AI

AI coding agents

For developers choosing an agent to hand real tasks to. We led with the agents that work across your whole codebase from the terminal, then AI-first editors, then open-source agents you can point at any model, and closed with a brief builder and safety checklist that make any of them work better.

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   Claude CodeAI toolAnthropic's agent for the terminal, IDE and web that reads your codebase, edits files and runs commands.Paid
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   OpenAI CodexAI toolOpenAI's coding agent in the cloud, a CLI and IDE extensions.Paid
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   CursorAI toolAn AI-first editor based on VS Code with codebase-aware chat and multi-file edits.Freemium
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   Gemini CLIAI toolGoogle's open-source terminal agent that uses Gemini models to read and edit code.Open source
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   OpenCodeOpen sourceAn open-source terminal and desktop agent with separate modes for building, planning and exploring code.★ 224k · MIT
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   GitHub CopilotAI toolCompletion, chat and agent tasks in your editor and directly on GitHub.Freemium
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   ClineAI toolAn open-source agent for VS Code that plans, edits files and runs commands with your approval.Open source
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   AiderAI toolAn open-source terminal pair programmer that edits your local Git repo and commits as it goes.Open source
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   Kilo CodeOpen sourceAn open-source agent for VS Code, JetBrains and the CLI that lets you switch models mid-task.★ 27.8k · MIT
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    OpenHandsOpen sourceA self-hosted control centre for running and managing coding agents and automations.★ 92.5k · MIT
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    AmpAI toolSourcegraph's agentic coding tool for the terminal and editors.Freemium
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    AAI Coding Task Brief BuilderBrowser toolWrite a precise task brief for any agent, then run plan, tests and small changes.
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    AAgent safety checklistPromptA checklist for what an agent may touch before you give it access to your machine or repo.Free prompt