Aider
Agents in the editorAider is an open-source AI pair programmer in the terminal. It maps a conversation onto git commits in a repository on your machine.
A FIELD GUIDE FOR THE BUILDERS
Less hunting for the right tool.
More making the thing you imagined.
A curated directory of AI coding tools — vibe-coding app builders, coding agents, IDEs, and more — compared side by side.
The landscape moves fast.
Find your way through it.
01 / THE DIRECTORY
The right tool changes everything.
Find the one for what you’re building.
Aider is an open-source AI pair programmer in the terminal. It maps a conversation onto git commits in a repository on your machine.
Bolt is StackBlitz's in-browser AI builder. Describe an app, get a project you can run and edit in the browser, and sync it to GitHub.
Claude Code is Anthropic's coding agent for the terminal, IDE, desktop app, and browser. It reads a repository, edits files, and runs commands.
Cursor is an AI coding agent in a desktop editor, with a CLI and cloud agents that can work the same repository and review pull requests.
Devin Desktop is the IDE formerly called Windsurf. It is a command center for local and cloud coding agents, with Devin built in.
Lovable builds and hosts a full-stack web app from a conversation, then syncs the project to GitHub so you can keep editing in a normal repo.
Replit is a browser workspace with an Agent that can build, run, and deploy an app without installing a local toolchain.
Rosebud AI builds playable browser games from a description, including code, art, and sound, and it also generates standalone game assets.
v0 is Vercel's AI for designing and building full-stack web apps, with a bias toward Next.js and deploying on Vercel.
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THE GAME DEV COLLECTION
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Let’s make a game Or start with the weekend guide02 / THE SIDE-BY-SIDES
Cursor is an editor you live in. Claude Code is an agent you can run in the terminal or beside an editor, including Cursor. Plenty of people use both.
Find your fitLovable and Bolt both turn a prompt into a web app you can sync to GitHub. Lovable is oriented around a hosted product. Bolt is oriented around an in-browser project you can run immediately.
Find your fitv0 and Lovable both generate web apps from a prompt. v0 is built around the Vercel and Next.js stack. Lovable is a more general hosted app builder.
Find your fitBUILT SOMETHING WORTH KNOWING ABOUT?