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Leaderboard · Nov 2026

Best AI coding tools, ranked by developers on Hacker News

The main table covers tools with at least 100 opinions. Less-discussed tools are listed separately, because a high score from a few dozen people is a weaker signal.

Widely used tools

Ranked by approval, adjusted for sample size. Use the filters to narrow by type or open source.

Ranked by approval, adjusted for sample size
#ToolTypeApprovalLast 90 daysOpinions
01PiOpen sourceTerminal agent
84%±2.9
80%
423
02OpenAI CodexOpenAITerminal agent
69%±1.7
63%
2,013
03OpenCodeOpen sourceTerminal agent
66%±2.8
55%
780
04ZedZed IndustriesEditor
59%±3.8
57%
457
05Claude CodeAnthropicTerminal agent
54%±1.5
51%
3,026
06CursorAnysphereAI IDE
55%±3
53%
766
07AntigravityGoogleAI IDE
45%±4.7
42%
301
08GitHub CopilotGitHubIDE extension
42%±3.2
38%
659
09Gemini CLIGoogleTerminal agent
29%±5.1
25%
211
01
Pi
Open source
84%
90d 80%423 opinionsTerminal agent
02
OpenAI Codex
OpenAI
69%
90d 63%2,013 opinionsTerminal agent
03
OpenCode
Open source
66%
90d 55%780 opinionsTerminal agent
04
Zed
Zed Industries
59%
90d 57%457 opinionsEditor
05
Claude Code
Anthropic
54%
90d 51%3,026 opinionsTerminal agent
06
Cursor
Anysphere
55%
90d 53%766 opinionsAI IDE
07
Antigravity
Google
45%
90d 42%301 opinionsAI IDE
08
GitHub Copilot
GitHub
42%
90d 38%659 opinionsIDE extension
09
Gemini CLI
Google
29%
90d 25%211 opinionsTerminal agent

Shown: tools with at least 100 opinions. Approval is the positive share of opinions that took a side; rank uses the lower bound of a 90% confidence interval.

Less-discussed tools

Fewer than 100 opinions each. Promising, but treat the scores as early.

Ranked by approval, adjusted for sample size
#ToolTypeApprovalLast 90 daysOpinions
10AmpSourcegraphTerminal agent
90%±9.9
–
25
11CrushCharmTerminal agent
77%±13.6
–
26
12Roo CodeOpen sourceIDE extension
79%±16.3
–
17
13ClineOpen sourceIDE extension
73%±12.3
–
35
14JetBrains JunieJetBrainsIDE agent
60%±11.1
33%
53
15Kilo CodeOpen sourceIDE extension
63%±14.3
–
31
16AiderOpen sourceTerminal agent
60%±13.8
–
34
17KiroAWSAI IDE
59%±13.1
–
38
18WindsurfCognitionAI IDE
58%±13.5
–
36
19Qwen CodeAlibabaTerminal agent
63%±18.2
–
19
20Replit AgentReplitApp builder
60%±20.8
–
15
21LovableLovableApp builder
45%±15.2
46%
29
22DevinCognitionCloud agent
28%±18.5
–
16
10
Amp
Sourcegraph
90%
90d –25 opinionsTerminal agent
11
Crush
Charm
77%
90d –26 opinionsTerminal agent
12
Roo Code
Open source
79%
90d –17 opinionsIDE extension
13
Cline
Open source
73%
90d –35 opinionsIDE extension
14
JetBrains Junie
JetBrains
60%
90d 33%53 opinionsIDE agent
15
Kilo Code
Open source
63%
90d –31 opinionsIDE extension
16
Aider
Open source
60%
90d –34 opinionsTerminal agent
17
Kiro
AWS
59%
90d –38 opinionsAI IDE
18
Windsurf
Cognition
58%
90d –36 opinionsAI IDE
19
Qwen Code
Alibaba
63%
90d –19 opinionsTerminal agent
20
Replit Agent
Replit
60%
90d –15 opinionsApp builder
21
Lovable
Lovable
45%
90d 46%29 opinionsApp builder
22
Devin
Cognition
28%
90d –16 opinionsCloud agent

Small samples: read the opinion count before the percentage.