AI refactoring tool
Editorial picks for "ai refactor code".
19 tools
Cursor
FeaturedAI-first VS Code fork — chat, edit, and agentic coding in one IDE.
Cline
Open-source agentic coding assistant that plans, edits, and runs code inside your IDE
Aider
Terminal-based AI pair programmer that writes commits.
Amp (Sourcegraph)
Frontier coding agent from Sourcegraph with pass-through model pricing
Zed
A high-performance, multiplayer code editor built in Rust with native AI agent workflows.
Claude Code
Anthropic's agentic coding tool that reads, edits, and ships code from the terminal, IDE, or web.
Trae
ByteDance's AI-native IDE built as a Cursor-style VS Code fork with agent and cloud-task workflows.
Windsurf
AI-native IDE turned agent command center, now folded into Cognition's Devin lineup.
16x Prompt
Desktop prompt-composer for AI coding that bundles repo context, diffs, and multi-model comparison.
OpenHands
Open-source autonomous coding agent that plans, edits, and ships changes across real codebases.
Devin
Cognition Labs' "autonomous software engineer" agent.
Serena
Open-source MCP toolkit that gives coding agents IDE-grade symbol search, refactoring, and editing across 40+ languages.
Amazon Q Developer
AWS's in-IDE coding assistant and agent, formerly CodeWhisperer, tuned for cloud-heavy workflows.
Codeflash
Autonomous AI performance engineer that finds and PRs code optimizations with benchmarks attached.
Ponytail
Opinionated ruleset that forces AI coding agents to write less code by reusing what already exists.
Superset
Desktop code editor that orchestrates many AI coding agents in parallel using isolated Git worktrees.
Factory AI (Droids)
Agent-native platform that runs the whole software development lifecycle with autonomous Droids.
PearAI
Open-source AI code editor — a VS Code fork with Continue baked in
Poolside
Frontier open-weight foundation models purpose-built for agentic software engineering.