List of AI-assisted software development tools

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

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
Cline Cline[10] Apache 2.0 No Yes No No Yes
Codex OpenAI[11] Proprietary No Yes[12] No Yes No
Codex CLI OpenAI[13] Apache 2.0 No No No No Yes
Cody Sourcegraph[14] Proprietary No Yes ? No Yes
Cursor Anysphere[15] Proprietary Native No Yes Yes Yes
DeepSeek Coder DeepSeek[16] Open source No Yes No No No
DeepSeek Harness DeepSeek[17] MIT No No Yes No Yes
Devin AI Cognition AI[18] Proprietary No Yes Yes No Yes
Gemini Google[19] Proprietary No Yes Yes Yes[20] Yes
GitHub Copilot GitHub and OpenAI[21] Proprietary No Yes Yes No Yes[22]
Google AI Studio Google[23] Proprietary Online No Yes No No
Google Antigravity Google[24] Proprietary Native No No Yes Yes
goose Agentic AI Foundation
(originally Block)[25]
Apache 2.0 No Yes[26] No Yes Yes
Grok SpaceXAI[27] Proprietary No Yes Yes No No
Hermes Agent Nous Research[28] Open source No Yes[29] ? No Yes
Kimi Code Moonshot AI[30][31] MIT No Yes ? No Yes
Muse Code Meta[32] Proprietary No No No No Yes
OpenCode Anomaly[33] MIT No Yes Yes[34] Yes Yes
OpenHands All Hands AI[35] MIT No Yes[36] Yes No Yes[37]
Qodo Qodo[38] Proprietary No Yes ? No Yes
Tabnine Tabnine[39] Proprietary No Yes No No Yes[40]
ZCode Z.ai[41] Proprietary No No No Yes[42] No
Zed Zed Industries[43] GPL and AGPL[44] Native No No Yes Yes[45]
Tool Developer License IDE IDE extension Web application Desktop application CLI

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sergeyuk, Agnia; Golubev, Yaroslav; Bryksin, Timofey; Ahmed, Iftekhar (2025). "Using AI-based coding assistants in practice: State of affairs, perceptions, and ways forward". Information and Software Technology. 178 107610. doi:10.1016/j.infsof.2024.107610.
  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.
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  15. ↑ Wiggers, Kyle (October 11, 2023). "Anysphere raises $8M from OpenAI to build an AI-powered IDE". TechCrunch. Retrieved May 20, 2026.
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  24. ↑ "Google Antigravity is an 'agent-first' coding tool built for Gemini 3". The Verge. November 18, 2025. Retrieved May 24, 2026.
  25. ↑ "goose". goose. Agentic AI Foundation. Retrieved August 26, 2026.
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  28. ↑ "Learning Path". Hermes Agent. Nous Research. Retrieved August 2, 2026.
  29. ↑ "Agent Client Protocol". Hermes Agent. Nous Research. Retrieved August 2, 2026.
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  32. ↑ "Meta enters the crowded AI coding battle with Muse Spark 1.1". TechCrunch. July 9, 2026. Retrieved July 11, 2026.
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  34. ↑ "Web". OpenCode. Anomaly. Retrieved August 19, 2026.
  35. ↑ "OpenHands: AI-Driven Development". GitHub. All Hands AI. Retrieved August 4, 2026.
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  37. ↑ "Terminal (CLI)". OpenHands Docs. All Hands AI. Retrieved August 4, 2026.
  38. ↑ "Qodo Reviews & Ratings 2026". Gartner Peer Insights. Retrieved June 1, 2026.
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