Agents

Standalone

Github Copilot

• https://github.com/features/copilot

• Clients

• VS Code: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=GitHub.copilot

Claude Code

• https://claude.com/product/claude-code

• Supports Claude LLMs only

• Provides an CLI and Integrates with IDEs by means of plugins, but both program and plugin is required

• Clients

• VS Code: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=anthropic.claude-code
• CLI: brew install --cask claude-code

OpenAI Codex

• https://developers.openai.com/codexide

• Requires ChatGPT Plus ($20/month)

• Clients

• VS Code: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=openai.chatgpt
• CLI: <https://developers.openai.com/codex/cli>

Cline

• https://cline.bot/

• https://github.com/cline/cline

• Model Agnostic (although there is a preference for Claude)

• Formerly "Claude Dev"

• Open-source

• Clients

• VS Code: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=saoudrizwan.claude-dev
• CLI: npm install -g cline

Kilo Code

• https://kilo.ai

• https://github.com/Kilo-Org/kilocode

• Model Agnostic

• Clients

• VS Code: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=kilocode.Kilo-Code
• CLI: https://kilo.ai/cli

RooCode

• https://github.com/RooCodeInc/Roo-Code

• https://roocode.com/

• Model Agnostic

• Clients

• VS Code: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=RooVeterinaryInc.roo-cline

Continue.dev

• https://github.com/continuedev/continue

• Clients:

• VS Code: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Continue.continue

Opencode

• https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode

• https://github.com/sst/opencode (former repo)

• Clients

• VS Code: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=sst-dev.opencode (requires the CLI)
• CLI: https://opencode.ai/docs/cli/

Windsurf

• https://windsurf.com/editor
• Formerly "Codeium"

• Proprietary crap

• Clients

• VS Code: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Codeium.codeium

Qodo

• https://www.qodo.ai/

• Formerly "Codium"

• Proprietary crap

• Clients

• VS Code: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Codium.codium

Aider

• https://aider.chat/

• https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider

• Model Agnostic

• No monetization
• CLI-only

Goose

• https://github.com/block/goose

• CLI-only

IDE

Cursor

• https://cursor.com/home
• Closed-source

Void

• https://github.com/voideditor/void
• Open-Source alternative to Cursor