Best AI tools to write code faster
AI helpers for people who write software: they suggest, write, fix and explain code. Mostly for programmers.
123 tools, ranked by how well reviewers rate them, how much people are talking about them this week, and how easy they are to start with. Filter by price, skill or device →
Claude Code
Same family: Claude
People comfortable with code who want AI to make big changes to software for them.
Cursor
Programmers who want AI help inside a familiar code editor.
OpenCode 2.0
Programmers who want a free AI coding helper.
GitHub Copilot
Programmers who want code suggestions in the tools they already use.
LangChain
Programmers building their own AI apps.
OpenAI API
Programmers adding ChatGPT-style AI to their own apps.
Replit
Apps that need to store data, with one-click publishing.
universal-modder
Lets programmers use Claude to mod PC games.
FrontierAgent
A free kit for programmers to build AI helpers.
coucou
A small Mac and iPhone app that shows what your AI coding tools are doing. For programmers.
magpie
A Mac menu-bar app for programmers to switch which AI model their coding tools use.
MTEB Leaderboard
A scoreboard that compares AI search models. For programmers.
Google EmbeddingGemma 2
Programmers adding search across text, photos, and video to their apps.
HN.watch
Every Hacker News post turned into a short video, if you'd rather watch than read.
Hindsight 1.0
Memory for AI assistants that developers build. It lets them remember each user and learn from past mistakes instead of repeating them. Version 1.0 came out Oct 13.
dsh-our-free-model
A plugin for the DeepSeek Harness coding tool that gives free access to models like DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Kimi K3, with no sign-up.
Whiteboard (YC W26)
A free code editor that helps programmers plan software before writing it.
The Ultra-Scale Playbook
A deep technical guide to training huge AI models on big clusters of graphics chips.
Reladraw
A way to make diagrams by writing simple text, where you decide what goes where.
AIHOT
Free code for running your own AI news site. It finds trending topics and writes a daily report by itself. You pick the sources. Needs a programmer to set up.
Mini-AGI
An experimental AI model that keeps learning, trained on a normal gaming graphics card.
codex-with-chatgpt
A trick for programmers: ChatGPT does the planning, and OpenAI's Codex coding tool does the actual work.
The Smol Training Playbook
A guide from Hugging Face on how they build AI models. For engineers.
LDraw Nova (Lego AI generator)
A free project that uses AI to design Lego builds. Needs some setup to run.
JevBench
Tests for AI decision models. Researchers only.
sprix-sage-router
Decides which AI helper in a team should handle a task, or when to pass it on. Plumbing for developers.
How Stale Is Your AI?
A chart showing how up to date 20 popular AI models are, and when each one's knowledge stops.
Pelican-bicycle alternatives
A playful gallery comparing how different AIs draw a pelican riding a bicycle. A popular informal test.
agent-memory
Gives AI coding helpers a long-term memory, stored as simple notes on your computer. One for programmers.
Tiny AI Arena
Watch AI bots compete against each other in little games.
Pi pod
Runs the Pi coding helper safely on your own server.
reelmimic
Show it a video you love and it makes a new one in the same style. You'll run it through Claude Code or Codex, so some tech comfort helps.
CUA-S1
A quick-reacting AI model built to use a computer like a person would.
VoiceMem
Gives voice assistants a memory for both facts and feelings. Building blocks for developers, not an app.
scroll-craft
Teaches AI coding tools to build fancy websites that animate as you scroll.
jevgrep
Find code by describing what it does. For programmers.
InferenceSupport
A help forum for a Hugging Face developer feature.
geo-sleuth
Figures out where a photo was taken using maps, skylines and satellite images, and shows how it got there. Works inside AI coding tools.
sepia
Makes AI-written text sound less like AI, for fiction and professional writing. An add-on for AI coding tools.
lemo-opuscar
43 film styles for making short films with Claude, with no video AI needed. Everything is drawn in code.
awesome-jev
A list of projects built on Jev, an AI model that makes yes/no-style decisions.
HF Realtime Voice
Plumbing that lets developers build real-time voice chat into their apps.
Doom or Bloom
A quick quiz that shows where you land between 'AI will ruin everything' and 'AI will fix everything'.
Offrun
Manage all your AI coding helpers in one place.
headcount
A pretend company made of AI 'departments' (legal, finance, HR and more), each with its own skills. Runs inside Claude Code or ChatGPT.
awesome-seedance
A big library of tested prompts for the Seedance video AI, with 600+ real examples and 25 copy-and-paste templates. Useful even if you don't code.
Browser
A gallery for browsing and comparing community-made image styles and models.
Agent.reviews
A review site where AI helpers rate the tools they use. Odd, and kind of interesting.
anything2explainer
Type a topic and get a narrated explainer video with subtitles. Runs as an add-on for Claude Code or Codex. English or Chinese.
The ultimate guide to multi-harness RL
A long technical guide to training AI models. Researchers only.
Lody
Share AI coding helpers with your team, on your phone or computer.
audio.cpp
A fast engine that runs voice, speech-to-text and music AI on your own computer. Programmers build apps on it.
Training a model to identify AI web content from structure alone
A research project that spots AI-written web pages from their layout alone.
Ordewell
Turns one big coding goal into an ordered to-do list for AI helpers.
OpenVuln
Scans a software project for security bugs using AI. For developers.
open-steps
Add-ons that make AI coding tools explain what they did in plain language, with clear next steps.
Durable Actors
Server building blocks for developers. Not really an AI tool for most people.
herdr-gpui
A desktop app for watching what your AI coding helpers are doing. For programmers.
AnyJev
Makes any AI model give clear-cut decisions with probabilities, like Jev does.
Breadcrumb
Records what you do on your Mac so your AI assistant knows what you were working on.
AgentRun
A way for developers to turn AI helpers into repeatable step-by-step processes.
workbuddy2api-hub
A technical go-between that lets several accounts of the WorkBuddy AI service work with other coding tools. Developers only.
video-talkcraft
Turns Claude Code or Codex into a little animation studio for narrated explainer videos, with the voiceover synced word by word.
lcu
Lets programmers use OpenAI's 'take over the computer' feature outside OpenAI's own app.
HF Viewer · Model Architecture Explorer
Draws a diagram of how any AI model on Hugging Face is built inside. For engineers.
Sunk Cost
A calculator for how long a home AI computer takes to pay for itself versus paying for AI subscriptions.
jevals
A way for developers to grade AI answers using the Jev decision model.
ChessFly
A computer model of a fruit fly's brain playing chess. Weird, fun science.
AI·rete·RAG
A system where rules make the decisions and AI explains why. For engineers.
L.O.S.S.
A short, funny satire about the AI race.
folkbench
Rates the go-between services that resell AI access, measuring uptime, speed and price. For developers shopping around.
Open SLM Leaderboard
A scoreboard comparing small AI models. Developers only.
Foremerge
Warns programmers when two AI helpers are about to make conflicting changes.
awesome-decision-models
A reading list about AI models that make quick yes/no-style decisions.
awesome-jev (kydlikebtc)
A huge index (1,207 links) of resources about Jev, an AI decision model. In English and Chinese.
vicoa
Run a whole team of AI coding helpers from your desktop or phone. Free, but you'll need tech skills.
Agentic CUDA Kernel Optimizer
Uses AI to speed up code that runs on graphics chips. Deep tech.
repo-docs-skills
Keeps a software project's guides and progress notes up to date automatically, so AI helpers don't lose track.
openjev
A research model that checks whether a statement matches a text or an image.
Ax-check.com
Checks whether AI helpers can actually use your website or product. Useful for founders curious about AI shoppers.
thinkrail
A lightweight code editor that adapts to how you work, built for 'vibe coding' with AI.
Parsimony
Measures how much extra code AI models add when they program. For developers.
Pocketty
An iPhone app that pings you when your AI coding helper gets stuck.
Graphene
Data-analysis tools for AI coding helpers.
atguigu-note
Course notes, in Chinese, on building with AI and 'vibe coding'.
umadev
Makes the AI coding tools you already have work together like a small dev team.
awesome-gpt-6-astra
A collection of fun little games made with GPT-6 Astra. Many are playable demos, so it's worth a browse even if you don't code.
DeepSeekGUI
A desktop app with buttons and windows for the DeepSeek Harness coding tool, instead of typing commands.
showtime
Describe a video in one sentence and your AI coding tool directs it while your computer renders it. No uploads.
Jotbus
A shared, encrypted notepad AI coding helpers can use to pass notes.
Pinrail
A desktop inbox where AI coding helpers wait for your OK.
ZCodium
A privacy-focused copy of the ZCode editor with all the tracking removed.
System One Arcade
Eleven playful demos (camera, drawing and text) of a small AI model you can try in your browser.
unvibecode
Maps out how messy code actually works, so a business can see the hidden risks in software an AI wrote.
vibe-hub-skill
Explains tech jargon in plain language while you build with AI, so you can ask for what you actually want. Built for beginners.
ai-media-generator
A Claude Code add-on that writes pro-level prompts for image, video and music AIs, then runs them across 14+ sites for you.
Microduck Arena
Races small robot-control AIs against the clock. A research curiosity.
Strata
A layer that sits between your business data and AI and blocks questions it can't answer reliably.
vibe-holding
A guide for picking the right tech services when you build with AI, with a map of options and recommended combinations.
Embedding Draw Challenge
A drawing game: sketch something and see whether Google's EmbeddingGemma 2 AI can guess it.
3d-vibe-coding-handbook
Companion files for a book about making 3D things with AI by describing them, including demos and an online version of the book.
Deslop
Catches sloppy patterns in code written by AI. For programmers.
MemorySync
Gives AI helpers a shared memory. Developer plumbing.
Use all Codex Plugins inside Pi
Lets the Pi coding helper use OpenAI Codex's add-ons.
awesome-opus-5.5-games
300 games built by AI, rated and sorted, each with a link to its code. A fun look at what AI can make.
html-explainer
Turns a topic into a narrated, subtitled explainer video, all on your own computer. AI coding tools build each scene.
Corral
Stops every command an AI helper starts, in one go. An emergency brake for developers.
ai-promo-video-maker
Give an AI coding tool your product's name or website and it makes a 4K promo video: research, screen captures, music cuts and narration.
VRAM & GPU Cost Calculator
Tells you how much computer memory an AI model needs and what renting a graphics chip costs. For tinkerers.
Stratawright
Music software built so an AI helper like Claude Code can run the technical side while you focus on the music.
Kcc
A programmer used AI on a $100/month budget to build a working compiler, the kind of tool that turns code into programs.
NeuDecide
A tiny voice-command AI that runs inside a web page. For developers.
Plimsoll
A safe sealed-off space where code an AI writes can run without touching the rest of your computer. For developers.
HN Simulator
An AI-built copy of Hacker News. Pointless on purpose, as the name says.
Takes for Mac
Record yourself talking to the camera on your Mac, and Claude Code edits the video for you.
EditUI
Building a site with an AI coding tool? Click any part of your page in Chrome, type what you want changed, and send the whole list to Claude Code or Cursor in one go.
Reachy Mini - Yo It's Your Boy
A goofy music video starring a small robot, all made with code.
Vela 2.0: Open Foundation Routing Models
Free AI models that decide which bigger AI should answer each question. Developer plumbing.
CLI Manager
Lets one AI helper run your other AI coding helpers.
Dropstone CLI
An AI coding helper that learns as it goes, used by typing commands.
motion-graphics-skills
Teaches AI coding tools to make slick animated videos with an original soundtrack.
Scrape Anything by Context.dev
A service programmers use to pull information from any website automatically.
KugelAudio
A European text-to-speech service for phone bots and voice assistants. It reads tricky things like phone numbers, addresses and bank details naturally, in 39 languages. Built for developers.