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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Free tier; Pro $10/mo; Pro+ $39/mo; Max $100/mo
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