A curated list of AI-powered coding tools, agents, and extensions that are changing the way we build software.
Stop drowning in AI noise. This is a filtered, high-signal toolkit for developers who want to ship code 10x faster. We track the tools that actually work—from bleeding-edge agents to privacy-focused local stacks.
- Windsurf IDE - The first agentic IDE with deep context awareness
- Claude 3.5 Sonnet - Still the SOTA for coding tasks
- Bolt.new - Build full-stack apps from prompts in the browser
- Model Context Protocol - Connect AI to your entire dev environment
- Aider - AI pair programming in your terminal
Don't know where to start? Try these combinations based on your needs.
| Profile | The Stack | Why? |
|---|---|---|
| The "Bleeding Edge" | Windsurf + Claude 3.5 Sonnet + V0 | The absolute highest level of automation available today. |
| The "Privacy First" | VS Code + Continue + Ollama (DeepSeek) | 100% local, no data leaves your machine. Enterprise safe. |
| The "Speed Demon" | Cursor + Supermaven | Cursor for the features, Supermaven for the instant low-latency autocomplete. |
| The "Browser Builder" | Bolt.new + Lovable | Build full-stack apps without opening an IDE. Perfect for rapid prototyping. |
graph TD
subgraph Stacks["🏆 Choose Your Weapon"]
direction LR
A[Bleeding Edge] -->|Windsurf + Claude + V0| A1(Max Automation)
B[Privacy First] -->|VS Code + Continue + Ollama| B1(Local & Secure)
C[Speed Demon] -->|Cursor + Supermaven| C1(Instant Latency)
D[Browser Builder] -->|Bolt.new + Lovable| D1(Rapid Prototyping)
end
Don't just read about tools—use our optimized configurations.
- 📂 System Prompts Library - Copy/paste these into Claude or ChatGPT for better results.
- 📝 .cursorrules Template - Drop this into your project root to make Cursor 10x smarter.
Start any project in seconds with production-ready configurations:
- Vite + React + TypeScript - Modern frontend with Tailwind and optimized tooling
- FastAPI Agent Service - Python backend for AI agents with Docker support
- Next.js Full-Stack App - Next.js 14 with App Router and TypeScript
- Express.js REST API - Node.js API with security middleware
- Minimal Local RAG - AI data retrieval in 50 lines of Python
- MCP Server Starter - Connect Claude to custom tools
👉 View All Scaffolds | Copy-Paste Scripts
- 🚀 Quick Start Demo - 5-minute guide to building with the 10x Dev Stack.
- ⚔️ Battle of the IDEs - A detailed breakdown of Cursor vs Windsurf vs Copilot vs Cline.
For those who want to build the future, not just use it.
- 🔌 Model Context Protocol (MCP) - Connect AI to your Database, Git, and Local Filesystem. The new standard.
- 🏴☠️ The Hacker's Guide - "Grey hat" techniques for context stuffing, prompting hacks, and optimization.
Tools that live inside your editor (VS Code, JetBrains, etc.).
- GitHub Copilot - The OG AI pair programmer. Suggested code and entire functions in real-time.
- Cursor - An AI-first code editor built on top of VS Code. Features built-in chat, codebase indexing, and smart rewrites.
- Supermaven - Long-context code completion tool that feels incredibly fast.
- Codeium - Free AI code completion and chat. Good alternative to Copilot.
- Windsurf - The first "Agentic IDE" by Codeium. Deep context awareness and flows.
- Cline - (Formerly Claude Dev) Autonomous coding agent right inside VS Code.
- Roo Code - A community-driven fork of Cline with bleeding-edge features using regular updates.
- PearAI - Open-source AI code editor alternative to Cursor.
- CodiumAI - Focuses on generating meaningful tests and code analysis to prevent bugs.
- Continue - An open-source autopilot for software development—bring your own LLM (local or cloud).
Tools that generate full-stack web apps from a single prompt.
- Bolt.new - StackBlitz's AI that generates, runs, and deploys full-stack apps in the browser.
- Lovable - "GPT Engineer" on steroids. Precise, beautiful UI generation that integrates with Supabase.
Agents that can plan, execute, and debug tasks with minimal human intervention.
- Plandex - An open source AI coding engine for complex, multi-file tasks.
- Devin - The first widely publicized fully autonomous AI software engineer.
- OpenDevin - An open-source platform for autonomous AI software engineers.
- AutoGPT - One of the first experimental open-source attempts to make GPT-4 fully autonomous.
- Goose - An open source AI agent that helps you build better software, faster.
- Sweep - AI junior developer that handles GitHub issues and pull requests (Note: discontinued but historically significant).
Web-based or standalone chat tools optimized for coding.
- ChatGPT (OpenAI) - The most popular generic chatbot, highly capable in coding with GPT-4o.
- Claude 3.5 Sonnet (Anthropic) - Widely considered the current SOTA for coding tasks due to its reasoning and large context window.
- v0.dev - Generative UI system by Vercel. Describe your interface and get React/Tailwind code.
- Replit AI - Integrated AI coding assistant within the Replit cloud IDE.
AI tools that live in your CLI.
- Warp - A modern terminal with AI command search and assistance built-in.
- Wave - Open source, cross-platform terminal built for seamless AI workflows.
- Aider - AI pair programming in your terminal. Edits code in your local git repo.
- Open Interpreter - A natural language interface for your computer's terminal.
- Mintlify - Automated documentation writer that analyzes your code.
- DeepSource - Static analysis and automated code review to fix issues before they merge.
Stop Googling. Use these for direct technical answers.
- Phind - AI search engine optimized for developers.
- Perplexity - Great for referencing documentation and getting cited answers.
- Grep.app - (Not AI, but essential) Search across half a million git repos instantly.
Run models like Llama 3 and DeepSeek locally on your machine.
- Ollama - The easiest way to get up and running with local LLMs (Mac/Linux/Windows).
- LM Studio - Great GUI for discovering and running local models.
Open weights models specifically trained for coding tasks.
- Llama 3 - Meta's open source model, highly capable in coding tasks.
- StarCoder2 - Developed by BigCode, excellent for code generation.
- DeepSeek Coder - A strong open-source model that rivals proprietary models in benchmarks.
- CodeLlama - A family of large language models for code by Meta.
- Prompt Engineering Guide - Learn how to talk to these models effectively.
- Andrej Karpathy's "Intro to Large Language Models" - Essential viewing for understanding the tech.
Join thousands of developers who've transformed their workflow with these tools.
"Switched to Windsurf + Claude and cut my development time in half. This stack is incredible!" - @dev_hacker
"The scaffolds saved me hours of setup. Finally, boilerplates that work with AI tools!" - @code_ninja
- Submit a Tool: Found a useful AI tool? Open an issue to suggest it.
- Share Your Stack: Have a unique combination that works? Contribute to the recommended stacks.
- Improve Scaffolds: Add more boilerplate templates for popular frameworks.
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