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AI agent tools for IDEs
Short answer: Our top pick for IDEs: orca, with the highest AgentPick Score (94/100) among tools tagged "ide". Runners-up: oh-my-openagent (87) and Serena (83). Compare what each does, its license and how recently it was updated below.
| # | Tool | What it does | Score | Stars | License | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | orca | Orca is the ADE for working with a fleet of parallel agents. Run any coding agent with your own subscription. Available on desktop, mobile and remote … | 94/100 | ★ 92k | MIT | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #2 | oh-my-openagent | OmO: Just type "mass ulw" keyword with your prompt. Now you are the master of graph engineering. | 87/100 | ★ 70k | See repo | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #3 | Serena | A powerful MCP toolkit for coding, providing semantic retrieval and editing capabilities - the IDE for your agent | 83/100 | ★ 30k | See repo | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #4 | claudian | An Obsidian plugin that embeds Claude Code/Codex as an AI collaborator in your vault | 80/100 | ★ 16k | MIT | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #5 | bb | The agent IDE that builds itself | 78/100 | ★ 4.3k | MIT | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #6 | nimbalyst | Nimbalyst - The open-source visual workspace for Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode. Run multiple coding agents in parallel, edit their work visually in… | 74/100 | ★ 1.9k | MIT | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #7 | denova | An AI creative platform for novel writing and AI generated RPG, with built-in support for AI agents, Skills, subagent workflows, automations, image ge… | 66/100 | ★ 926 | Apache-2.0 | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #8 | nezha | Code Editor for the AI Agents Era. Run multiple Claude Code and Codex agents across projects on your machine. | 65/100 | ★ 1.9k | GPL-3.0 | 17 Sept 2026 |
| #9 | clodex-ide | Local-first, zero-trust agentic IDE for verifiable autonomous software development. | 55/100 | ★ 869 | AGPL-3.0 | 30 Sept 2026 |
| #10 | vibeyard | The IDE built for AI coding agents. | 54/100 | ★ 1.4k | MIT | 3 Sept 2026 |
| #11 | onlook | The Developer Tool for Visual Engineers • An Open-Source AI-First Design tool • Visually build, style, and edit your code with AI • World's best, top-… | 53/100 | ★ 27k | Apache-2.0 | 25 Aug 2026 |
| #12 | opcode | A powerful GUI app and Toolkit for Claude Code - Create custom agents, manage interactive Claude Code sessions, run secure background agents, and more… | 53/100 | ★ 22k | AGPL-3.0 | 18 Sept 2026 |
| #13 | core | A framework helps you quickly build AI Native IDE products. MCP Client, supports Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools via MCP server. | 52/100 | ★ 3.7k | MIT | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #14 | 49-IDE | Open-source 2D IDE for managing AI agents in native CLIs, terminal, gits, beads issues, and files across multiple projects and machines. Self-host on … | 52/100 | ★ 625 | See repo | 1 Oct 2026 |
| #15 | collab-public | Collaborator is a place to create with agents. | 46/100 | ★ 3.1k | See repo | 8 Aug 2026 |
| #16 | eide | An embedded development environment for mcs51/stm8/avr/cortex-m/riscv on VsCode. | 46/100 | ★ 1.1k | MIT | 5 Aug 2026 |
| #17 | Flare | The graph based agentic IDE | 45/100 | ★ 311 | MIT | 27 Sept 2026 |
| #18 | crystal | (Crystal is now Nimbalyst) Run multiple Codex and Claude Code AI sessions in parallel git worktrees. Test, compare approaches & manage AI-assisted dev… | 34/100 | ★ 3.1k | MIT | 26 Feb 2026 |
| #19 | mcp-jetbrains | A model context protocol server to work with JetBrains IDEs: IntelliJ, PyCharm, WebStorm, etc. Also, works with Android Studio | 25/100 | ★ 962 | Apache-2.0 | 7 Jan 2026 |
| #20 | SharpToolsMCP | A suite of MCP tools for AIs to analyze and modify C# solutions with high signal, Roslyn powered context. | 20/100 | ★ 226 | MIT | 2 Jun 2026 |
Source: each project's public GitHub repository (description, stars, license, last push). Listed tools aren't tested or ranked by AgentPick.
How to choose
- Check which models and providers it supports.
- Prefer tools that show diffs and ask before running commands.
- Look for recent commits: coding agents change fast.
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