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Sherpa Coder
✓ verifiedFree
VS Code extension letting developers chat with their own custom OpenAI assistants without leaving the editor.
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Open Source Database Designs
✓ verifiedFreemium
Online database-design tool with sample schemas and an AI generator to explore, modify or build database structures visually.
27K visits/mo
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Codeflying
✓ verifiedFreemium
Vibe-coding builder creating full-stack apps by chatting with AI.
118K visits/mo
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Windsurf Editor
✓ verifiedFree trial
AI-powered code editor with agentic workflows for developers.
3.3M visits/mo
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Blink.new
✓ verifiedFreemium
AI app builder turning English prompts into full-stack apps with provisioned DB, auth and hosting; also hosts autonomous agents.
1.1M visits/mo
Pricing
No public pricing
No public pricing
Free: 0$
Basic: 25$
Advanced: 40$
Premium: 200$
No public pricing
Free: $0 (no card)
Pro: $20/mo
Max: $50/mo
Blink Claw Starter: ~$45/mo
Blink Claw Standard: ~$90/mo
Blink Claw Pro: ~$180/mo
Core features
- ✦in-editor chat with OpenAI assistants
- ✦workspace source-code context sharing
- ✦support for custom, user-defined assistants
- ✦secure management of the user's OpenAI account
- ✦Library of sample database designs
- ✦Visual database designer / diagram tool
- ✦AI database generator
- ✦Modify and optimize existing schemas
- ✦SQL script export
- ✦Dialect converters (MySQL/PostgreSQL/MSSQL)
- ✦CodeFlying enables full-stack app creation via chat in minutes
- ✦AI-powered code completion and suggestions
- ✦Automated lint fixing
- ✦Cascade agent for advanced coding assistance
- ✦Integrated app building and deployment
- ✦MCP server support for custom tools
- ✦Terminal command integration
- ✦Memory of codebase structure and workflow
- ✦Natural-language full-stack app generation
- ✦Auto-provisioned Postgres, auth, storage and hosting
- ✦Full code ownership with GitHub export
- ✦Managed hosting for autonomous AI agents
- ✦200+ bundled AI models
- ✦MCP and CLI tooling
Use cases
- →getting coding help without switching out of VS Code
- →using a personalized OpenAI assistant tuned to a project
- →quick in-editor Q&A while writing code
- →Finding a starting schema for a project
- →Designing a database visually
- →Generating a schema with AI
- →Converting between SQL dialects
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- →Accelerating software development by automating repetitive tasks
- →Reducing onboarding time for new developers
- →Improving code quality and reducing tech debt
- →Streamlining the app building and deployment process
- →Enhancing developer productivity by keeping them in a state of flow
- →Ship a SaaS without an engineering team
- →Build internal tools from a description
- →Deploy always-on AI agents quickly
- →Provide infra for AI-coded apps
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