In alphabetical order · 29 tools

The best AI tools for coding

AI assistants and editors that help you write, understand and fix code, from autocomplete to agents that work across the whole project.

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Bolt

Freemium
DOA score: 65/100

StackBlitz web environment that generates and runs an app from a prompt, all in the browser. You iterate by chatting; ideal for prototyping interfaces.

Where it runs: Browser

ChatGPT

Freemium
DOA score: 93/100

OpenAI's general assistant for writing, reasoning, file analysis and coding. The most familiar starting point for almost any AI task.

Where it runs: Browser · Windows · Mac · Android · iPhone / iPad

Claude

Freemium
DOA score: 88/100

Anthropic model, excellent for long documents, analysis and coding with a more careful tone.

Where it runs: Browser · Windows · Mac · Android · iPhone / iPad

Codex

Freemium
DOA score: 79/100

OpenAI coding agent that reads and changes code on your machine from the terminal, with editor options too. A fit if you already use ChatGPT.

Where it runs: Windows · Mac · Linux

Cursor

Freemium
DOA score: 83/100

VS Code-based editor built for agentic coding: chat with the whole repo as context, autocomplete and a choice of models. Owned by SpaceX since August 2026.

Where it runs: Windows · Mac · Linux

Grok

Freemium
DOA score: 78/100

SpaceXAI (formerly xAI) assistant with recent X information and a more direct style. Includes Grok Imagine for images and video.

Where it runs: Browser · Android · iPhone / iPad

Kimi

Freemium
DOA score: 75/100

Moonshot AI's assistant built on open Kimi models, strong at reading long documents, web research, coding and agent tasks.

Where it runs: Browser · Android · iPhone / iPad

Kiro

Freemium
DOA score: 74/100

AWS's agentic IDE: it starts from a spec (requirements, design and tasks) and lets agents turn it into code, with hooks that automate repeated steps.

Where it runs: Windows · Mac · Linux

Lovable

Freemium
DOA score: 69/100

You describe an app in sentences and Lovable builds an editable site you can publish fast. Good for testing ideas, landing pages and MVPs, not for a bank.

Where it runs: Browser

Manus

Freemium
DOA score: 66/100

An agent that takes a brief and delivers a finished thing. Independent again since September 2026, after Meta's purchase was unwound. Serious use is paid in credits.

Where it runs: Browser

n8n

Freemium
DOA score: 74/100

Automate tasks by connecting hundreds of apps and build AI agents in a visual workflow editor. Self-host it or use the cloud.

Where it runs: Browser · Windows · Mac · Linux

Ollama

Freemium
DOA score: 81/100

Runs open AI models on your own computer from the terminal or its app, free and offline, with paid cloud models as an option.

Where it runs: Windows · Mac · Linux

Qwen Chat

Free
DOA score: 82/100

Alibaba's free chat with its Qwen models: writes, codes, analyses files and images and generates images and video at no cost.

Where it runs: Browser · Windows · Mac · Android · iPhone / iPad

Replicate

Freemium
DOA score: 65/100

Runs image, video and audio models in the cloud so you can wire them into your app with an API. Owned by Cloudflare since late 2025. A web playground lets you try them before coding.

Where it runs: Browser

v0

Freemium
DOA score: 65/100

Generates React/Next and shadcn interfaces from a prompt, then you refine them visually. A fit for prototypes if your stack is Next.js and Vercel.

Where it runs: Browser

Warp

Freemium
DOA score: 77/100

A modern terminal with a coding agent built in: ask for a task in plain language and it runs commands and edits code. It also has an agent CLI that works in any terminal.

Where it runs: Mac · Windows · Linux

Zed

Freemium
DOA score: 82/100

A very fast, open-source code editor with collaborative editing and AI. Use its hosted models with Pro, or plug in your own keys and agents like Claude or Codex without paying Zed.

Where it runs: Mac · Windows · Linux