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AI-native code editor with agents, codebase context, completions, and review workflows.
Coding & Development
Freemium4.9
§ Recipe
You are one person with one evening a day. Every tool here earns its monthly cost or its learning curve. This is what I'd tell my past self to install on day one.
IDE
AI-native code editor with agents, codebase context, completions, and review workflows.
The one non-negotiable spend. If you'll only pay for one tool all year, make it this one — it's the compounding productivity bet.
Thinking partner
Anthropic's long-context assistant for writing, coding, analysis, and careful reasoning.
Debug the idea, not just the code. Claude is a senior engineer, PM, and copywriter on call for $20/mo. Rubber duck with opinions.
UI shortcut
Vercel's AI app builder for React, Next.js, Tailwind, shadcn/ui, and full-stack prototypes.
Skips the part of building a product that doesn't differentiate you — the layout. Hand it to V0, ship faster.
Research
Market research, library comparisons, pricing benchmarks, SEO research. Replaces three hours of googling with a five-minute conversation and sources you can verify.
Local models
The easiest way to run open models locally and serve them through a developer-friendly API.
For the privacy-sensitive, rate-limit-sensitive, or just-cheap-sensitive workloads. Run Llama 3.1 or Qwen locally — free inference that survives API outages.
Launcher
AI-powered launcher for Mac — Spotlight replacement with built-in AI, snippets, and automations.
Not strictly AI, but the glue. Raycast's AI quick-access plus command palette shaves minutes off every context switch — and indie hacking is all context switches.