AI IDEs
Editors supercharged with AI: completion, built-in agents, project memory, and what these features really change in a developer's day-to-day work.
Articles
Developer tools
Android Studio Rabbit 2: Codex, Claude and more AI agents join the IDE
Android Studio Rabbit 2 is stable with support for third-party AI agents, skills management, LeakCanary improvements and XR emulators.
Coding agents
VS Code 1.143, GPT-6 on Google Cloud, NVIDIA DSX POD: the October 22 roundup
VS Code 1.143 pits several models against one task, Google Cloud adds GPT-6 to Model Garden and NVIDIA promises AI factories set up in 14 days.
Practical guides
Choosing a coding agent by budget: free, $20 a month or enterprise
What Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Devin Desktop, Junie, Zed, Qoder, OpenCode, Cline and Aider offer at $0, around $20 a month and on team plans, according to their pricing pages.
AI IDEs
Windsurf becomes Devin Desktop: consolidation speeds up
Cognition acquired Windsurf and renamed it Devin Desktop in June 2026, while Sonar absorbed Gitar for AI code review: tooling consolidates around agents.
Tools
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AI IDEs
Cursor
Anysphere
Pricing : FreemiumLicense : Proprietary
AI-first code editor, chosen by more than 50,000 enterprises according to Cursor (cursor.com/enterprise). Named a Leader by Gartner.
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AI IDEs
Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
Cognition
Pricing : Freemium
The Windsurf IDE, acquired by Cognition and renamed Devin Desktop in June 2026.
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- Agents
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AI IDEs
Qoder
Alibaba Cloud
Pricing : Freemium
Alibaba Cloud's agentic coding environment, named a Challenger in the first Magic Quadrant for coding agents.
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AI IDEs
Zed
Zed Industries
Pricing : FreemiumLicense : Open source
Open-source collaborative code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter. Free with your own keys or external agents (Claude Agent, Codex CLI…); Pro plan at $10/month with hosted models (source: zed.dev).
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- Open source
- Agents