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AI Coding Tools

AI coding tools are a type of software that allows developers to write code faster and more efficiently.

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By Laurentiu Soica
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AI Coding Tools

AI coding tools are a type of software that allows developers to write code faster and more efficiently.

Cursor

Cursor is a VSCode fork that allows you to write code with AI. This is an AI native IDE.

Windsurf

Like Cursor, Windsurf is a VSCode fork, an AI native IDE.

GitHub Copilot

Similar to Cursor and Windsurf, but as an IDE extension instead of a fork. All of Cursor, Windsurf and GitHub Copilot have agent capabilities.

Google Jules

  • Google Jules is an autonomous cloud native AI coding agent that can create PRs in your GitHub repositories based on features you request through natural language.

OpenAI’s Codex

Like Google Jules, OpenAI’s Codex is an autonomous cloud native AI coding agent that can write code. It’s built on the codex-1 model that is a flavor of the o3 optimized for coding, trained using reinforcement learning.

Claude Code

Claude Code is a terminal based AI coding agent that can write code. It can be viewed as a primitive for tooling like semantic linting, code review, etc.

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