AI tools to write code faster · on Code / command line

Claude Code

Build Websites & Apps

People comfortable with code who want AI to make big changes to software for them.

OpenCode 2.0

Build Websites & Apps

Programmers who want a free AI coding helper.

LangChain

Automation & AI Helpers

Programmers building their own AI apps.

OpenAI API

For Developers

Programmers adding ChatGPT-style AI to their own apps.

A free kit for programmers to build AI helpers.

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.

A free code editor that helps programmers plan software before writing it.

A way to make diagrams by writing simple text, where you decide what goes where.

An experimental AI model that keeps learning, trained on a normal gaming graphics card.

A free project that uses AI to design Lego builds. Needs some setup to run.

Decides which AI helper in a team should handle a task, or when to pass it on. Plumbing for developers.

A quick-reacting AI model built to use a computer like a person would.

Gives voice assistants a memory for both facts and feelings. Building blocks for developers, not an app.

Teaches AI coding tools to build fancy websites that animate as you scroll.

Find code by describing what it does. For programmers.

Figures out where a photo was taken using maps, skylines and satellite images, and shows how it got there. Works inside AI coding tools.

43 film styles for making short films with Claude, with no video AI needed. Everything is drawn in code.

A list of projects built on Jev, an AI model that makes yes/no-style decisions.

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.

Lody

Automation & AI Helpers

Share AI coding helpers with your team, on your phone or computer.

A fast engine that runs voice, speech-to-text and music AI on your own computer. Programmers build apps on it.

Turns one big coding goal into an ordered to-do list for AI helpers.

Server building blocks for developers. Not really an AI tool for most people.

Makes any AI model give clear-cut decisions with probabilities, like Jev does.

A way for developers to turn AI helpers into repeatable step-by-step processes.

A technical go-between that lets several accounts of the WorkBuddy AI service work with other coding tools. Developers only.

Turns Claude Code or Codex into a little animation studio for narrated explainer videos, with the voiceover synced word by word.

A way for developers to grade AI answers using the Jev decision model.

folkbench

For Developers

Rates the go-between services that resell AI access, measuring uptime, speed and price. For developers shopping around.

Warns programmers when two AI helpers are about to make conflicting changes.

A reading list about AI models that make quick yes/no-style decisions.

A huge index (1,207 links) of resources about Jev, an AI decision model. In English and Chinese.

vicoa

Build Websites & Apps

Run a whole team of AI coding helpers from your desktop or phone. Free, but you'll need tech skills.

Uses AI to speed up code that runs on graphics chips. Deep tech.

Keeps a software project's guides and progress notes up to date automatically, so AI helpers don't lose track.

A lightweight code editor that adapts to how you work, built for 'vibe coding' with AI.

Pocketty

Build Websites & Apps

An iPhone app that pings you when your AI coding helper gets stuck.

Graphene

Research & Learning

Data-analysis tools for AI coding helpers.

Course notes, in Chinese, on building with AI and 'vibe coding'.

Makes the AI coding tools you already have work together like a small dev team.

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.

A desktop app with buttons and windows for the DeepSeek Harness coding tool, instead of typing commands.

A desktop inbox where AI coding helpers wait for your OK.

ZCodium

Build Websites & Apps

A privacy-focused copy of the ZCode editor with all the tracking removed.

Maps out how messy code actually works, so a business can see the hidden risks in software an AI wrote.

Explains tech jargon in plain language while you build with AI, so you can ask for what you actually want. Built for beginners.

A guide for picking the right tech services when you build with AI, with a map of options and recommended combinations.

Companion files for a book about making 3D things with AI by describing them, including demos and an online version of the book.