AI coding assistant

AI that suggests, explains and writes code inside your editor.

5 tools, ordered by our rating.

1. 1

   Continue

   Open source AI coding agent as a VS Code extension, JetBrains plugin and CLI, using models you configure.

   • Free
   • Open source
   Try Continue (opens the Continue website in a new tab)Read our take
2. 2

   Cursor

   An AI code editor and coding agent based on the VS Code codebase, with a CLI and cloud agents.

   • Freemium
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3. 3

   GitHub Copilot

   GitHub's AI assistant for code completion, chat and agent tasks in editors, the terminal and github.com.

   • Freemium
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4. 4

   Tabnine

   An enterprise AI coding agent and assistant for IDEs and the CLI, deployable SaaS, in a private VPC or on-premises.

   • Paid
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5. 5

   Windsurf (now Devin Desktop)

   An AI code editor with agents, now sold as Devin Desktop under the Devin brand (formerly Windsurf).

   • Freemium
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