AI Coding Agents
AI coding agents go beyond autocomplete: they read your codebase, plan changes across many files, run commands and tests, and hand back working code or a pull request. This list covers terminal agents, AI-first editors and fully autonomous cloud engineers, both commercial and open source.
Claude Code
anthropic.comAnthropic's agentic coding tool that works in your terminal and codebase.
OpenAI Codex
openai.comOpenAI's cloud and CLI software engineering agent.
Cursor
cursor.comAI code editor with an agent that plans, edits and runs code.
Devin
devin.aiAutonomous AI software engineer by Cognition.
GitHub Copilot
github.comAI pair programmer with an autonomous coding agent mode.
Windsurf
windsurf.comAgentic IDE with the Cascade coding agent.
Cline
cline.botOpen-source autonomous coding agent for VS Code.
Aider
aider.chatAI pair programming in your terminal, git-aware.
OpenHands
openhands.devOpen-source platform for AI software development agents.
Ruflo
github.comOpen-source multi-agent orchestration for Claude Code and Codex that turns one assistant into a coordinated team.