Most Popular AI Tools (Jun, 2025)

Text & Writing Tools:

• ChatGPT: Conversational AI and writing assistance.

  • Official OpenAI website: OpenAI

  • ChatGPT Overview: ChatGPT - OpenAI

  • WebChatGPT Chrome Extension: WebChatGPT: ChatGPT with internet access - Chrome Web Store

• Gemini: Conversational AI and research assistance.

  • Gemini Web App: Google Gemini

  • Sign in to Gemini Help: Sign in to the Gemini web app - Gemini Apps Help

  • Gemini Deep Research: Gemini Deep Research — your personal research assistant - Google Gemini

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• QuillBot: Grammar, punctuation, and style assistance for writing. QuillBot

• DeepL: High-quality translation services. DeepL

Video & Image Editing Tools:

• CapCut: All-in-one video editor and graphic design tool. CapCut

• VEED.IO: Online video editor with AI tools. VEED.IO

• InVideo: Online video editor with templates and AI tools. InVideo

• Remove.bg: Tool for removing backgrounds from images. Remove.bg

Audio & Transcription Tools:

• ElevenLabs: AI audio platform for text-to-speech, voice cloning, and dubbing. ElevenLabs

• TurboScribe: AI transcription service. TurboScribe

• Otter.ai: AI meeting assistant for transcription and summaries. Otter.ai

• Adobe Podcast: AI-powered audio recording and editing. Adobe Podcast

Automation & Productivity Tools:

• Microsoft Copilot: AI-powered productivity tool and chatbot. Microsoft Copilot

• Zapier: Automation tool using AI to connect apps and workflows. Zapier

Other Specialized Tools:

• Character.ai: AI chatbot for creating and interacting with AI characters. Character.ai

• Quizizz: AI-powered platform for creating and playing quizzes. Quizizz

• DeepAI: Collection of AI tools including chatbots, image, video, and music generators. DeepA

Top AI Coding Tools:

• GitHub Copilot

  • Strengths: Extremely popular and widely adopted. Excellent for real-time code suggestions, completion, and generating boilerplate code. Integrates seamlessly with popular IDEs like VS Code and JetBrains. Offers model flexibility (GPT-4o, Claude, Gemini).

  • Considerations: Subscription-based. While powerful, its main strength is code completion and suggestions, not necessarily acting as a full "AI agent" that understands complex project goals autonomously.

  • URL: https://github.com/features/copilot/

• Cursor

  • Strengths: An "AI-first" code editor (forked from VS Code) with deep AI integration. Features an "Agent mode" for higher-level task automation, error detection, and even a predictive cursor. Designed for power users who want an AI-centric development environment.

  • Considerations: Subscription-based. While powerful, its core is an IDE, so it's a commitment to a new development environment for some.

  • URL: https://www.cursor.com/

• Qodo (Qodo Gen & Qodo Merge)

  • Strengths: Focuses on code quality, testing, and reviews. Qodo Gen helps with intelligent code suggestions and test case generation, while Qodo Merge aids in automated code reviews, identifying issues like security vulnerabilities and error handling.

  • Considerations: Strong emphasis on specific development stages (testing, review).

  • URL: https://www.qodo.ai/

• Windsurf (formerly Codeium)

  • Strengths: Offers robust AI capabilities with a strong free tier for individual developers. Takes an ethical approach to training data. Now provides a dedicated IDE optimized for AI-assisted development, moving beyond just extensions.

  • Considerations: Becoming a full IDE might require adapting for some users.

  • URL: https://codeium.com/

• JetBrains AI Assistant

  • Strengths: Native integration within JetBrains IDEs (IntelliJ, PyCharm, etc.), making it ideal for developers already in that ecosystem. Offers code completion, chat, documentation generation, and test generation. Supports various LLMs and even local models.

  • Considerations: Requires a JetBrains IDE subscription in addition to the AI Assistant cost.

  • URL: https://www.jetbrains.com/ai/

• Google Gemini Code Assist (and Gemini Pro 2.5 general AI)

  • Strengths: Leverages Google's deep learning models for contextually relevant code completions and best practices. Integrates well with Google's cloud ecosystem. Gemini Pro 2.5 (the general AI model) has shown strong performance in coding tasks.

  • Considerations: Gemini Code Assist is part of Google's suite, which might be a factor for non-Google users. The free version of Gemini has limited queries.

  • URL: https://cloud.google.com/products/gemini/code-assist

• Amazon Q Developer (formerly CodeWhisperer)

  • Strengths: Free AI code assistant. Deeply integrated with Amazon's cloud ecosystem, making it excellent for developers working with AWS services. Provides code recommendations and security best practices.

  • Considerations: Best suited for AWS-centric development.

  • URL: https://aws.amazon.com/q/developer/

• Replit AI

  • Strengths: Cloud-based IDE with integrated AI. Includes an Agent for generating entire projects and an Assistant for explanations and incremental changes. No setup needed, ideal for quick prototyping and deployment within their platform.

  • Considerations: Context retention can sometimes be an issue.

  • URL: https://replit.com/ai

• Tabnine

  • Strengths: Focuses on code completion with privacy in mind. Supports many languages and IDEs. Offers both cloud and on-premise options.

  • Considerations: Primarily a code completion tool, less on higher-level "agent" capabilities.

  • URL: https://www.tabnine.com/

• Aider

  • Strengths: AI pair programming in your terminal. Integrates with your local Git repo, allowing for in-chat commands and direct code edits. Supports various LLMs.

  • Considerations: Command-line focused, which might not suit all users.

  • URL: https://aider.chat/

• CodeWP

  • Strengths: Specifically designed for WordPress development. Provides conversational coding, troubleshooting, and security scanning tailored for WordPress.

  • Considerations: Niche tool, only for WordPress developers.

  • URL: https://codewp.ai/

• Snyk (DeepCode)

  • Strengths: Focuses on security by scanning code for vulnerabilities, including AI-generated code. Offers auto-fixing capabilities.

  • Considerations: Primarily a security tool, though it uses AI for code analysis.

  • URL: https://snyk.io/

• Codiga

  • Strengths: Static code analysis solution that integrates with various IDEs and repositories. Supports custom rules for code quality.

  • Considerations: More focused on code quality and analysis than pure code generation.

  • URL: https://www.codiga.io/

• Graphite (Diamond AI code review)

  • Strengths: AI-powered code review assistant that automatically analyzes pull requests, identifies potential issues, and suggests fixes.

  • Considerations: Specifically for code review, not a general-purpose coding assistant.

  • URL: https://graphite.dev/docs/diamond

• Bolt.new

  • Strengths: AI-powered platform for creating apps and websites by chatting with AI. Can also import from Figma or GitHub.

  • Considerations: More focused on app/website generation from descriptions rather than line-by-line coding assistance.

  • URL: https://bolt.new/

• v0 by Vercel

  • Strengths: Generates React, Svelte, and Vue code components from prompts. Focuses on UI generation.

  • Considerations: Specialized in UI component generation; not a full-stack AI coding assistant.

  • URL: https://v0.dev/

• Canva Code (part of Gemini Canvas)

  • Strengths: Allows users to go from prompt to prototype, generating code for apps, games, and web pages. A creative AI coding space.

  • Considerations: More about visual and interactive prototypes than traditional coding assistance.

  • URL: https://gemini.google/overview/canvas

(R) List provided by Gemini, Jun, 2025