All the astras

Free AI tools for developers and builders, each one with what it does, what you get for free, and the catch. Pick one and read the full breakdown.

• Claude

  Chat assistant for writing, reviewing and explaining code, debugging, and drafting docs and specs.

• ChatGPT

  Chat assistant for code help, debugging, quick research, and generating text or images.

• GitHub Copilot

  AI pair programmer in VS Code, JetBrains, the CLI and github.com: inline suggestions, chat and agent mode.

• Cursor

  AI-first code editor (a VS Code fork) with tab autocomplete and an agent that edits across your codebase.

• Perplexity

  AI answer engine that searches the web and cites sources. Good for doc, API and error lookups.

• v0

  Vercel's AI app builder: describe a UI or full-stack app in chat and get React/Next.js code you can deploy.

• Google AI Studio

  Test Gemini models in the browser, then get an API key to call them from your own code.

• n8n

  Build automations that connect APIs, webhooks and AI models in a visual editor you can self-host.