Best AI Coding Agents

Agents that read, write and ship code for you.

1. #1S

   Claude Code

   96

   Strongest autonomy on long, multi-file tasks with excellent tooling and permissions.

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2. #2S

   Cursor

   95

   The best editor experience plus cloud agents and Projects for big jobs.

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3. #3S

   OpenAI Codex

   94

   Great parallel cloud tasks and an open-source CLI.

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4. #4A

   GitHub Copilot

   88

   Issue-to-PR coding agent built right into GitHub.

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5. #5A

   Devin

   86

   Most hands-off ticket-to-PR teammate for async backlogs.

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6. #6A

   Gemini CLI

   83

   Open-source with a generous free tier.

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7. #7B

   Cline

   78

   Best open-source BYO-model agent inside VS Code.

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8. #8B

   Aider

   77

   Lean, git-native and works with almost any model.

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