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⌘ AI code editors & agents
Your main weapon: editors and terminal agents that write and refactor code.
#1
Cursor
Best for: Daily driver AI IDE
The meta pick: strong agent, tab completion, cloud agents and Bugbot in one editor.
Visit site ↗Hobby free; Pro $20/mo; Pro+ $60/mo; Ultra $200/mo
#2
Claude Code
Best for: Terminal-first agentic coding
Excellent autonomous agent for large refactors from the CLI.
Visit site ↗Included with Claude Pro ($20/mo, $17/mo annual) and Max (from $100/mo)
#3
OpenAI Codex
Best for: Delegating parallel tasks
CLI and cloud agent; strong for running many isolated tasks.
Visit site ↗Included with ChatGPT Plus ($20/mo) and Pro ($100/mo)
#4
GitHub Copilot
Best for: Teams already on GitHub
Everywhere you code (VS Code, JetBrains, Xcode, CLI) with a wide model picker.
Visit site ↗Free tier; Pro $10/mo; Pro+ $39/mo; Max $100/mo
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