Best AI coding tools in 2025

AI coding tools help you write, refactor, and review code faster. The best ones understand your codebase, follow instructions, and work well with your workflow. Here's how popular tools compare and how you can run several of them in parallel with Vibe Kanban.

What to look for in AI coding tools

Code quality – Good suggestions and edits that match your style and pass tests.
Context awareness – Uses your repo, open files, and docs so output is relevant.
Task-level work – Can complete multi-step tasks, not just single-line completions.
Integration – Works with your editor, CLI, or automation (e.g. MCP).

Claude Code (Anthropic)

Strong at understanding long context and refactoring. Many teams use it for complex features and legacy code. Runs locally with Vibe Kanban in its own workspace.

Supported agents in Vibe Kanban

Cursor

AI-powered editor with built-in agent features. Cursor CLI can be used as an agent inside Vibe Kanban so you get parallel runs and code review in one place.

GitHub Copilot

Widely used for completions and chat. Vibe Kanban supports Copilot as one of many agents so you can combine it with others and run tasks in parallel.

Why run multiple AI coding tools together?

No single tool is best for everything. With Vibe Kanban you can run different agents in parallel, use the best tool per task, and review all changes in one place.