Best AI tools
A curated directory of the essential AI tools worth knowing, models and chat, coding, UI and design, agents, inference, data and more , the must-know names, by category.
What are AI tools?
AI tools are the apps and services that put AI to work, chat assistants, coding copilots, image and video generators, agent frameworks, and the infrastructure to run them , so you can build, create and ship without starting from scratch.
Models & chat10
- ChatGPTReason, write, and prototype with OpenAI's frontier models.
- ClaudeLong-context reasoning and coding with Anthropic's models.
- GeminiMultimodal reasoning across text, image, and video.
- PerplexityAnswer questions with live, cited web search.
- GrokxAI's assistant, wired into real-time posts on X.
- MistralEuropean frontier and open-weight models, via chat or API.
- DeepSeekStrong open reasoning models at low cost.
- QwenAlibaba's open-weight model family, strong at code and multilingual work.
- KimiMoonshot AI's assistant, built for very long context.
- LlamaMeta's open-weight models you can run and fine-tune yourself.
AI coding21
- CursorAI-native editor that edits across your whole repo.
- GitHub CopilotInline code completion and chat, inside your editor.
- Gemini CLIGoogle's open-source agentic coding assistant, in your terminal.
- Claude CodeAgentic coding in your terminal, plans and edits across files.
- LovableBuild and ship full web apps from a prompt.
- Devin DesktopThe agentic IDE formerly called Windsurf, now Cognition's editor.
- Bolt.newPrompt full-stack web apps that run in the browser.
- ReplitBuild, run, and deploy apps in the browser with an AI agent.
- AiderPair-program with AI from your terminal, committing as it goes.
- ClineAn autonomous coding agent inside VS Code.
- ZedA fast, collaborative editor with AI built in.
- DevinAn autonomous software engineer that takes whole tasks.
- CodexOpenAI's coding agent for the terminal and your IDE.
- AntigravityGoogle's agent-first IDE built around Gemini.
- AmpSourcegraph's agentic coding tool for large codebases.
- OpenCodeAn open-source coding agent that runs in your terminal.
- ContinueOpen-source IDE autopilot you point at your own models.
- Roo CodeAn open-source autonomous coding agent inside VS Code.
- Grok BuildxAI's terminal coding agent, open-source harness, TUI, and tool layer.
- OrcaRun several coding agents in parallel, each in its own git worktree, and merge the best.
- DeepSeek-ReasonixA terminal coding agent built specifically around DeepSeek models.
UI & design23
- v0Generate production React UIs from a prompt.
- FigmaDesign, prototype, and hand off interfaces in one canvas.
- FramerDesign and publish responsive sites without code.
- shadcn/uiAccessible React components you copy in and own.
- 21st.devBrowse and generate React UI components from a prompt.
- Magic PatternsGenerate and iterate on UI designs from a prompt.
- Builder.ioTurn designs into code and edit it visually.
- WebflowDesign, build, and host production sites without code.
- Tailwind CSSUtility-first CSS for building UI fast in your markup.
- Magic UIAnimated React and Tailwind components for landing pages.
- Cult UICopy-paste animated React and shadcn components and blocks.
- Motion PrimitivesAnimation-first React components built on Framer Motion.
- Watermelon UIReact components built on Tailwind, Radix, and Framer Motion.
- ComponentryAnimated React components built with Tailwind and Framer Motion.
- UiverseThousands of free CSS and Tailwind UI elements to copy.
- Phosphor IconsOpen-source icon family in six weights, including duotone.
- FontshareFree professional-grade fonts from the Indian Type Foundry.
- AnimistaPreview, tune, and copy ready-made CSS keyframe animations.
- AutoAnimateAdd smooth enter, leave, and move transitions in one line.
- Shader GradientConfigure animated WebGL gradient backgrounds and export them.
- Mesh GradientCreate warped shader mesh gradients to export as backgrounds.
- HaikeiGenerate SVG wave, blob, and gradient backgrounds to export.
- Pattern MonsterCustomize repeatable SVG patterns, then copy the CSS or SVG.
Inference13
- OpenRouterOne API for hundreds of models, with fallback routing.
- GroqRun open models at extreme speed on custom hardware.
- Together AIHost and fine-tune open models via a fast API.
- ReplicateRun and deploy any model with one API call.
- Hugging FaceThe hub for open models, datasets, and demos.
- Fireworks AIFast, production inference for open models.
- FalFast inference for image, video, and audio models.
- ModalRun Python and GPU workloads in the cloud, serverless.
- CerebrasRun open models at record speed on wafer-scale chips.
- BasetenDeploy and serve open models in production.
- DeepInfraRun open models through a low-cost inference API.
- CactusRun text, speech, and vision models on-device on phones and wearables.
- OmniRouteOne endpoint in front of 330+ model providers, MIT-licensed.
Data & RAG16
- PineconeManaged vector database for fast semantic search.
- SupabasePostgres + pgvector + auth as your AI app backend.
- WeaviateOpen-source vector database with hybrid search.
- QdrantHigh-performance open-source vector search engine.
- ChromaAn open-source embedding database for AI apps.
- LlamaIndexA framework for connecting your data to LLMs.
- NeonServerless Postgres with branching and pgvector.
- TurbopufferServerless vector search built on object storage.
- LanceDBAn open-source vector database that runs on your own storage.
- Wren AITurn natural-language questions into governed SQL and dashboards over your warehouse.
- cogneeGive agents persistent memory backed by a knowledge graph and vector store.
- TencentDB Agent MemoryShare memory across a team's agents instead of siloing it per session.
- anydocConvert Word, PowerPoint, Excel, EPUB and more into text a model can read.
- pdf-inspectorPull clean text out of PDFs quickly, including the awkward ones.
- semanticaStore agent context as a graph so decisions can be traced.
- code-graph-ragQuery and edit a monorepo through a knowledge graph of the code.
Agents & automation17
- Claude CoworkHand Claude a folder and a plain-language task, desktop, web, and mobile.
- Gemini SparkA standing agent that works across Gmail, Calendar, Docs, and Sheets.
- n8nWire AI into automated workflows, self-hostable.
- ZapierConnect AI to thousands of apps without code.
- MakeVisually automate work across apps and AI.
- CrewAIBuild teams of role-playing agents that work together.
- DifyOpen-source platform to build and run LLM apps and agents.
- LindyBuild AI assistants that automate your busywork.
- OpenAI Agents SDKBuild multi-agent systems with OpenAI's lightweight SDK.
- Agent Development KitGoogle's open framework for building and shipping agents.
- Pydantic AIA type-safe Python framework for building agents.
- smolagentsHugging Face's minimal library for code-writing agents.
- AutoGenMicrosoft's framework for multi-agent conversations.
- BrowserOSAn open-source Chromium fork with a built-in AI agent that runs locally.
- CLI-AnythingGive any piece of software a command line an agent can drive.
- prime-agentA coding agent that improves its own approach over long-running tasks.
- Cloudflare ComputerGive an agent a real computer to work on, running at the edge.
Orchestration7
- LangGraphBuild stateful, multi-step agent workflows.
- InngestRun durable, event-driven background and AI workflows.
- Trigger.devWrite long-running background jobs and AI tasks in code.
- TemporalOrchestrate reliable, long-running workflows as code.
- MastraA TypeScript framework for agents, workflows, and RAG.
- herdrA runtime for coding agents to live in, rather than run loose on your machine.
- loopxKeep long-running agent teams from losing the thread.
Security8
- SnykFind and fix vulnerabilities in code and dependencies.
- SemgrepScan code for security bugs with fast static analysis.
- SocketCatch malicious and risky open-source dependencies.
- DopplerManage secrets and environment config across your stack.
- GitGuardianDetect leaked secrets across your repos and CI.
- InfisicalOpen-source secrets management for your team and apps.
- LakeraGuard LLM apps against prompt injection and misuse.
- StrixAn autonomous agent that finds and validates vulnerabilities like a pentester.
Eval & observability6
- LangSmithTrace, test, and debug LLM apps in production.
- HeliconeMonitor LLM cost, latency, and usage in one dashboard.
- LangfuseOpen-source tracing and evals for LLM apps.
- BraintrustEvaluate and improve AI products with systematic evals.
- Arize PhoenixOpen-source tracing and evaluation for LLM apps.
- Weights & BiasesTrack experiments, models, and LLM apps in one place.
Video6
Voice & audio6
- Wispr FlowSpeak naturally and it writes, in your style, anywhere.
- ElevenLabsGenerate realistic AI voices and speech via API.
- SunoCreate full songs, with vocals, from a prompt.
- UdioGenerate music and vocals from a prompt.
- DescriptEdit audio and video by editing the transcript.
- CartesiaLow-latency text-to-speech built for real-time voice agents.
Image6
- MidjourneyGenerate striking images from text prompts.
- IdeogramGenerate images with reliable, legible text.
- KreaGenerate and enhance images in real time.
- RecraftDesign-grade image and vector generation.
- FluxOpen, high-quality image generation models.
- ComfyUIBuild image and video generation pipelines as a visual node graph.
Marketing & content5
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