# AI coding agents

> Coding agents from the directory. App builders are on their own list. Each card repeats that tool's listing.

10 tools, in the order they appear in the Digidle Tools directory. This is not a ranking.

- Page: https://digidle.com/best/ai-coding-agents/
- All best-of lists: https://digidle.com/best/

## Tools

- [Cursor](https://digidle.com/tools/cursor/): AI coding agent and VS Code-based editor with codebase-aware chat, autocomplete and agent mode. Official site: https://cursor.com. Alternatives: https://digidle.com/alternatives/cursor/.
  - [Cursor vs Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)](https://digidle.com/compare/cursor-vs-windsurf/)
  - [Cursor vs GitHub Copilot](https://digidle.com/compare/cursor-vs-github-copilot/)
  - [Cursor vs Claude Code](https://digidle.com/compare/cursor-vs-claude-code/)
- [Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)](https://digidle.com/tools/windsurf/): AI-native IDE from Cognition, renamed from Windsurf (originally Codeium), with the Cascade agent for multi-file edits. Official site: https://devin.ai/desktop. Alternatives: https://digidle.com/alternatives/windsurf/.
  - [Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) vs Cursor](https://digidle.com/compare/cursor-vs-windsurf/)
- [GitHub Copilot](https://digidle.com/tools/github-copilot/): GitHub's AI pair programmer with completions, chat and coding agent across popular editors. Official site: https://github.com/features/copilot. Alternatives: https://digidle.com/alternatives/github-copilot/.
  - [GitHub Copilot vs Cursor](https://digidle.com/compare/cursor-vs-github-copilot/)
  - [GitHub Copilot vs Claude Code](https://digidle.com/compare/github-copilot-vs-claude-code/)
- [Claude Code](https://digidle.com/tools/claude-code/): Anthropic's agentic coding tool that runs in the terminal and works across your codebase. Official site: https://www.anthropic.com/claude-code. Alternatives: https://digidle.com/alternatives/claude-code/.
  - [Claude Code vs OpenCode](https://digidle.com/compare/claude-code-vs-opencode/)
  - [Claude Code vs Cursor](https://digidle.com/compare/cursor-vs-claude-code/)
  - [Claude Code vs GitHub Copilot](https://digidle.com/compare/github-copilot-vs-claude-code/)
- [Vani Code Agent](https://digidle.com/tools/vani-code-agent/): Free VS Code extension coding agent with diff review and command approval, backed by the Vani API. Official site: https://vani.ai. Alternatives: https://digidle.com/alternatives/vani-code-agent/.
- [Reason](https://digidle.com/tools/reason/): Autonomous software engineer for GitHub that opens evidence-backed pull requests; use it from the web, Mac app, terminal or Slack. Official site: https://reasonmachines.com. Alternatives: https://digidle.com/alternatives/reason/.
- [OpenCode](https://digidle.com/tools/opencode/): Open-source AI coding agent for terminal, desktop and web, with multi-session agents and 75+ model providers. Official site: https://opencode.ai. Alternatives: https://digidle.com/alternatives/opencode/.
  - [OpenCode vs Claude Code](https://digidle.com/compare/claude-code-vs-opencode/)
- [Dropstone](https://digidle.com/tools/dropstone/): AI coding agent for the terminal and your IDE with one memory across chat, CLI and code: correct it once and it applies the lesson everywhere; runs on self-hosted models, plans from $5/month. Official site: https://www.dropstone.io. Alternatives: https://digidle.com/alternatives/dropstone/.
- [AutonomyAI](https://digidle.com/tools/autonomyai/): Autonomous product delivery on your real codebase: research, plan the spec, build with your own components and conventions, verify in the running app and hand engineers a review-ready pull request. Official site: https://autonomyai.io. Alternatives: https://digidle.com/alternatives/autonomyai/.
- [Hazzel](https://digidle.com/tools/hazzel/): Small, readable open-source (Apache-2.0) terminal coding agent in Python: bring your own key for one of eight providers or run Ollama locally, no subscription, every change shown as a diff before it touches disk, with undo, /review, /commit and per-turn token cost. Official site: https://github.com/mukundzha/hazzel. Alternatives: https://digidle.com/alternatives/hazzel/.

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Source: Digidle Tools (https://digidle.com/). Full index: https://digidle.com/llms.txt