Best AI Coding Assistants for Developers
AI coding tools speed up real development. Here are the best, grouped by how they fit your workflow.
AI-first editors
- Cursor is a full editor built around AI, with whole-codebase understanding and multi-file edits.
- Windsurf is another AI-first editor with strong agentic features.
Add AI to your existing editor
- GitHub Copilot plugs into VS Code and other editors for inline suggestions and chat. Free for students and open-source maintainers.
Code in the browser
- Replit combines an online IDE with AI for fast prototyping and deployment.
How to choose
- Want the deepest AI integration → Cursor or Windsurf
- Want to keep your current setup → GitHub Copilot
- Want zero local setup → Replit
Compare two head to head, e.g. Cursor vs GitHub Copilot, or see Best AI coding tools.