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List of AI-assisted software development tools

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This is a list of AI-assisted software development tools which are tools used for AI-assisted software development, especially large language models and AI agents, to assist with software development tasks such as writing, editing, reviewing, testing, debugging, documenting, and understanding source code.[1][2]

AI coding tools

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Tool Developer License IDE IDE extension Web application Desktop application CLI
Amp Amp Frontier Corporation
(originally Sourcegraph)[3]
Proprietary No No ? No Yes
Amazon Q Developer Amazon Web Services[4] Proprietary No Yes ? No Yes
Bob IBM[5] Proprietary Yes Yes No No Yes
ChatGPT OpenAI[6] Proprietary No No Yes Yes[7] No
Claude Code Anthropic[8] Proprietary No Yes Yes Yes[9] Yes
Codex OpenAI[10] Proprietary No Yes[11] No Yes No
Codex CLI OpenAI[12] Apache License 2.0 No No No No Yes
Cody Sourcegraph[13] Proprietary No Yes ? No Yes
Cursor Anysphere[14] Proprietary Native No Yes Yes Yes
DeepSeek Coder DeepSeek[15] Open source No Yes No No No
DeepSeek Harness DeepSeek[16] MIT No No Yes No Yes
Devin AI Cognition AI[17] Proprietary No Yes Yes No Yes
Gemini Google[18] Proprietary No Yes Yes Yes[19] Yes
GitHub Copilot GitHub and OpenAI[20] Proprietary No Yes Yes No Yes[21]
Google AI Studio Google[22] Proprietary Online No Yes No No
Google Antigravity Google[23] Proprietary Native No No Yes Yes
Grok SpaceXAI[24] Proprietary No Yes Yes No No
Hermes Agent Nous Research[25] Open source No Yes[26] ? No Yes
Kimi Code Moonshot AI[27][28] MIT No Yes ? No Yes
Muse Code Meta[29] Proprietary No No No No Yes
OpenCode Anomaly[30] MIT No Yes Yes[31] Yes Yes
OpenHands All Hands AI[32] MIT No Yes[33] Yes No Yes[34]
Qodo Qodo[35] Proprietary No Yes ? No Yes
Tabnine Tabnine[36] Proprietary No Yes No No Yes[37]
ZCode Z.ai[38] Proprietary No No No Yes[39] No
Zed Zed Industries[40] GPL and AGPL[41] Native No No Yes Yes[42]
Tool Developer License IDE IDE extension Web application Desktop application CLI

See also

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References

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  2. Hou, Irene; Metzger, Chad; Pohl, Manuel; Kästner, Christian; Vasilescu, Bogdan (2025). "Examining the use and impact of an AI code assistant on developer productivity and experience in the enterprise". Proceedings of the ACM on Software Engineering. 2 (ICSE): 1414–1435. doi:10.1145/3706599.3706670.
  3. Sawers, Paul (December 3, 2025). "Sourcegraph spins out AI coding agent Amp as a standalone company". Tessl. Retrieved June 4, 2026.
  4. Wiggers, Kyle (April 30, 2024). "Amazon CodeWhisperer is now called Q Developer and is expanding its functions". TechCrunch. Retrieved May 24, 2026.
  5. David, Emilia (April 30, 2024). "IBM launches Bob with multi-model routing and human checkpoints to turn AI coding into a secure production system". VentureBeat. Retrieved August 19, 2026.
  6. Zeff, Maxwell (October 3, 2024). "OpenAI launches new 'Canvas' ChatGPT interface tailored to writing and coding projects". TechCrunch. Retrieved June 1, 2026.
  7. "Moving to the new ChatGPT desktop app". OpenAI Help Center. OpenAI. Retrieved August 16, 2026.
  8. Zeff, Maxwell (October 20, 2025). "Anthropic brings Claude Code to the web". TechCrunch. Retrieved May 24, 2026.
  9. "Introducing Claude Opus 4.5". Anthropic. November 24, 2025. Retrieved August 16, 2026.
  10. "OpenAI brings Codex coding tool to ChatGPT mobile app". Reuters. May 14, 2026. Retrieved May 24, 2026.
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  12. "openai/codex". GitHub. OpenAI. Retrieved June 9, 2026.
  13. Dotson, Kyt (December 14, 2023). "Sourcegraph launches AI coding assistant Cody into general availability". SiliconANGLE. Retrieved May 28, 2026.
  14. Wiggers, Kyle (October 11, 2023). "Anysphere raises $8M from OpenAI to build an AI-powered IDE". TechCrunch. Retrieved May 20, 2026.
  15. "DeepSeek Coder: Let the Code Write Itself". GitHub. DeepSeek. Retrieved July 17, 2026.
  16. "deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness". GitHub. DeepSeek. Retrieved August 21, 2026.
  17. Knight, Will (March 14, 2024). "Forget Chatbots. AI Agents Are the Future". Wired. Retrieved May 24, 2026.
  18. Zeff, Maxwell (February 25, 2025). "Google launches a free AI coding assistant with very high usage caps". TechCrunch. Retrieved June 1, 2026.
  19. "The Gemini App is now available on Mac OS". Google Blog. Google. Retrieved August 16, 2026.
  20. Lardinois, Frederic (February 14, 2023). "GitHub's Copilot for Business is now generally available". TechCrunch. Retrieved May 24, 2026.
  21. "GitHub Copilot CLI". GitHub. GitHub. Retrieved August 16, 2026.
  22. Hollister, Sean (May 21, 2026). "I can't believe how fast Google vibe coded my first Android app". The Verge. Retrieved June 3, 2026.
  23. "Google Antigravity is an 'agent-first' coding tool built for Gemini 3". The Verge. November 18, 2025. Retrieved May 24, 2026.
  24. "Musk's xAI forays into agentic coding with new model". Reuters. August 28, 2025. Retrieved June 5, 2026.
  25. "Learning Path". Hermes Agent. Nous Research. Retrieved August 2, 2026.
  26. "Agent Client Protocol". Hermes Agent. Nous Research. Retrieved August 2, 2026.
  27. "MoonshotAI/kimi-cli: Kimi Code CLI is your next CLI agent". GitHub. Moonshot AI. Retrieved July 20, 2026.
  28. "Kimi Code". Visual Studio Marketplace. Microsoft. Retrieved July 22, 2026.
  29. "Meta enters the crowded AI coding battle with Muse Spark 1.1". TechCrunch. July 9, 2026. Retrieved July 11, 2026.
  30. De Simone, Sergio (February 5, 2026). "OpenCode: an Open-source AI Coding Agent Competing with Claude Code and Copilot". InfoQ. Retrieved August 16, 2026.
  31. "Web". OpenCode. Anomaly. Retrieved August 19, 2026.
  32. "OpenHands: AI-Driven Development". GitHub. All Hands AI. Retrieved August 4, 2026.
  33. "VS Code". OpenHands Docs. All Hands AI. Retrieved August 4, 2026.
  34. "Terminal (CLI)". OpenHands Docs. All Hands AI. Retrieved August 4, 2026.
  35. "Qodo Reviews & Ratings 2026". Gartner Peer Insights. Retrieved June 1, 2026.
  36. Wiggers, Kyle (June 15, 2022). "Tabnine raises $15.5M for AI that autocompletes code". TechCrunch. Retrieved May 24, 2026.
  37. "Supported AI Coding Agent Integrations". GitHub Spec Kit. Retrieved June 1, 2026.
  38. Nuñez, Michael (July 2, 2026). "Z.ai launches ZCode to challenge Cursor, Claude Code and GitHub Copilot in AI coding". VentureBeat. Retrieved August 22, 2026.
  39. "Install". ZCode Docs. Z.ai. Retrieved August 22, 2026.
  40. Yegulalp, Serdar (November 19, 2025). "Hands-on with Zed: The IDE built for AI". InfoWorld. Retrieved May 24, 2026.
  41. Sobo, Nathan (January 24, 2024). "Zed is now open source - Zed Blog". zed.dev.
  42. "CLI Reference". Zed. Zed Industries. Retrieved August 16, 2026.
  43. Barron, Jenna (March 31, 2025). "March 2025: All AI updates from the past month". SD Times. Retrieved May 25, 2026.

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