The top-rated AI code tools on Ellnow are GitHub Copilot, Cursor 3 and Cursor. Ellnow lists 20 in this category, and 17 of them are free or have a free plan. Scores are editor's scores out of 5.
| Tool | What it does | Pricing | Score |
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| GitHub Copilot | AI pair programmer that suggests full lines and functions in real-time. | Paid | 4.8 |
| Cursor 3 | Rebuilt agentic code editor with a parallel agents window — runs multiple coding tasks simultaneously. | Free plan + paid upgrades | 4.8 |
| Cursor | AI-first code editor built on VS Code that understands your entire codebase. | Free plan + paid upgrades | 4.7 |
| Claude Code | Anthropic's agentic coding tool that works across your whole codebase. | Paid | 4.7 |
| Bolt.new | AI full-stack web app builder — describe your app and deploy instantly. | Free plan + paid upgrades | 4.6 |
| Windsurf | Agentic AI code editor that can plan, write and debug entire features. | Free plan + paid upgrades | 4.6 |
| v0 by Vercel | Generate clean React UI components from text prompts — deploy to Vercel. | Free plan + paid upgrades | 4.5 |
| Devin | The world's first AI software engineer — autonomously completes dev tasks. | Paid | 4.5 |
| Lovable | Build full-stack web apps by chatting — no code experience needed. | Free plan + paid upgrades | 4.5 |
| Zed | Ultra-fast collaborative code editor with AI assistance built in from scratch. | Free plan + paid upgrades | 4.5 |
| Replit AI | Build, run and deploy apps in the browser with AI assistance throughout. | Free plan + paid upgrades | 4.4 |
| Codeium | Free AI coding assistant with autocomplete, chat and search for any IDE. | Free | 4.4 |
| Sourcegraph Cody | AI coding assistant with deep codebase context and multi-file edits. | Free plan + paid upgrades | 4.4 |
| Aider | AI pair programming in your terminal — edits multiple files at once. | Free | 4.4 |
| Kiro | AWS's agentic IDE that writes specs, requirements and task plans before writing a single line of code — built on VS Code. | Free plan + paid upgrades | 4.4 |
| TabNine | AI code completion for all major languages and all major IDEs. | Free plan + paid upgrades | 4.3 |
| Amazon CodeWhisperer | AI coding companion from AWS — optimized for cloud and serverless code. | Free plan + paid upgrades | 4.3 |
| Continue | Open-source AI code assistant for VS Code and JetBrains IDEs. | Free | 4.3 |
| Pieces | AI coding memory tool that saves snippets, context and workflow across all your dev tools. | Free plan + paid upgrades | 4.3 |
| Sweep AI | AI junior dev that fixes GitHub issues and writes PRs automatically. | Free plan + paid upgrades | 4.2 |