AI Coding Tools¶

A comprehensive guide to AI-powered development tools that can accelerate your coding workflow and boost productivity.

AI Development Tools Categories¶

Full-featured development environments that run in the cloud with AI capabilities and deployment built-in.

Enhanced versions of Visual Studio Code with advanced AI features and integrations.

Extensions and plugins that add AI capabilities to existing development environments.

Autonomous coding assistants and command-line tools that can perform complex development tasks.

Explore each category to find the right AI coding tools for your development workflow and project needs.

Use the category pages to reflect on your needs:

Want fast MVP deployment? → Cloud-Based Platforms (Lovable, Google AI Studio, Bolt.new, Replit)
Want developer IDEs with AI capabilities? → VS Code Forks (Cursor AI, Windsurf)
Prefer open source where you pay by model token usage? → IDE Plugins (Cline, Roo Code)
Need automation and branching workflows? → AI Agents & CLI Tools (Claude Code, Google Jules, OpenAI Codex)

For example, consider this coding setup: VS Code with Codex 5.2 on the left, Claude Code Opus 4.5 on the right

Start building with Claude Code in plan mode
Copy and paste every plan into Codex. Validate the plan. If they have any critical feedback, give it back to CC
Every change either agent makes, ask the other agent to review it
When one agent submits a PR, use the other agent to review it

Not only will you produce better apps, you'll have fun just feeling like you're managing a team of engineers.