Code Assistant
Code assistants are tools to assist developers in writing code. They can provide code suggestions, auto-complete functions, and generate code snippets based on the current input context.
Comparison
| assistant | type | source | os | pay | $/mon | model | mcp | limit | note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| claude code | cli | closed | any | api | 0 | claude 3.7 | … | ||
| aider | cli | open | - | 0 | - | ||||
| cline | cli* | open | any | yes | |||||
| copilot (free) | complete | closed | any | sub | 0 | gpt-4o, … | 2000comps | ||
| copilot (paid) | complete | closed | any | sub | 10 | gpt-4-5, … | ∞ | ||
| cursor | ide | closed | … | 20 | … | ∞ + 500reqs | |||
| cody | |||||||||
| supermaven | |||||||||
| windsurf | |||||||||
| continue.dev | |||||||||
| devin | |||||||||
| anon-kode | |||||||||
Programs
aider
Aider: A terminal-based coding assistant.
- Provides answers in the form of git commits.
- Can be used with any model
- Source: Open-Source
- Model: Any
- Note: Answers in the form of git commits
cline
- Type: …
- Autonomous coding agent
- Can execute commands (when given permission)
- API: OpenRouter, Anthropic, OpenAI, Azure, OpenAI-compatible API, ..
continue.dev
- Open-Source
- Supports any models (Ollama, OpenAI, Mistral, …)
- Editors: VS Code, JetBrains, Headless mode
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