
Claude is a series of large language models (LLMs) developed by American software company Anthropic. Claude was released as an AI-based chatbot in March 2023. It is also used in AI-assisted software development. Anthropic sells Claude-based agentic tools including Claude Code, a terminal coding agent, and Claude Cowork, a similar tool for non-programmers.
Contender: Claude Code (Anthropic)
Contender: Claude Code (VS Code)
Contender: anthropics/claude-code
Contender: Auto mode is now the default in Claude Code
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Ranks as high as #1 on some lists — but only #8 here. Fans are divided.
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Climbed to #1 — a narrowly contested win.
See the full ranking →Developers celebrate Claude Code for its exceptional command-line autonomy, precise multi-turn bug hunting, and rigorous chain-of-thought code generation, with high API token consumption remaining the chief trade-off.

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