10 AI Coding Assistants Every Developer Should Know

The AI coding assistant market has matured significantly. From GitHub Copilot to Cursor, from Claude to Grimoire, developers now have an embarrassment of riches. Here are the 10 AI coding assistants that are genuinely changing how developers work.

1. GitHub Copilot — The original AI pair programmer
2. Cursor — The AI-native IDE
3. Claude — Exceptional at understanding complex codebases
4. Codeium/Windsurf — Free alternative with strong capabilities
5. v0 by Vercel — UI component generation
6. Bolt.new — Full-stack app generation
7. Replit Agent — Autonomous development
8. Lovable — Product-focused development
9. Tabnine — Privacy-focused code completion
10. Phind — Developer-focused AI search