Coding assistants

The best AI coding assistants

Write, review, and fix code. The most measurable gains on this whole list, and the field that moves fastest.

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Coding assistants

Command-line AI pair programming, fully open source, that edits the git repository's files directly.

FreeOpen source

AI assistants · Writing

Anthropic's assistant, at ease with long documents and structured writing.

Data in the United StatesFree version, then paid·from $17/month

Coding assistants

Open-source coding agent, installable in VS Code or via the command line, compatible with the AI model of your choice.

Free version, then paidOpen source

Coding assistants

AI coding assistant that relies on Sourcegraph's search index to reason over an entire repository before answering.

Custom pricing

Coding assistants

A code editor where the AI reads the whole project before proposing a change.

Data in the United StatesFree version, then paid·from $20/month

Coding assistants · Code review and testing

GitHub's code autocomplete, wired into the most common editors.

Multiple countries, no EU guaranteeFree version, then paid·from $10/month

Coding assistants

AI code completion with a large context window, built to stay fast on large files.

Free version, then paid·from $10/month

Coding assistants

AI completion and chat in the IDE, with an option to deploy the model entirely on the company's infrastructure.

Paid·from $39/month

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