Code Companion

Plugin

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

• Can also be used via CLI

• Claude Code

• https://claude.com/product/claude-code
• VS Code: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=anthropic.claude-code
• CLI: brew install --cask claude-code
• Proprietary
• Supports Claude LLMs only

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

• OpenAI Codex

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

• Requires ChatGPT Plus ($20/month)

• Cline

• https://cline.bot/
• https://github.com/cline/cline
• VS Code: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=saoudrizwan.claude-dev
• CLI: npm install -g cline
• Model Agnostic (although there is a preference for Claude)
• Formerly "Claude Dev"

• Open-source

• kilocode

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

• Pricing: https://kilo.ai/pricing

• Roo-Code

• https://github.com/RooCodeInc/Roo-Code
• https://roocode.com/
• VS Code: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=RooVeterinaryInc.roo-cline
• Model Agnostic

• Pricing: https://roocode.com/pricing

• Continue.dev

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

• Pricing https://hub.continue.dev/pricing

• Windsurf

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

• Proprietary crap

• Qodo

• https://www.qodo.ai/
• VS Code: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Codium.codium
• Formerly "Codium"
• Proprietary crap

IDE

• Cursor
• https://cursor.com/home

• Closed-source

• Void

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

CLI

• Opencode
• https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode
• https://github.com/sst/opencode (former repo)
• Model Agnostic

• No monetization

• Aider

• https://aider.chat/
• https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider
• Model Agnostic

• No monetization

• Goose

• https://github.com/block/goose

Agents

• Plan agent: ask questions about the codebase
• Build agent: make changes on your codebase