AI Coding Editors & Agents

IDEs and terminal agents that write, refactor and ship code with you.

Cursor freemium

AI-first code editor built on VS Code with agent mode.

Best for: Daily driver for builders who want an agentic IDE

Claude Code paid

Anthropic's agentic coding tool for the terminal and IDE.

Best for: Large refactors and long-running terminal tasks

OpenAI Codex paid

OpenAI's coding agent across CLI, IDE and cloud.

Best for: ChatGPT subscribers delegating tasks to the cloud

GitHub Copilot freemium

AI pair programmer and coding agent integrated with GitHub.

Best for: Teams already living in GitHub

Windsurf freemium

Agentic IDE with the Cascade agent.

Best for: An alternative agentic IDE experience

Google Antigravity freemium

Google's agent-first development platform.

Best for: Trying Gemini models in an agent-first IDE

Cline free

Open-source autonomous coding agent for VS Code.

Best for: Bring-your-own-key, open-source fans

Aider free

Open-source AI pair programming in your terminal.

Best for: Git-native terminal workflows

Zed freemium

High-performance editor with built-in AI agent features.

Best for: Speed-obsessed editors

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