Best IDE Tools (2026)

Cursor

free

AI-powered IDE designed to replace VS Code with predictive editing and project context

Visual Studio Code

free

Free source-code editor with rich extension ecosystem

Windsurf

free

Agentic IDE where developers and AI flow together (formerly Codeium)

Zed

free

High-performance code editor designed for collaboration with humans and AI

Firebase Studio

free

Google's agentic cloud-based dev environment for full-stack AI apps

Amazon Kiro

paid

AI IDE from AWS for prototype to production

Google Antigravity

free

Google's agent-first IDE with mission control and multi-agent workflows

Orchids

freemium

AI-powered IDE and full-stack app builder (YC W25) that generates production-ready web, mobile, and desktop apps from natural language conversations with support for React, Next.js, Python, Swift, Flutter and built-in deployment