AI tools for developers
Coding agents, completion, review and the infrastructure underneath. The split that matters: tools that edit your code, and tools that serve models to your code.
36 tools · checked by hand · no paid placement in this list
Claude Code
Paid
Terminal-native coding agent that edits your repo and runs commands.
Cursor
Free plan
VS Code fork built around multi-file AI editing.
GitHub Copilot
Free plan
Inline completion, chat and agents inside your editor and PRs.
Hugging Face
Free plan
The public registry for open models, datasets and demo Spaces.
Aider
Free
Pair programming in your terminal that commits as it goes.
Amazon Q Developer
Free plan
AWS-flavoured coding assistant with upgrade and migration agents.
Bolt
Free plan
Full-stack app generation and deploy from a single prompt.
Braintrust
Free plan
Eval harness for proving a prompt change actually helped.
Cline
Free plan
Autonomous coding agent living inside VS Code.
Codeium
Free plan
Free-tier code completion across most editors and languages.
CodeRabbit
Free plan
Automated line-by-line pull request review.
Cody
Free plan
Code assistant with whole-repo search behind its answers.
Continue
Free
Open-source IDE assistant you point at any model, including local.
Devin
Paid
Autonomous engineer that takes a ticket and opens a PR.
fal
Paid
Fast hosted inference for image, video and audio models.
Groq
Free plan
Inference on custom silicon — startlingly fast token throughput.
LangChain
Free plan
Framework for chaining models, tools and memory into apps.
LangSmith
Free plan
Tracing, evals and monitoring for LLM apps in production.
LlamaIndex
Free plan
Data framework for connecting private documents to LLMs.
LM Studio
Free
Desktop app for downloading and chatting with local models.
Lovable
Free plan
Prompt-to-app builder aimed at non-engineers shipping real products.
Ollama
Free
Run open-weight models locally with one command.
OpenRouter
Paid
Single API and single bill across hundreds of hosted models.
Phind
Free plan
Search engine that answers developer questions with sources.
Qodo
Free plan
Generates the tests and PR reviews nobody wants to write.
Replicate
Paid
Run thousands of community models behind one API call.
Replit Agent
Free plan
Builds, runs and hosts an app from a description in the browser.
Supabase
Free plan
Postgres backend with auth, storage and vector search built in.
Tabnine
Paid
Code completion with self-hosting for teams with strict data rules.
Together AI
Paid
Cheap hosted inference and fine-tuning for open models.
v0
Free plan
Vercel's prompt-to-UI generator that ships React and Tailwind.
Vercel
Free plan
Deploy platform with AI SDK, gateway and v0 in the same account.
vLLM
Free
High-throughput inference server for self-hosting open models.
Warp
Free plan
Terminal where you describe the command instead of recalling it.
Windsurf
Free plan
Agentic IDE that keeps context across your whole codebase.
Zed
Free plan
Very fast native editor with agentic editing built in.
At a glance
| Tool | Pricing | Best known for |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code | Paid | Terminal-native coding agent that edits your repo and runs commands. |
| Cursor | Free plan | VS Code fork built around multi-file AI editing. |
| GitHub Copilot | Free plan | Inline completion, chat and agents inside your editor and PRs. |
| Hugging Face | Free plan | The public registry for open models, datasets and demo Spaces. |
| Aider | Free | Pair programming in your terminal that commits as it goes. |
| Amazon Q Developer | Free plan | AWS-flavoured coding assistant with upgrade and migration agents. |
| Bolt | Free plan | Full-stack app generation and deploy from a single prompt. |
| Braintrust | Free plan | Eval harness for proving a prompt change actually helped. |
| Cline | Free plan | Autonomous coding agent living inside VS Code. |
| Codeium | Free plan | Free-tier code completion across most editors and languages. |
| CodeRabbit | Free plan | Automated line-by-line pull request review. |
| Cody | Free plan | Code assistant with whole-repo search behind its answers. |
| Continue | Free | Open-source IDE assistant you point at any model, including local. |
| Devin | Paid | Autonomous engineer that takes a ticket and opens a PR. |
| fal | Paid | Fast hosted inference for image, video and audio models. |
| Groq | Free plan | Inference on custom silicon — startlingly fast token throughput. |
| LangChain | Free plan | Framework for chaining models, tools and memory into apps. |
| LangSmith | Free plan | Tracing, evals and monitoring for LLM apps in production. |
| LlamaIndex | Free plan | Data framework for connecting private documents to LLMs. |
| LM Studio | Free | Desktop app for downloading and chatting with local models. |
| Lovable | Free plan | Prompt-to-app builder aimed at non-engineers shipping real products. |
| Ollama | Free | Run open-weight models locally with one command. |
| OpenRouter | Paid | Single API and single bill across hundreds of hosted models. |
| Phind | Free plan | Search engine that answers developer questions with sources. |
| Qodo | Free plan | Generates the tests and PR reviews nobody wants to write. |
| Replicate | Paid | Run thousands of community models behind one API call. |
| Replit Agent | Free plan | Builds, runs and hosts an app from a description in the browser. |
| Supabase | Free plan | Postgres backend with auth, storage and vector search built in. |
| Tabnine | Paid | Code completion with self-hosting for teams with strict data rules. |
| Together AI | Paid | Cheap hosted inference and fine-tuning for open models. |
| v0 | Free plan | Vercel's prompt-to-UI generator that ships React and Tailwind. |
| Vercel | Free plan | Deploy platform with AI SDK, gateway and v0 in the same account. |
| vLLM | Free | High-throughput inference server for self-hosting open models. |
| Warp | Free plan | Terminal where you describe the command instead of recalling it. |
| Windsurf | Free plan | Agentic IDE that keeps context across your whole codebase. |
| Zed | Free plan | Very fast native editor with agentic editing built in. |
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