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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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Codeflying
✓ verifiedFreemium
Vibe-coding builder creating full-stack apps by chatting with AI.
118K visits/mo
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Firebase Studio
✓ verifiedFree
Browser-based AI dev workspace by Google for full-stack apps; being sunset on 22 Mar 2027, no new workspaces.
531K visits/mo
Pricing
No public pricing
Free: 0$
Basic: 25$
Advanced: 40$
Premium: 200$
Free Version (Open Source): Free
Pro (Best Value): $99 / lifetime
Enterprise: Contact by Email
No public pricing
No public pricing
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
- ✦CodeFlying enables full-stack app creation via chat in minutes
- ✦Authentication System (Supabase, Google, GitHub, email)
- ✦Payment Infrastructure (Stripe, one-time purchases, subscriptions)
- ✦AI Capabilities (Plug-and-play AI SDK, text, image, video generation)
- ✦Content Management System (CMS, Markdown, rich text, free/premium tiers)
- ✦File Storage (Cloudflare R2, images, videos, media assets)
- ✦Internationalization (i18n, multiple languages, AI auto-translation)
- ✦Email System (Cloudflare, Resend)
- ✦Analytics & Ads Support (Google Analytics, Plausible, AdSense)
- ✦SEO Optimization (meta tags, structured data, sitemaps, OpenGraph)
- ✦Modular code architecture
- ✦Design canvas integrated directly into the IDE (VSCode/Cursor)
- ✦Agent-driven MCP canvas based on open design format
- ✦AI Multiplayer for generating screens and flows in parallel
- ✦Design as Code: Design files live in repo, versioned with Git
- ✦Pixel-perfect vector-to-code workflow
- ✦Cloud workspaces for full-stack development
- ✦App Prototyping agent from natural language
- ✦Gemini AI for coding, debugging and docs
- ✦Repo import from GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket
- ✦Web previews and Android emulators
- ✦Deploy to Firebase App Hosting, Hosting or Cloud Run
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
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- →Building modern SaaS applications
- →Launching content, AI, or subscription services
- →Creating Brand Landing Pages
- →Building Blog/Newsletter Platforms
- →Developing Free Tool Platforms
- →Building Premium AI Tools
- →Designing new products and features with pixel-perfect precision without leaving the development environment.
- →Eliminating design handoffs by having design and code live under one roof.
- →Accelerating workflow by using AI multiplayer to generate UI components and flows.
- →Shipping production-ready apps with guaranteed code-design alignment.
- →Integrating existing design systems directly from the codebase.
- →Prototyping apps from a prompt or mockup
- →Building full-stack apps in the browser
- →Collaborating and sharing preview URLs
- →Deploying and monitoring apps quickly
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