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I've tried all (61 😵‍💫) AI Coding Agents & IDEs

[Emergent, CodeRabbit, Anything, Zed, Factory, Cursor, Windsurf, Wrapifai, Copilot, Lovable, Bolt, v0, Replit, MarsX, Canva, Devin, Github Spark, Figma Make, Cline & more]

The most complete list ever made (with demos & notes):
1/ @EmergentLabsHQ
- purely vibe coding tool (you need zero code skills)
- works best for building micro SaaS on web
- has its own AI keys (no need to figure things out)
- I'd say: go for it if you are non-technical with an idea
2/ @coderabbitai
- helps to review the code
- works great when I need to review my vibe coded project, but I dont wanna read all the code
- finds bugs, security holes & suggests improvements

3/ @anythingai

Agent that ships mobile apps & web. Designs that don't look AI made.
Includes everything: design, database, backend, auth, users, payments, ai, integrations, storage..

4/ @FactoryAI

An advanced AI coding tool: generates complex apps, docs, works well with large existing projects, has access to web search, MCPs, can run code on my local machine + UX is 🤌 . best for coders.

I'm building "Inbox agent" using this tool, gonna report back soon
5/ Wrapifai.com - 100% nocode. Super easy to use
- best for form based apps(calculators, ai generators, etc)
- I use it to build mini tools for SEO or lead magnets
- I built this little app listingbott.com/domain-authori… with 1 prompt and 1min.

6/ @roo_code
- works really fast
- you can queue your next prompts while it's working on previous tasks
- open source, installs as a plugin in VS code
- best for coders to be used as a coding companion
- can use your browser to test its code

7/ @figma Make
- prompt to prototype
- for non coders & non designers
- best if the output needs to look beautiful or you're building UI-first MVP or a prototype (for apps with no backend, where everything is done on the browser)

8/ @zeddotdev
- open source multiplayer IDE for coding written in Rust
- there is pretty cool native "AI Agent" system that lets you connect to most third party models
- works only for real coders
- (it's not a vs code fork)

9/ @blinkdotnew
- for nocoders
- works well for websites, simple saas and web apps with auth & db
- has hosting & custom domains (also cdn and auto scaling)
- produces mobile adaptive websites out of the box

10/ @cosineai
- for devs
- multi agents work in parallel (end to end, with no human supervision)
- works for existing complex codebases
- trained its own ai model

11/ Tidewave . ai
- AI coding agent integrated into your environment, capable of modifying your web app
- accesses your db, evaluates code, and functions like a developer (pretty unique feature)
- works for Phoenix & Ruby on Rails

12/ Rosebud_AI
- vibe coding tool for games
- works for non coders
- tailored for 2d/3d games only
- lets you use threejs for visuals

13/ @codotdev
- great for fullstack apps (web, backend, db)
- integrated with Square, making it easy to launch e-commerce websites ready to go live (no auth/keys hustle)
- great for non coders

14/ @CreateWithBloom
- nocoders can build native mobile apps
- handles backend too
- apps can be shared instantly via a link

15/ @genspark_ai AI Developer
- Claude Code clone
- for non coders

16/ @vibecodeapp
- for nocoders
- a mobile app that builds mobile apps

17/ @steercode
- a mobile app that builds mobile apps
- for non coders
- handles the whole thing (from text to the app that can be shared with others via expo)
- can prompt or talk to it

18/ @allhands_ai
- similar to Claude Code
- open source, MIT licensed
- model agnostic, use an API or bring your own
- simple to install and run `pip install openhands-ai` and `openhands`

19/ @kirodotdev
- VScode fork
- for devs
- has "ai hooks", where you can define ai coding rules using prompts that will exexute on certain triggers(I dont think anyone else has this feature)
- use "spec-driven" model, which is a bit annoying but useful

20/ Google Opal
- nocoders can build AI mini-apps by linking together prompts, models, and tools
- similar to the mix of nocoder tools (n8n, lindy, make, etc) where you can chain things together, but here you can just prompt it.

21/ @create_xyz
- it can clone a product when you drop the link to it
- has connections to things like the movie db, hackernews and more
- auth with one prompt

Good if you wanna create functioning products with just a few prompts.

22/
- perhaps the best for generating mobile apps from your phone
- also it's mobile-first iteself, basically "generate mobile app from your mobile"
- produces React Native apps (not just web wrappers)
- uses Claude 3.7 Sonnet

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23/ @heybossAI

Can build production-grade apps, with backend and database.

I'm building my inbox agent here, too, so far, I really love the design output.
Works great for non-coders.
24/ @cursor_ai
- the best
- works best for coders and not such a good fit for nocoders
- can assist, autocomplete, refactor and even build entire modules/projects
Here its been asked to migrate from Tailwind v3 to v4

25/ @boltdotnew
- started as a side project of stackblitz and went huge raising $105M
- works for everyone(coders, nocoders, marketers...)
- has out of the box integration with supabase for data, auth..

I built several lead magnets using bolt

26/ @lovable_dev
- fastest-growing EU based startup today ($10M ARR)
- native supabase integration
- the best AI+NoCode mix on the market (the wysiwyg part)
- takes in screenshots as an input and can produce full web apps

I use it instead of Figma 😃

27/ @windsurf_ai (works well for advanced apps. my top 3)
- acts as a true agent
- can use the web search
- has a memory.
- best for lazy coders

28/ Stitch from Google

- best for prototyping
- can be used by founders, designers, nocoders
- much faster than all the others

29/ Grok Studio from X AI

My favorite way of playing with code. I think people could use it to learn coding (I strongly suggest all vibe coders to learn coding)

30/ Canva Code

Perfect for lead magnets for founders, nocoders and marketers.

31/ @augmentcode

- works in vs code and jetbrains
- for coders
- can execute code, run terminal, find issues and analyze the code

(!!! click "show more" to see 30 more ai coding tools)

32/ @buildwithmocha

- for non coders
- builds full stack apps from prompts
- 100% complete(auth, db, hosting, emails...)
- perfect for non tech people, e.g. for your grandma

33/ @rork_app

text to app AI agent
- builds mobile apps
- publishing directly on TestFlight
- perfect for building mobile apps for noncoders

34/ Clark

- ai agent to build internal enterprise apps
- can build an app from jira tickets
- a mix of prompting, figma like editing and coding

35/ GitHub Copilot ( the OG of this game, started back in 2020 )
- can generate code
- handles large codebases
- can merge PRs, fix bugs, search code
- supports agent mode now and also it's open sourced

36/ @Replit AI
- most advanced AI Agent for coding imho
- has two modes: Agent or Assistant
- true full stack app generator. Has its own server, db, hosting...

Here is the real app I built using it

seobotai.com/broken-link-ch…
37/ @v0 from @vercel
- best for making well-designed web pages or UIs
- doesn't work well for fullstack apps
- can use figma as a starting point
- lets you edit elements one by one

38/ @marsxdev (my own product)
- a mix of AI, NoCode and High Code
- I built @seobotai, @listingbott and @indexrusher using marsx
- it takes the whole coding world to the next level since it isn't a website builder, but "SaaS builder"

39/ @DevinAI
- not expensive anymore
- targets the corporates
- acts as a junior dev in a dev team
- sends pull requests, works alongside you or your team. Doesnt work as well for me yet, idk why, feels like it works well for good repos. Mine is a mess

40/ @webdraw_
- best for people with zero coding experience
- totally genius UX
- free
- turns sketches into web apps

41/ @Tempo_Labs
- Generates full-stack apps using a text or image prompt
- It starts by making an architecture and diagrams
- I think they have the best AI Coding UX, wow

42/ Claude Code
can search code, run tests, and push to GitHub.

Claude Code is a CLI tool that lets you delegate engineering tasks to Claude with full access to your codebase, tests, and GitHub - all from your terminal.
43/ @Trae_ai
- goes all the way from 0 to 1 via prompting
- free
- from Bytedance
- can do fullstack web apps
- for coders

44/ @cline
- VC code plugin
- works for large codebases
- supports any LLM
- runtime awareness

45/ @DatabuttonHQ
- from my friends from Norway
- backed by VCs who backed one of my startups
- has very unique approach, different from most of the players
- works great for true nocoders

46/ @continuedev
- an open source alternative to Cursor
- great for those who wanna build their own AI IDE (like maker from Pear AI who forked it)

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47/ @base_44
- for noncoders
- all in one
- creates dashboard-like apps pretty well

48/ @QodoAI
- for coders
- can write tests, refactor and generate code
- supports all llms(including deepseek)

48/ Aider from @paulgauthier
- can generate most of the things out of prompts
- has cool terminal UI
- acts as a pair programmer
- works locally

49/ @trypearai
- entered into YC
- had a huge drama around forking a github repo
- had a mentor call with them, two very talented guys taking an alternative path on competing with cursor

50/ Github Spark
- works well for small or demo apps
- still behind the "waitlist" for the technical preview

x.com/satyanadella/s…

51/ Firebase Studio
- free alternative to cursor
- can build mobile apps
- uses gemini

52/ Tabnine
- mostly works as an advanced AI Autocomplete
- slowly getting into AI code gen

53/ Amazon CodeWhisperer
- can generate unit tests
- help with coding

54/ Jetbrains
- create web apps and websites without writing a single line of code
- for small, single-purpose applications like plant trackers, fitness apps, blogs, planners, quiz apps...

55/ ChatGPT code canvas
- great for nocoders learning tocode

Building windows 95 demo:

56/ Haystack - An IDE built on top of a canvas
- really cool and creative idea for UX of a code refactoring with AI
- also does code reviewing

57/ OpenAI Codex

- for coders
- works for existing repos
- seems like it'll compete with devin

58/ Jules from Google.

- for coders
- can be used a bug fixer, or for simple tasks
- can review code

59/ @AmpCode from Sourcegraph

- agentic (parallel) coding tool for coders
- from a company that knows what the code is really well
- for coders(IDE plugin)

60/ @SoftgenAI

It took me 20 minutes to get my app done.
Compared to all other tools I've tried, softgen felt the more autonomous. I didn't have to debug things. It did it all on its own.

61/ @AiBlckbx
Generic coding agent for nocoders.
62. That's it.
Have I missed anything???

Btw, here are some of my own startups:
unicornplatform.com website and directory builder
listingbott.com finds all relevant web directories & lists you there
seobotai.com AI Blog generator for SEO
tinyadz.com b2b ad network for tech products & services
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