--- title: "Editor extensions compared" description: "Extensions install into the editor you already use. They are the cheapest way to try a new model or provider, many are open source and bring your own key, and the host editor matters more than the operating system." canonical_url: "https://whichcoding.tools/layers/extension" --- # Editor extensions > Extensions install into the editor you already use. They are the cheapest way to try a new model or provider, many are open source and bring your own key, and the host editor matters more than the operating system. ## Editor extensions (14) - [Amazon Q Developer](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/amazon-q-developer) (Free tier): AWS's assistant in IDE plugins and a CLI. New signups closed in May 2026 and support ends 30 April 2027, AWS points subscribers to Kiro. - [Augment Code](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/augment-code) (From $20/mo): Augment's agent and Context Engine in VS Code, JetBrains and Vim, the Auggie CLI and Cosmos cloud Experts. Flat Standard and Business plans each cover up to 50 seats. - [BLACKBOX AI](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/blackbox) (Contact sales): BLACKBOX AI's VS Code extension, CLI and web app with chat, completions and a multi-agent mode that fans one task out to Blackbox, Claude Code, Codex and Gemini. - [Cline](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/cline) (Free tier): Open source agent for VS Code, JetBrains and the terminal. Bring your own key for any provider, local models included, with an MCP marketplace and plan-then-act modes. - [Cody](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/cody) (Contact sales): Sourcegraph's editor assistant with chat, autocomplete and context from code search. Free and Pro ended on July 23, 2025, and Cody now ships only with Sourcegraph Enterprise. - [Continue](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/continue) (Free): Apache-2.0 coding agent for VS Code and JetBrains with a terminal CLI, configured in YAML for any provider. Cursor acquired the team in June 2026, the repo is read-only. - [Gemini Code Assist](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/gemini-code-assist) (From $22.8/mo): Google's extension for VS Code and JetBrains with chat, completions, agent mode and a Gemini CLI quota. Sold per user as Standard or Enterprise, the free tier ended in June 2026. - [GitHub Copilot](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/github-copilot) (Free tier): GitHub's assistant for VS Code, JetBrains, Visual Studio, Xcode and Neovim, with a cloud agent. Paid plans meter agent usage in AI credits. - [JetBrains AI](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/jetbrains-ai) (Free tier): AI Assistant and the Junie agent in JetBrains IDEs. Completions on JetBrains models are free, cloud agents draw from monthly AI Credits. Claude Agent and Codex plug in over ACP. - [Kilo Code](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/kilo-code) (Free tier): Open source agent for VS Code, JetBrains and the terminal, with cloud agents and a phone app. The Kilo Gateway serves 500+ models at provider rates, or bring your own keys. - [Roo Code](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/roo-code) (Free): Open source VS Code agent forked from Cline, with modes, an orchestrator that delegates subtasks, checkpoints and an MCP marketplace. The extension was shut down on May 15, 2026. - [Sweep](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/sweep) (Free tier): JetBrains plugin from Sweep AI with an agent, next-edit autocomplete on its own Tab model, inline editing and code review. The VS Code and Zed builds ship autocomplete only. - [Tabby](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/tabby) (Free tier): Self-hosted open source code completion server with VS Code, JetBrains and Vim extensions. Runs local models or any OpenAI compatible endpoint. - [Tabnine](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/tabnine) (From $39/mo): Enterprise code assistant with completions, chat and an agent in VS Code, JetBrains, Visual Studio and Eclipse, plus a CLI. Deploys as SaaS, in a VPC, on premises or air-gapped. ## Also available as an editor extension (13) Products whose primary form is something else but ship one of these too. - [Amp](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/amp) (Free tier): Amp Frontier Corporation's terminal agent. Low, medium, high and ultra modes pick the model per task, subagents run in parallel, orbs run threads on remote machines. - [Claude Code](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/claude-code) (From $20/mo): Anthropic's terminal agent. Reads the codebase, edits files and runs commands, with a VS Code and JetBrains extension and a web surface on the same engine. - [CodeBuddy](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/codebuddy) (Free tier): Tencent Cloud's AI coding assistant. It ships as the CodeBuddy Code CLI, a desktop IDE and an IDE plugin. - [CodeRabbit](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/coderabbit) (Free tier): Reviews pull requests on GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket and Azure DevOps, with a CLI and a VS Code extension for pre-commit review. Public repositories are reviewed at no charge. - [Codex CLI](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/codex-cli) (Free tier): OpenAI's open source terminal agent. Signs in with a ChatGPT account and shares the plan's usage window, or bills an API key at token prices. - [Google Antigravity](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/google-antigravity) (Free tier): Google's agentic development platform. A desktop app, a VS Code based IDE, a CLI and editor extensions share one harness. Free, with higher limits on Google AI Pro and Ultra. - [Kimi Code CLI](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/kimi-code) (Free tier): Moonshot AI's terminal agent for the Kimi models, a single binary with a VS Code extension. Logs in with a Kimi membership or a platform key, runs in Zed or JetBrains over ACP. - [Mistral Vibe](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/mistral-vibe) (Free tier): Mistral's open source terminal agent on Devstral and Mistral Medium, with VS Code and JetBrains extensions and a web sandbox. Signs in with a Mistral account or an API key. - [OpenCode](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/opencode) (Free tier): Open source terminal coding agent from Anomaly, with a desktop app in beta and a VS Code extension. Works with any provider through your own keys, plus the hosted Zen and Go plans. - [Qoder](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/qoder) (Free tier): Alibaba's agentic IDE for macOS, Windows and Linux with a JetBrains plugin, a CLI and cloud agents. Quest runs multi agent tasks in a sandbox, with a phone app for approvals. - [Qodo](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/qodo) (From $30/mo): Reviews pull requests on GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket and Azure DevOps and runs pre-PR review in VS Code and JetBrains. Code generation is deprecated. Formerly Codium. - [Qwen Code](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/qwen-code) (Free tier): Open source terminal coding agent from the Qwen Team. Works with Qwen, DeepSeek, GLM, Kimi and MiniMax models, plus VS Code (beta), Zed and JetBrains integrations. - [Rovo Dev](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/rovo-dev) (From $20/mo): Atlassian's coding agent, run from the ACLI, the VS Code extension or as reviews on Bitbucket and GitHub. Paid per developer with monthly credits, no free tier. ## Related [Open in the finder](https://whichcoding.tools/?where=extension) Data: CC BY 4.0. Credit whichcoding.tools and link to https://whichcoding.tools. Full terms in [LICENSE-DATA](https://github.com/benjamincanac/whichcodingtools/blob/main/LICENSE-DATA). ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](https://whichcoding.tools/sitemap.md) for all pages.