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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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GitFluence
✓ verifiedFree

Free AI helper that turns a plain-English description of a task into the matching Git command to copy and run.

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Continue
✓ verifiedFreemium

Open-source AI coding assistant offering autocomplete and chat in IDEs; the company was acquired by Cursor.

775K 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
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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
  • Natural-language to Git command suggestions
  • AI-driven command matching
  • Copy-ready command output
  • Git guides and reference
  • Open-source AI code assistant
  • Customizable autocomplete
  • In-editor AI chat
  • Community-built coding agent
  • 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
  • Find the correct Git command quickly
  • Learn Git syntax by describing a goal
  • Avoid memorizing Git flags
  • Get AI code completions while coding
  • Ask questions about code in the editor
  • Build on an open-source coding-agent foundation
  • 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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