Coding Agents
AI agents and IDEs that write, edit and ship code.
| Tool | What it does | Platforms | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cursor | AI code editor with agent mode, background agents and codebase-aware chat. | Desktop | Freemium |
| Claude Code | Anthropic's agentic coding tool for the terminal and IDE. | CLI | Paid (Claude plans/API) |
| OpenAI Codex | OpenAI's software engineering agent available in ChatGPT, CLI and IDE. | CLI, Cloud | Included with ChatGPT plans |
| GitHub Copilot | GitHub's AI pair programmer with agent mode and coding agent. | IDE, Cloud | Freemium |
| Windsurf | Agentic IDE with the Cascade agent. | Desktop | Freemium |
| Cline | Open-source autonomous coding agent for VS Code. | VS Code | Open source (BYO API key) |
| Aider | AI pair programming in your terminal, git-aware. | CLI | Open source (Apache-2.0) |
| Devin | Cognition's autonomous AI software engineer. | Cloud | Paid |
| Replit Agent | Builds and deploys full apps from natural language inside Replit. | Cloud | Freemium |
| Bolt.new | StackBlitz's in-browser agent for prompting, running and deploying full-stack apps. | Browser | Freemium |
| Lovable | Builds full-stack web apps from chat prompts. | Browser | Freemium |
| v0 | Vercel's generative UI and app builder. | Browser | Freemium |
| OpenHands | Open-source platform for software development agents (formerly OpenDevin). | Python | Open source (MIT) |
| Gemini CLI | Google's open-source AI agent bringing Gemini to the terminal. | CLI | Open source (Apache-2.0) |
| Roo Code | Open-source AI coding agent for VS Code with custom modes (a Cline fork). | VS Code | Open source (Apache-2.0) |
| Kilo Code | Open-source AI coding agent for VS Code and JetBrains. | VS Code, JetBrains | Open source |
| Zed | High-performance code editor with an agent panel and Agent Client Protocol support. | Desktop | Open source + paid AI |
| Continue | Open-source AI code assistant and agents for VS Code and JetBrains. | VS Code, JetBrains | Open source (Apache-2.0) |
| Amp | Sourcegraph's agentic coding tool for the terminal and editors. | CLI, VS Code | Paid (usage-based) |
| Jules | Google's asynchronous coding agent that works on GitHub repos in the cloud. | Cloud | Freemium |
| opencode | Open-source AI coding agent built for the terminal. | CLI | Open source (MIT) |
| Augment Code | AI coding agent with a context engine for large codebases. | VS Code, JetBrains, CLI | Paid |
| Junie | JetBrains' AI coding agent inside JetBrains IDEs. | JetBrains | Paid (JetBrains AI) |