Best AI coding editors & agents
Editors, CLIs and autonomous agents that write code with you.
Scores are based on research verified Oct 15, 2026, using our methodology.
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OpenAI Codex open source
OpenAI's coding agent
86
/ 100
C
Cline open source
Open-source coding agent for VS Code
81
/ 100
C
Cursor
AI code editor
81
/ 100
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GitHub Copilot
GitHub's AI coding assistant
80
/ 100
C
Claude Code
Anthropic's agentic coding tool for the terminal
79
/ 100
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Zed open source
Open-source, high-performance code editor with AI features
77
/ 100
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Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
AI IDE with an agent command center (formerly Windsurf)
75
/ 100
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Devin
Autonomous AI software engineer
72
/ 100
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Kiro
Spec-driven agentic IDE
72
/ 100
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Aider open source
Open-source AI pair programming in the terminal
67
/ 100