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Vibe coding tools: the full stack

Vibe coding means describing software in plain language and letting AI write the code. Here are the tools for each step, in the order you will need them.

Write the code

Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, Cline, Aider, Continue, Zed, Warp, Devin, Kiro, OpenRouter, Sentry. Compare all 13 →

Or generate a whole app from a prompt

Replit, Bolt.new, Lovable, v0, StackBlitz, Bubble, Glide, Softr, Webflow, Retool. Compare all 10 →

Database and login

Supabase, Neon, Airtable, Pinecone, Convex, Firebase, Clerk, Upstash, Turso, Groq, Replicate, Together AI, PostHog. Compare all 13 →

Put it online

Vercel, Netlify, Cloudflare Pages, Railway, Fly.io, Modal, Render. Compare all 7 →

Take payments

Stripe, Lemon Squeezy, Paddle, Polar, Chargebee, Gumroad. Compare all 6 →

Send email

Resend, Postmark, Loops, Kit, Buttondown. Compare all 5 →

Where to go next

Before you ship an AI-built app · All comparison pages · New tools

FAQ

What is vibe coding?

Building software by describing what you want in natural language and letting an AI write the code. The term was coined by Andrej Karpathy in early 2025, according to vibecoding.app.

Which tool should a beginner start with?

Independent roundups (Zapier, Appy Pie, VibeCompare) most often point beginners to prompt-to-app builders such as Lovable, Bolt.new, v0 and Replit; developers tend to pick Cursor, Claude Code or Cline. Try free tiers first.

What else do I need besides a coding tool?

Usually a database and login, hosting, and payments or email if you have users. Each is listed below with official links.

Is the output safe to ship as-is?

Not necessarily. Review auth, database permissions, secrets and payments first; see our pre-ship checklist.