Code and apps
AI editors, coding agents and prompt-to-app builders — from autocomplete to a deployed prototype.
- CursorA code editor with an AI pair programmer built in.
- Claude CodeAn AI coding agent that works in your terminal and editor.
- GitHub CopilotCode suggestions and chat inside your editor.
- LovableDescribe a web app and get a working one.
- BoltBuild and deploy full-stack apps from a prompt.
- v0Generate interface components and pages from a prompt.
- ReplitCode, run and host apps in the browser with an AI agent.
- OpenAI CodexOpenAI’s coding agent for your repository, terminal and editor.
Code and apps: what to know
There are three levels: suggestions inside your editor, an agent that edits a whole repository, and a builder that turns a description into a running app.
Suggestions save typing. Agents save whole tasks but need review. Builders are the fastest way to a prototype, and the hardest to take over by hand later.
How to choose
- Read every generated change before committing it — speed is worth nothing if you ship a bug.
- Prompt-to-app builders suit prototypes and internal tools better than long-lived products.
- Check whether your code is sent to a provider and whether it can be used for training.