.com itself.

Free tier audit log
Claude Code
Terminal

Terminal-native coding agent from Anthropic that reads the repo, edits files and runs commands in your shell.

Paid runs commands
Cline
IDE · open source

Open-source agent that ships as a VS Code extension, a CLI and a desktop app. Plans, edits and runs commands against your own API key.

Free · BYO key runs commands
Roo Code
IDE · open source

VS Code agent that began as a Cline fork and added configurable modes. Its team now also ships Roomote, a self-hosted cloud agent.

Free · BYO key runs commands
Roomote
Cloud · source-available

Self-hosted cloud coding agent from the Roo Code team: runs your dev environment, reviews its own diff, hands back a PR with a live preview.

from $249/mo runs commands audit log
Codex CLI
Terminal · open source

OpenAI's terminal agent. Reads the repo, runs commands and applies patches inside an OS-level sandbox.

Free · BYO key runs commands
Gemini CLI
Terminal · open source

Google's open-source terminal agent, with a free tier tied to a Google account and MCP support.

Free · BYO key runs commands
Continue
IDE · open source

Open-source IDE assistant for VS Code and JetBrains. Chat, edit and agent modes against any model you configure.

Free · BYO key runs commands
OpenHands
Web · open source

Open-source agent platform that runs the model inside an isolated Docker sandbox rather than on your host.

Free · BYO key sandboxed
Zed
IDE · open source

GPU-native code editor with a built-in agent panel and multi-model support.

Free tier runs commands
JetBrains AI
IDE

AI assistant and agent bundled into JetBrains IDEs, with quota-based plans per seat.

Free tier runs commands audit log
Tabnine
Completion

Completion-first assistant with private deployment options, positioned around code privacy.

Free tier audit log
Kiro
IDE

Spec-driven agentic IDE from AWS: writes a spec and a task list before it touches code.

Free tier runs commands
Jules
Cloud

Google's asynchronous coding agent: hand it a task, get back a pull request to review.

Free tier sandboxed
Amp
Terminal

Sourcegraph's agent for terminal and editor, built around a shareable thread of work.

Paid runs commands
Augment Code
IDE

IDE agent aimed at very large repositories, with a context engine built for monorepos.

Free tier runs commands audit log
Replit Agent
Cloud

Browser-based agent that builds, runs and deploys an app without a local toolchain.

Free tier sandboxed
v0
App builder

Vercel's generative UI builder: prompt to React and Tailwind, deployable straight to Vercel.

Free tier
Bolt
App builder

StackBlitz's prompt-to-app builder running npm entirely in the browser via WebContainers.

Free tier sandboxed
Lovable
App builder

Prompt-to-full-stack builder pitched at people who do not write code, with a GitHub export path.

Free tier
Firebase Studio
App builder

Google's browser workspace that pairs Gemini with a full cloud dev environment.

Free tier sandboxed audit log
Qodo
Code review

Review and test-generation agent that works on pull requests rather than in your editor.

Free tier audit log
CodeRabbit
Code review

AI reviewer that comments line by line on pull requests, with a summary at the top.

Free tier
Graphite
Code review

Stacked-PR workflow with an AI reviewer layered on top of the review queue.

Free tier
Tabby
Completion · open source

Self-hosted, open-source completion server — the deployment model enterprises pick when code cannot leave the network.

Free tier audit log
Void
IDE · open source

Open-source AI editor forked from VS Code, with telemetry off and your own API key.

Free · BYO key runs commands
opencode
Terminal · open source

Open-source terminal agent from SST, model-agnostic and built to be scripted.

Free · BYO key runs commands
goose
Terminal · open source

Block's open-source local agent with an extension system for arbitrary tools.

Free · BYO key runs commands
Plandex
Terminal · open source

Open-source CLI agent built for large multi-file tasks, with a reviewable plan before execution.

Free · BYO key runs commands
Warp
Terminal

Agentic terminal: blocks, workflows and an AI layer that can run commands for you.

Free tier runs commands audit log
Pieces
Completion

Local-first copilot that captures context from your tools and keeps snippets on-device by default.

Free tier
Aider
Terminal · open source

Command-line pair programmer that edits files in your git repo and commits each change with a readable message.

Free · BYO key runs commands