Tools

Fast, native terminal emulator

GPU-accelerated terminal emulator written in Zig by Mitchell Hashimoto (HashiCorp co-founder). Native UI rendering on macOS and Linux. Supports ligatures, true color, Kitty graphics protocol, and splits/tabs. Configurable via a simple key-value file with sensible defaults. Open-source with 20K+ GitHub stars and a focus on correctness, speed, and minimal resource usage. Growing as a modern alternative to iTerm2, Alacritty, and WezTerm.

Anthropic's agentic coding CLI

Anthropic's agentic CLI coding tool that delegates complex tasks to Claude directly from the terminal. Understands entire codebases via automatic context gathering, edits multiple files, runs shell commands, and manages Git workflows autonomously. Supports CLAUDE.md for persistent project instructions, integrates with VS Code and JetBrains, and uses Claude Opus/Sonnet with extended thinking for complex architectural decisions. Built for terminal-first developers.

The AI-first code editor

AI-first code editor built as a VS Code fork that deeply integrates LLMs into every part of the development workflow. Features Tab autocomplete with multi-line predictions, Cmd+K inline editing, AI chat with full codebase awareness, and Agent mode for autonomous multi-file edits with terminal execution. Supports GPT-4, Claude, and more with automatic context from project files and docs. Includes privacy mode for SOC 2 compliance. The leading AI-native IDE with 100K+ paying users.

Anthropic's frontier AI assistant

Anthropic's AI assistant known for strong reasoning, nuanced writing, and extended context up to 200K tokens. Available in Opus (most capable), Sonnet (balanced), and Haiku (fast) tiers. Features web search, deep research, file analysis, code execution, artifacts, and Projects for organized workflows. Claude Code provides terminal-based agentic coding. API supports tool use, batch processing, and prompt caching. Available via claude.ai, mobile apps, and developer API.

Open-source agentic development environment for parallel AI agents

Emdash is an open-source agentic development environment for orchestrating many coding agents in parallel. It runs each agent in an isolated Git worktree, presents tasks in a dashboard, auto-detects installed CLIs, works with 25+ agents including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Amp and Gemini, and supports MCP server connections for tool access.

Open-source AI agent framework with persistent memory, reusable skills, tools, and messaging gateways

Hermes Agent is an open-source AI agent framework with persistent memory, reusable skills, 40+ tools, cron jobs, and messaging gateways.

Minimal terminal coding harness

Pi Coding Agent is an MIT-licensed Node.js CLI from earendil-works for building and running coding agents in a local terminal. The current package describes a read/bash/edit/write toolset and session management, while the repo positions Pi as a unified LLM API, agent loop, TUI, and coding-agent CLI. It is best framed as a lean, self-extensible BYO-model toolkit rather than a managed IDE.

Open-source AI coding agent for the terminal

Open-source terminal-based AI coding agent built in Go by the SST team, with a rich TUI (Bubble Tea) supporting 75+ model providers including OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Bedrock, Groq, and OpenRouter. Features vim-like editing, persistent SQLite sessions, and LSP integration for 40+ languages. Fully free with no vendor lock-in, it has rapidly grown to 95k+ GitHub stars.

OpenAI coding agent for app, editor, terminal, and cloud work

Codex is OpenAI's coding agent for software development across the Codex app, editor, terminal, and cloud tasks. It helps write, review, debug, refactor, and automate code, with ChatGPT plan access for managed surfaces and API-key usage for CLI, SDK, and IDE workflows. The open-source CLI and SDK support local repository work, while cloud features add GitHub review, Slack/Linear integrations, worktrees, skills, MCP, and automations.

Open-source desktop AI coworker for browsing and code execution.

Accomplish Coworker is an MIT-licensed open-source AI coworker that runs on the desktop, combining computer-use style browsing with code execution so agents can research, implement, run, and debug workflows in one local environment.

Apple's Safari-native MCP server for web debugging agents

Safari MCP Server is Apple's safaridriver-based MCP server in Safari Technology Preview, giving compatible coding agents local access to Safari page content, console logs, network requests, screenshots, JavaScript evaluation, interactions, viewport controls, and accessibility/performance checks.

Context compression for LLM apps and coding agents

Headroom is an Apache-2.0 context compression layer for LLM apps and coding agents. It compresses tool output, logs, files, RAG chunks, and agent history through a local library, proxy, wrapper, or MCP server, with retrieval hooks for bringing originals back when needed. Treat its savings numbers as Headroom-reported benchmarks, not independent aicoolies measurements.

Codebase knowledge graph MCP server for AI coding agents

Codebase Memory MCP is an MIT-licensed MCP server that turns a repository into a persistent code knowledge graph for AI coding agents. It gives Claude Code, Cursor, Codex-style agents, and other MCP clients structural queries for functions, classes, call chains, routes, and architecture, helping them explore large projects without repeatedly rereading files or relying only on broad search.

Kubernetes operator for serving AI inference workloads

KubeAI is an Apache-2.0 Kubernetes operator for deploying and scaling AI inference workloads, including LLMs, embeddings, reranking, and speech-to-text. It gives platform teams OpenAI-compatible endpoints, model proxy/controller primitives, model caching, scale-from-zero behavior, and cluster-native resource management for self-hosted inference on Kubernetes.

Python and TypeScript framework for production multi-agent systems

BeeAI Framework is an Apache-2.0 toolkit for building production-ready AI agents and multi-agent systems in Python and TypeScript. Its docs cover agents, tools, RAG, memory, workflows, backend providers, serving, and A2A/MCP integration surfaces, making it a vendor-neutral option for teams comparing LangGraph, CrewAI, Mastra, and related agent runtimes.

Open-source UI generation from natural-language prompts

OpenUI is an Apache-2.0 design-to-code tool from W&B that turns natural-language interface prompts into live HTML previews and frontend code. Teams can run it locally or with Docker, connect OpenAI, Groq, LiteLLM-compatible providers, or Ollama, and export generated UI toward React, Svelte, Web Components, and related workflows. It fits rapid UI mockups where developers want editable code instead of screenshots.

MCP server for connecting AI assistants to Supabase projects

Supabase MCP is Supabase's Apache-2.0 server for connecting AI assistants to Supabase projects. It can expose database, configuration, and project-management workflows to MCP clients such as Cursor, Claude, and Windsurf, while the official docs emphasize permission and security review before production use, SQL changes, or high-privilege database access.

Official Notion MCP server for AI-agent workspace access

Notion MCP Server is Notion's official MIT-licensed MCP server for connecting AI assistants to Notion workspaces. It supports the vendor-backed remote OAuth path and tools designed for page, workspace, and Markdown-style operations, making it a safer default than unofficial Notion bridges for teams already using Notion for docs, projects, or internal knowledge bases.

MCP integration platform for agent tool use at scale

Klavis AI is an Apache-2.0 MCP integration platform for teams connecting AI agents to external SaaS tools and APIs. The public repo and official docs position it as infrastructure for reliable tool access at scale, so it fits teams that want reusable MCP connectors without treating every integration as a one-off script or custom OAuth maintenance project.

Open-source Firecracker sandboxes for long-running AI agents

Superserve is an open-source sandbox infrastructure layer for AI agents that need durable computers instead of short-lived shells. It runs isolated Firecracker microVMs, supports pause, resume, snapshot, fork, preview URLs, MCP connectivity, SDK/API control, Docker workloads, and self-hosting, while the hosted service adds pay-as-you-go agent sandboxes for teams.

Official authenticated remote MCP endpoint for Linear issues, projects, comments, and coding-agent workflows.

Linear MCP Server is Linear’s official authenticated remote MCP endpoint for agent access to issues, projects, and comments. It gives Claude, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Zed, and other clients a centrally hosted way to find, create, and update Linear work items through OAuth-backed MCP without maintaining a local connector or brittle API glue.

Official Slack MCP server for approved workspace search, messaging, canvas, and user-context actions.

Slack MCP Server is Slack’s official remote MCP layer for giving approved AI clients workspace context and controlled actions. It lets agents search messages, files, users, and channels, draft or send messages, read threads, manage canvases, and authenticate through Slack OAuth while workspace admins approve integrations and normal Slack rate limits still apply.

Official remote MCP server for design-to-code and write-to-canvas Figma workflows.

Figma MCP Server is Figma’s official remote Model Context Protocol surface for design-to-code agents. It gives supported clients structured design context, variables, components, selected-frame code context, Code Connect mappings, and beta write-to-canvas tools for creating or updating native Figma frames from an MCP client while keeping the workflow tied to Figma files.

MCP gateway and integration catalog for AI agents

Executor is an MIT-licensed integration layer and MCP gateway for AI agents. It gives Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and other MCP-speaking clients one endpoint for connected OpenAPI specs, GraphQL APIs, MCP servers, Google Discovery sources, and custom JavaScript tools, with local, cloud, and self-hosted deployment options for teams centralizing tool access.