Editors, terminal agents, prompt-to-app
Vibe Coding
This bench covers the tools builders open when they want software written with an AI in the loop: AI editors, coding agents, and prompt-to-app products. A listing here is not an endorsement and not a rank.
Bench task: Build a small multi-page web app from a written spec, including one form and one piece of saved data. Record whether it ran, how long it took, what it cost, and how much a new person had to already know.
Scored
Sorted by the published overall score. A tie breaks A to Z. Sponsorship, affiliates, and fast-track fees are not inputs.
No tested scores in this list yet. The first bench has not been published, so nothing here has a number.
Not yet scored
Alphabetical. This is the testing queue, not a ranking.
- AiderPending testOpen-source pair programmer in the terminalOpen source
- BoltPending testPrompt-to-app builder that runs in the browserFreemium
- Claude CodePending testAnthropic's coding agent for the terminal and editorUsage-based
- ClinePending testOpen-source coding agent for VS CodeOpen source
- CodexPending testOpenAI's coding agent for a repositoryUsage-based
- CursorPending testAI code editor with an in-repo agentFreemium
- DevinPending testAutonomous software engineer that opens pull requestsFreemium
- Devin Desktopformerly WindsurfPending testAI IDE formerly called WindsurfFreemium
- GitHub CopilotPending testGitHub's coding assistant across the editor, CLI, and cloudFreemium
- LovablePending testChat to build and host a web appFreemium
- ReplitPending testBrowser IDE with an agent and hostingFreemium
- v0Pending testVercel's generator for React and Next.js UIFreemium