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Best AI coding agents

Editors and terminal agents that take a task and touch the repository.

The job: Delegate a real change in a codebase.

Ranked by score

  1. 1

    Claude Code

    Terminal agent on the Claude plan. Close to Cursor, different workshop.

    Preliminary scoreReviewed from docs
    86
  2. 2

    Cursor

    Editor-native agent. The safe pick when the job is the repo.

    Preliminary scoreReviewed from docs
    86
  3. 3

    GitHub Copilot

    The incumbent in the editor. Solid, and no longer the only agent in the race.

    Preliminary scoreReviewed from docs
    83
  4. 4

    Devin

    Cloud and desktop agent. Formerly Windsurf on the desktop.

    Preliminary scoreReviewed from docs
    77
  5. 5

    Aider

    Roughie. Free software, your model key, edits land in git.

    Preliminary scoreReviewed from docs
    75
  6. 6

    Replit

    Agent plus hosting in the browser. Convenient, not the sharpest specialist.

    Preliminary scoreReviewed from docs
    72