Best AI Coding Assistants
AI coding assistants and editors that help you write, edit and ship code: IDEs, terminal agents and autocomplete. 6 tools, curated by BuildStack.
Cursor
AI-first code editor built on VS Code with chat, edits and agents.
cursor.com ↗GitHub Copilot
AI pair programmer integrated into GitHub and popular editors.
github.com ↗Windsurf
Agentic IDE with an AI assistant that works across your codebase.
windsurf.com ↗Claude Code
Anthropic's agentic coding tool that runs in your terminal.
anthropic.com ↗OpenAI Codex
OpenAI's coding agent for writing, fixing and reviewing code.
openai.com ↗Tabnine
AI code completion and chat assistant for many IDEs.
tabnine.com ↗Built an AI tool for builders?
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