Agentic Dev Tools

A primary-source reference for agentic AI development tools. Every entry cites its official source — no summaries of summaries.

16 tools documented

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Aider

cli

aider-chat

An open-source AI pair programming CLI that works in any terminal, makes git-committed edits across multiple files, and supports over 100 LLM providers.

Amazon Q Developer CLI

cli

Amazon Web Services

AWS's agentic coding CLI that integrates with the terminal, understands AWS services deeply, and can plan and execute multi-step coding tasks using the Amazon Q model.

Amp

cli

Sourcegraph

Sourcegraph's agentic coding tool that combines a terminal CLI and VS Code extension with deep codebase search, giving the model precise context retrieval across large repositories.

Claude Code

cli

Anthropic

A terminal-based agentic coding tool that runs in the developer's own environment, giving Claude read/write access to the file system, shell, and browser to complete coding tasks end to end.

Cline

ide

Cline

An open-source VS Code extension that embeds a full agentic coding loop — file edits, terminal commands, and browser control — directly into the editor, with support for any LLM provider.

Codex CLI

cli

OpenAI

OpenAI's open-source agentic coding CLI that runs in the developer's terminal with sandboxed code execution, giving GPT and o-series models access to files and shell commands.

Continue

ide

Continue

An open-source IDE extension for VS Code and JetBrains that adds AI autocomplete and chat with full model flexibility, acting as an open alternative to GitHub Copilot.

Cursor

ide

Anysphere

An AI-first code editor built on VS Code that integrates LLMs directly into the editing workflow, enabling chat-driven code generation and multi-file edits.

Devin

agent

Cognition AI

An autonomous AI software engineer that accepts a task, spins up its own sandboxed environment, and works end-to-end on coding tasks with minimal human checkpointing.

Gemini CLI

cli

Google

Google's open-source agentic coding CLI that runs Gemini models in the developer's terminal, with a 1M-token context window and MCP tool support.

GitHub Copilot

ide

GitHub (Microsoft)

GitHub's AI pair programmer, deeply integrated into VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, and GitHub.com, offering inline autocomplete, chat, and code review assistance.

GitHub Copilot CLI

cli

GitHub (Microsoft)

A GitHub Copilot feature that translates natural-language descriptions into shell commands, explains what a command does, and suggests corrections — a command-helper, not a coding agent.

Goose

cli

Block

Block's open-source agentic developer tool that runs locally, supports any LLM provider, and extends its capabilities through a rich MCP and custom-extension ecosystem.

LangGraph

orchestrator

LangChain, Inc.

A low-level Python and JavaScript framework for building stateful, multi-actor agentic applications as directed graphs, with first-class support for cycles, human-in-the-loop, and persistence.

OpenCode

cli

SST

An open-source terminal-based agentic coding tool from the SST team, designed for multi-provider LLM support and a keyboard-driven TUI workflow.

OpenHands

agent

All Hands AI

An open-source autonomous software agent (formerly OpenDevin) that executes multi-step engineering tasks inside a sandboxed Docker container, from issue to pull request.