AI agents
The deployed-product layer atop raw models — coding agents, browser agents, autonomous assistants. 11 of 17 tracked.
Claude Code
Anthropiccoding
Anthropic's CLI coding agent. Top of the SWE-bench Verified leaderboard at 80.8% on Opus 4.6. Lives in the terminal — reads files, executes commands, navigates repos, applies multi-file edits autonomously.
Codex
OpenAIcoding
OpenAI's coding agent — runs in CLI, IDE, and cloud-hosted runtimes. Drives the Plus/Pro coding workflow.
Cursor
Anyspherecoding
AI-native code editor, fork of VS Code. Hit $2B ARR in February 2026. Composer mode for natural-language multi-file refactors.
GitHub Copilot
GitHubcoding
The most widely-adopted AI coding tool, ~15M developer accounts. Multi-model since 2024 — pick your preferred backbone per task.
Cline
Clinecoding·open source
VS Code extension AI coding agent. 5M+ installs — the most-installed open-source coding agent.
OpenCode
OpenCodecoding·open source
Open-source CLI coding agent. ~147K stars by April 2026. Official GitHub Copilot partnership lets paid Copilot subscribers auth directly into it.
Bolt.new
StackBlitzcoding
In-browser AI coding agent powered by StackBlitz WebContainers — generates and runs full Node.js apps without ever leaving the tab.
Devin
Cognitioncoding
Cognition Labs' autonomous AI software engineer — runs sessions for hours, planning and executing complex multi-step engineering work.
v0
Vercelcoding
Vercel's UI-generation agent. Describe a component or app, get production-ready React + Tailwind + shadcn/ui code, deploy in one click.
Lovable
Lovablecoding
Conversational app builder — build a full-stack web app (database, auth, UI, deploys) in plain English. Stripe integration for monetized SaaS.
Replit Agent
Replitcoding
Replit's in-browser coding agent. Agent 4 (Mar 2026) introduced parallel task forking that auto-resolves merge conflicts ~90% of the time.