# Write code: AI tools

> From the AI SDLC Landscape (https://aisdlclandscape.org/phases/code). CC-BY-4.0. Data as of 2026-10-26.

Generating and editing code.

45 tools list this as the main phase, and 13 more tools cover it.

## Main phase

- [Aider](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/aider.md) (Aider (open source)): "AI pair programming in your terminal: maps your whole codebase and works with most LLMs, cloud or local."
- [Amazon Q Developer](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/amazon-q-developer.md) (Amazon Web Services): "AI coding assistant that writes, debugs and refactors code natively in your IDE and across AWS."
- [Amp](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/amp.md) (Amp): "A coding agent and development environment built for the frontier, running agents in cloud 'orbs' with several models."
- [Anything](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/anything.md) (Anything): "Your AI agent for turning ideas into apps: build sites, apps, tools and products by describing what you want."
- [Base44](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/base44.md) (Wix): "No-code AI development platform that turns ideas into fully functional apps and websites."
- [Bolt](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/bolt.md) (StackBlitz): "AI builder for websites, apps and prototypes: build and scale using your words."
- [Charlie (Daemons)](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/charlie-labs.md) (Charlie Labs): "Daemons: always-on AI processes, defined in Markdown, that work proactively across Slack, Linear and GitHub with no prompts."
- [Claude Code](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/claude-code.md) (Anthropic): "Anthropic's agentic coding tool: understands your codebase, edits files, runs commands and turns issues into pull requests."
- [Cline](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/cline.md) (Cline): "Open-source AI coding agent with Plan/Act modes, MCP integration and terminal-first workflows, using any model or endpoint."
- [Codegen](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/codegen.md) (ClickUp): "Autonomous code agents that ClickUp acquired to power its Super Agents; codegen.com is now a directory of AI coding tools."
- [Codex](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/openai-codex.md) (OpenAI): "OpenAI's coding agent: runs locally in the terminal, in the editor (VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf) and in the cloud through ChatGPT."
- [Continue](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/continue.md) (Continue (Cursor)): "Open-source AI code assistant for VS Code and JetBrains; the company has been acquired by Cursor."
- [Cosine](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/cosine.md) (Cosine): "The sovereign AI lab: trains models and specialised coding agents for organisations that need frontier capability inside secure environments."
- [Cursor](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/cursor.md) (Anysphere (SpaceX)): "AI coding agent for building ambitious software: agents turn ideas into code across desktop, CLI and cloud."
- [Devin](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/cognition-devin.md) (Cognition): "Devin, the first autonomous software engineer, plans, writes, tests and ships production code inside your existing workflows."
- [Ellipsis](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/ellipsis.md) (Ellipsis): "Managed Claude Code agents in the cloud: define agents as config files in your repo and Ellipsis runs them to build features, fix bugs and investigate."
- [Emergent](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/emergent.md) (Emergent): "Vibe-code production-ready web and mobile apps in minutes with AI agents."
- [Factory (Droids)](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/factory.md) (Factory): "Factory Droids automate coding, testing and deployment for startups and enterprises; also ships code review and a living AutoWiki per repository."
- [Firebase Studio](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/firebase-studio.md) (Google): "Web-based workspace for full-stack development with AI agents and Gemini: build backends, front ends and mobile apps in one place."
- [Gemini CLI](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/gemini-cli.md) (Google): "Open-source AI agent that brings Gemini into the terminal; for unpaid and Google One users it was replaced by Antigravity CLI on 18 June 2026."
- [Gemini Code Assist](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/gemini-code-assist.md) (Google Cloud): "AI coding help for teams and businesses from Google, with VPC Service Controls and IAM for enterprise adoption."
- [GitHub Copilot](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/github-copilot.md) (GitHub (Microsoft)): "Your AI coding agent, every step of the way from an open issue to reviewing and merging a pull request, in the editor, terminal or github.com."
- [Google Antigravity](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/google-antigravity.md) (Google): "The next-generation agent platform: an agent-first IDE and CLI built on Gemini; replaced Gemini CLI for unpaid users on 18 June 2026."
- [goose](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/goose.md) (Agentic AI Foundation (Linux Foundation), from Block): "Open-source, extensible AI agent with a desktop app, CLI and API; part of the Agentic AI Foundation at the Linux Foundation."
- [JetBrains Air](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/jetbrains-ai.md) (JetBrains): "One system for building software with agents; works with the agents you already use and any ACP-compatible agent."
- [Jules](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/jules.md) (Google): "An autonomous coding agent that clones your repository to a cloud VM, plans with Gemini and does the tasks you would rather not."
- [Junie](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/jetbrains-junie.md) (JetBrains): "JetBrains' AI coding agent, run from the IDE or the terminal with any model you choose."
- [Kilo Code](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/kilo-code.md) (Kilo): "Open-source AI coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains, CLI and cloud, with 500+ models at zero markup, your own keys or local models."
- [Lovable](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/lovable.md) (Lovable): "Build apps and websites by chatting with AI; plans run on build credits plus Cloud credits for the app's backend."
- [Mistral Vibe](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/mistral-code.md) (Mistral AI): "Agentic coding that understands your entire codebase: build, test and modernize autonomously from terminal or IDE."
- [Ona (formerly Gitpod)](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/ona.md) (Ona): "Run a team of AI software engineers in the cloud, orchestrated, governed and secured at the kernel, inside your VPC."
- [OpenCode](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/opencode.md) (Anomaly (SST)): "The open-source AI coding agent, free to use with any provider: OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI or local models."
- [OpenHands](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/openhands.md) (All Hands AI): "Open-source AI coding agent platform: start locally, automate engineering workflows, use any model and scale in the cloud or your VPC."
- [Refact.ai](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/refact.md) (Refact.ai): "AI agent for coding that automates coding, debugging and testing with full context; open source and self-hostable."
- [Replit Agent](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/replit.md) (Replit): "AI app and website builder: describe what you want and Replit builds it, a working app or website in minutes, no coding required."
- [Roomote (formerly Roo Code)](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/roo-code.md) (Roo Code): "Roomote, a cloud coding agent that ships reviewable PRs, hosted or self-hosted; the Roo Code VS Code extension shut down on 15 May 2026."
- [Rovo Dev](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/atlassian-rovo-dev.md) (Atlassian): "Atlassian's AI coding agent for software teams: plan, generate and review code from Jira, the CLI and Bitbucket; folding into Jira subscriptions."
- [Tabby](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/tabby.md) (TabbyML): "Open-source, self-hosted AI coding assistant, including air-gapped deployment."
- [Tabnine](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/tabnine.md) (Tricentis): "One of the earliest AI coding assistants, now part of Tricentis's Agentic Quality Engineering Platform."
- [Tembo](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/tembo.md) (Tembo): "Run any coding agent in the cloud: give every change its own computer, follow agent work, review results and see what merges."
- [TRAE](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/trae.md) (TRAE): "TraeCode, 'your 10x AI coding engineer', integrates into your workflow and collaborates to raise performance."
- [v0](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/v0.md) (Vercel): "Collaborative AI assistant to design, iterate and scale full-stack web applications, deployed to Vercel in one click."
- [Warp](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/warp.md) (Warp): "Open infrastructure for cloud software factories: factories as code, any model or agent harness, with evals and benchmarks built in."
- [Windsurf](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/windsurf.md) (Cognition): "The first AI-native IDE that keeps developers in flow; now the base of Cognition's Devin Desktop."
- [Zed](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/zed.md) (Zed Industries): "A high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter, with hosted AI and external agents."

## Also covers this phase

- [8090 Software Factory](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/8090.md) (8090): "The AI-native software development platform that keeps business leaders in the driver's seat, from spec to deploy."
- [Anima](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/anima.md) (Anima): "The design-aware AI agent: from Figma files, URLs or prompts it generates production-ready apps."
- [Augment Code (Cosmos)](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/augment-code.md) (Augment Code; Cosmos, Auggie and the Context Engine now owned by Harness): "Agentic software development at organisational scale: Cosmos runs an always-on software factory on a code Context Engine."
- [BMAD-METHOD](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/bmad.md) (BMad Code): "Breakthrough Method for Agile AI-Driven Development: open-source skills that bring planning and architecture into an agent's delivery workflow."
- [Builder.io (Fusion)](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/builder-io.md) (Builder.io): "One codebase for engineers, designers, PMs and marketers, who build together with AI agents on real production code."
- [Figma Make](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/figma-make.md) (Figma): "Turn ideas into working prototypes and apps with AI, starting from design context and a prompt, then editing on the canvas."
- [GitLab Duo Agent Platform](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/gitlab-duo.md) (GitLab): "Custom AI workflow automation across the software lifecycle: specialised agents for planning, coding, security and deployment."
- [IBM Bob (formerly watsonx Code Assistant)](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/ibm-wca.md) (IBM): "IBM Bob, an AI coding agent that accelerates delivery and application modernization across complex enterprise codebases."
- [Kiro](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/kiro.md) (Amazon Web Services): "Turn prompts into executable specs, validate code correctness and build across large codebases with parallel agents."
- [Locofy.ai](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/locofy.md) (Locofy.ai): "Converts Figma and Penpot designs into developer-friendly code for React, React Native, Flutter, Vue, Angular, Next.js and more."
- [Potpie](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/potpie.md) (Potpie): "AI-native SDLC automation: maps how your systems work into a living context graph and runs agents on it inside your VPC."
- [Tessl](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/tessl.md) (Tessl): "Agent enablement platform: gives coding agents structured, versioned context, with a registry of skills and evals of model and agent harness combinations."
- [Tricentis (Tosca, Testim, agents)](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/tricentis.md) (Tricentis): "AI-powered automated testing: quality and testing agents for large enterprises, run through a central control plane; owns Testim and Tabnine."

Claims are each vendor's own words. Every fact on a tool's page links to its source.