Coding AI Tools

Cursor replaced VS Code for thousands of developers. We used it full-time for 3 months — here's what's genuinely impressive, what needs work, and who it's for.

Claude Code by Anthropic is a terminal-first AI coding agent that reads your entire codebase, edits files, and runs commands autonomously.

GitHub Copilot works in VS Code, JetBrains, and Neovim. But Cursor is gaining fast. We compared both directly — here's which one to pick in 2026.

OpenAI Codex is a cloud-based software engineering agent that writes features, fixes bugs, and proposes pull requests — all running in parallel.

Google AI Studio gives you free access to Gemini 3 Pro, image generation, video creation, and a vibe coding feature that builds apps from descriptions.

v0 turns a description or screenshot into working React and Tailwind code. We tested it on real UI work — here's when it saves hours and when it falls short.

Google Opal lets anyone create and share AI-powered mini-apps using natural language and a visual workflow editor — no coding required.

Anything turns plain-language descriptions into full-stack apps with native mobile builds, built-in backends, and autonomous QA testing.