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Best AI Code Generator in 2025

Ayush Thakur on January 28, 2025

In recent times, the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) has greatly changed the world of software development. As we are moving ahead ...
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Mido

Replit Agent is a great code generator, highly recommend!

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Ayush Thakur

Thank you for this suggestion. Will definitely try it

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Eric Maddox

100% agree with this!

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Spiros Vatikiotis • Edited

Try Cursor AI

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Ayush Thakur

I have tried Cursor AI, it works great, there's no doubt in that. But I have some contact-unawareness problem in Cursor that leads to generation of incorrect code snippets. That's why I mentioned Potpie as a solution

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Spiros Vatikiotis

I haven't gone into depth yet with Cursor AI but with a quick try it looks amazing. I really enjoy the .cursorrules file feature and how u can import documentation, sites and anything that you want as source of information. The more information you provide the more accurate your answers will be. Try to watch one or two tutorials on Cursor and im sure your prompting will improve therefore, the AI generation will be more accurate and correct

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Ayush Thakur

Yeah, the features Cursor offers are amazing. But the thing is, you have to download and install the Cursor IDE locally.

Now, suppose you have a complex codebase with several independent files and folders. You want to generate a new function in a specific file. There’s a high chance that adding this function will also affect other files that depend on it.

Cursor will simply add the function to one file without modifying the interconnected files, which can lead to errors in the project. That’s where Potpie helps.

Potpie updates all the connected files, ensuring that even after adding a new function, the overall functionality of the project remains intact.

Check out Potpie here: github.com/potpie-ai/potpie

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John Cook

AI Agents are truly revolutionary. Potpie is leveraging AI Agents in a great way

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Sammy Scolling

The unaware of context problem is really serious. Have faced it multiple times

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tim brandom

Amazing Curation of code generators. Also, Potpie sounds super interesting. Will try it definitely

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Ayush Thakur

Glad you liked it

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johnywoods12

The curation is amazing. Pretty sure by the end of 2025, any new names will add into this list

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Ayush Thakur

Yeah more and more similar tools are going to launch soon

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JACKSON CHINEDU

Thanks

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Robin IT

Which one is better: GitHub Copilot or Windsurf?

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Ayush Thakur

Both are great in their respective positions. But I have faced the problem the context unawarness on both of these platforms. Leading to undesired responses.

That's why, I have mentioned Potpie because it understands your whole code, it's context and generates the desired results. Check it out - github.com/potpie-ai/potpie

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johnwoods12

The knowledge graph approach is really interesting. Potpie seems very promising

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Ayush Thakur

This Knowledge graph approach helps Potpie to better understand your codebase

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Alexhales67

Windsurf and Cursor are my favorite. Truly a life saver they are

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Ayush Thakur

Both are amazing

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ExoCody

Hei! Great suggestions! You can also try out exocoding!
It uses model-based AI-powered assistants to generate boilerplate code and streamline repetitive tasks.
Developers can create apps containing modules with Database Management, Logic Building, and Interface Design. After generating code (backend and frontend), everything is business as usual with the same IDE and other dev tools, but with much work already accomplished!