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AI Tools

A curated directory of the world’s best AI tools, organized by category.

222 tools curated

Featured picks

ChatGPTOpenAI’s flagship AI assistant for chat, writing, coding and more.

ClaudeAnthropic’s AI assistant known for nuanced writing and reasoning.

GeminiGoogle’s multimodal AI assistant, deeply integrated with Google apps.

GrokxAI’s assistant with real-time knowledge from X.

KimiMoonshot AI’s assistant with long-context and agentic reasoning.

DeepSeekFree chat from DeepSeek, powered by its open reasoning models.

MidjourneyThe benchmark for artistic AI image generation.

Stable DiffusionStability AI’s open image models that power countless tools.

即梦 JimengByteDance’s AI image & video suite (Seedream/Seedance); international version: Dreamina.

Chatbots & Assistants22

ChatGPTOpenAI’s flagship AI assistant for chat, writing, coding and more.

ClaudeAnthropic’s AI assistant known for nuanced writing and reasoning.

GeminiGoogle’s multimodal AI assistant, deeply integrated with Google apps.

GrokxAI’s assistant with real-time knowledge from X.

KimiMoonshot AI’s assistant with long-context and agentic reasoning.

DeepSeekFree chat from DeepSeek, powered by its open reasoning models.

Microsoft CopilotMicrosoft’s AI companion across Windows, Edge and Office.

Meta AIMeta’s assistant built into WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger.

PoeQuora’s hub to chat with many AI models in one place.

Character.AIChat with AI characters, from historical figures to original personas.

Le ChatMistral AI’s fast, privacy-friendly European assistant.

HuggingChatHugging Face’s open-model chat router (Omni).

MonicaBrowser-based AI assistant for writing, translation and summaries.

星野 TalkieThe world’s largest AI companion app (MiniMax’s Xingye).

豆包 DoubaoByteDance’s all-round AI assistant, hugely popular in China.

Qwen ChatAlibaba’s Qwen models in a free, capable chat interface.

腾讯元宝 YuanbaoTencent’s AI assistant powered by Hunyuan and DeepSeek models.

百度文心 WenxinBaidu’s unified ERNIE assistant portal (formerly Wenxiaoyan).

讯飞星火 SparkiFlytek’s Spark assistant, strong in Chinese and voice scenarios.

Z.ai · 智谱清言Zhipu AI’s assistant built on the GLM model family.

商量 SenseChatSenseTime’s flagship AI assistant.

跃问 StepChatStepFun’s consumer assistant powered by the Step model family.

Image Generation18

MidjourneyThe benchmark for artistic AI image generation.

Stable DiffusionStability AI’s open image models that power countless tools.

即梦 JimengByteDance’s AI image & video suite (Seedream/Seedance); international version: Dreamina.

KreaReal-time creative suite uniting 60+ frontier image and video models.

FLUXBlack Forest Labs’ state-of-the-art open image models.

IdeogramImage generation with best-in-class text rendering.

RecraftAI design tool for vector art, icons and brand-consistent images.

Adobe FireflyAdobe’s commercially-safe generative AI, inside Creative Cloud.

Leonardo AIProduction-ready image generation for games and design (Canva).

PhotoroomAI product photography for e-commerce and marketers.

PlaygroundDesign-oriented AI editor for graphics and mockups.

CivitaiThe largest community hub for open image models and LoRAs.

LiblibAI 哩布哩布Leading Chinese community for Stable Diffusion models.

秒画 SenseMirageSenseTime’s image platform with LoRA training and model market.

美图 MeituImaging giant whose AI photo and video tools serve hundreds of millions.

NightCafeVeteran AI art studio with many models and a vibrant community.

getimg.aiAll-in-one AI image toolkit: generate, edit and upscale.

Freepik AIFreepik’s AI suite for images, retouching and upscaling.

Video Generation21

RunwayProfessional AI video suite used by filmmakers and studios.

可灵 KlingKuaishou’s video model with strong motion and physics.

通义万相 WanAlibaba’s open Wan video/image models, used worldwide.

PikaPlayful AI video generator with creative effects.

海螺 HailuoMiniMax’s video generator known for character consistency.

Luma Dream MachineFast, high-quality video generation from text or images.

Google VeoGoogle DeepMind’s flagship video generation model.

腾讯混元 HunyuanTencent’s open video and 3D model family.

HeyGenAI avatar videos with realistic lip-sync and translation.

SynthesiaEnterprise AI avatars for training and corporate videos.

DescriptEdit video and podcasts by editing the transcript.

VEEDBrowser-based AI video editor for social content.

Opus ClipTurn long videos into viral clips with AI.

CaptionsAI talking-head videos with eye contact and dubbing.

InVideoPrompt-to-video platform for marketers and creators.

LTX StudioLightricks’ AI film-production suite with open models.

剪映 CapCutByteDance’s editor with AI captions, effects and generation.

万兴喵影 FilmoraWondershare’s global editor with a growing AI suite.

ViduShengshu Tech’s fast video model with anime strengths.

D-IDTalking-head avatars and face animation from a single photo.

PixVerseTrendy AI video generator with viral effect templates.

Audio & Music17

SunoGenerate full songs with vocals from a text prompt.

ElevenLabsThe gold standard for AI voice, dubbing and cloning.

UdioHigh-fidelity AI music creation; listening is now in-app only after label deals.

Murf AIStudio-quality AI voiceovers for videos and presentations.

Stable AudioStability AI’s music and sound-effect generation.

Google Flow MusicGoogle’s AI music product built on Lyria (formerly Riffusion).

AIVAAI composer for soundtracks, classical and cinematic music.

MubertRoyalty-free AI music streams for creators and apps.

SpeechifyPopular text-to-speech reader for articles, docs and books.

LOVOAI voiceover platform with 500+ voices in 100 languages.

CartesiaReal-time voice AI with ultra-low latency (Sonic).

Fish AudioTop-ranked open TTS with a massive voice library.

Kits AIStudio-grade voice conversion and cloning for music.

WondercraftAI studio for podcasts, ads and audio content.

海绵音乐ByteDance’s free AI music app, the Chinese-language Suno rival.

MurekaKunlun’s international AI music platform with reasoning models.

网易天音NetEase’s one-stop AI music creation platform.

Coding & Development28

GitHub CopilotThe original AI pair programmer, inside your editor and GitHub.

CursorThe AI-first code editor that redefined developer workflows.

Claude CodeAnthropic’s agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal.

Google AntigravityGoogle’s agentic IDE and developer platform.

DevinCognition’s autonomous AI software engineer (cloud agent).

Devin Desktop (Windsurf)Cognition’s agentic IDE, formerly Windsurf (ex-Codeium).

KiroAWS’s agentic IDE for spec-driven development (successor to Amazon Q Developer).

v0Vercel’s generative builder for web apps and UI.

BoltPrompt-to-full-stack-app builder running in the browser.

LovableTurn ideas into full-stack web apps by chatting.

ReplitBrowser IDE with an AI agent that builds and deploys apps.

TraeByteDance’s free AI IDE with strong agent capabilities.

OpenCodeOne of the most-starred open-source terminal coding agents.

ClineThe most popular open-source AI agent for VS Code.

AmpAgentic coding CLI from the Sourcegraph team (successor to Cody).

WarpModern terminal with built-in AI agents.

CodeRabbitThe leading AI code review assistant for pull requests.

AiderOpen-source AI pair programming in your terminal.

ContinueOpen-source autopilot for VS Code and JetBrains.

TabninePrivacy-focused AI code completion for enterprises.

Augment CodeAI coding platform tuned for large professional codebases.

QodoAI code integrity: generation, testing and review.

OpenAI CodexOpenAI’s cloud coding agent, in ChatGPT and the CLI.

JulesGoogle’s async coding agent that works in your repos.

ZedBlazing-fast editor with built-in AI and multiplayer.

通义灵码 LingmaChina’s most-installed AI coding assistant (Alibaba).

文心快码 ComateBaidu’s AI coding agent with wide enterprise adoption.

秒哒 MiaodaBaidu’s no-code builder: chat to full apps.

Writing & Office14

Notion AIAI writing and Q&A built into the Notion workspace.

GammaGenerate beautiful presentations, docs and sites with AI.

WPS AIAI office suite running on 600M+ devices (Kingsoft).

GrammarlyThe classic AI writing assistant for grammar and tone.

JasperAI marketing content platform for brand-consistent copy.

Copy.aiGTM-focused AI copywriting and sales workflows.

QuillBotParaphrasing and summarizing tools for students and pros.

WritesonicSEO-oriented AI writer with fact-checked articles.

RytrAffordable AI writing assistant for everyday content.

SudowriteAI writing partner built for fiction authors.

AiPPTChina’s leading standalone AI presentation generator.

百度文库 AIBaidu’s AI document hub; its Smart PPT tops global visit rankings.

Beautiful.aiSmart slide design that stays on-brand automatically.

WordtuneRewrite sentences with AI-powered tone and clarity options.

Research & Search15

PerplexityAI answer engine with cited, up-to-date sources.

NotebookLMGoogle’s AI research notebook grounded in your sources.

夸克 QuarkAlibaba’s AI super-app — China’s most-used AI application.

ElicitAI research assistant that analyzes academic papers.

ConsensusSearch engine that answers with evidence from papers.

GleanEnterprise AI search and agents across company knowledge.

SciSpaceAI assistant for reading and reviewing research papers.

秘塔搜索 MetasoAd-free AI search with structured results, popular in China.

纳米AI360’s agentic super-search, a top AI search in China.

知乎直答Zhihu’s AI answer engine grounded in creator content.

心流 iFlowFree AI search assistant; its CLI is popular with developers.

sciteSmart citations show how papers support or contrast claims.

Semantic ScholarFree AI-powered search across 200M+ academic papers.

ResearchRabbitDiscover related papers and authors through visual maps.

STORMStanford’s AI that writes Wikipedia-like research reports.

Agents & Automation22

ManusGeneral AI agent that completes complex tasks end-to-end.

GensparkSuper agent that turns prompts into slides, sheets and sites.

天工 SkyworkKunlun’s deep-research office agent topping GAIA benchmarks.

DifyOpen-source platform for LLM apps, agents and RAG.

Coze 扣子ByteDance’s no-code platform for building AI bots.

MiniMax AgentMiniMax’s general agent for complex multi-step tasks.

腾讯元器Tencent’s zero-code agent platform wired into WeChat.

FinThe most-deployed AI customer service agent (by Intercom).

ChatbaseTrain a custom chatbot on your own data, no code.

FlowithCanvas-based AI agent workspace for deep work.

ZapierAutomation leader connecting 7,000+ apps with AI actions.

MakeVisual automation builder with powerful AI integrations.

n8nSource-available workflow automation loved by developers.

FlowiseDrag-and-drop builder for LLM chains and agents (Workday).

LangChainThe most widely used framework for LLM applications.

CrewAIFramework for orchestrating multi-agent teams.

Relevance AIBuild AI workforces of specialized agents without code.

GumloopNo-code AI automation with a modern visual canvas.

LindyAI employees for email, scheduling and busywork.

BardeenBrowser automation agent for repetitive web tasks.

AutoGPTThe pioneering open-source autonomous AI agent.

LangflowVisual framework for building agents (now an IBM product).

Productivity & Meetings18

Otter.aiAI meeting notes, transcription and summaries.

Wispr FlowVoice dictation that writes polished text in any app.

Fireflies.aiRecord, transcribe and search your meetings with AI.

GranolaAI notepad that turns rough notes into perfect minutes.

FathomFree AI notetaker with instant call highlights.

tl;dvAI meeting recorder with clip sharing and CRM sync.

Read AIMeeting assistant plus enterprise search and email summaries.

KrispAI noise cancellation and accent conversion for calls.

SuperhumanThe premium AI email client (now Grammarly’s parent brand).

CometPerplexity’s AI-native browser with an agentic assistant.

DiaAI-first browser from The Browser Company (now Atlassian).

TodoistClassic to-do app with an AI assistant for planning.

Reclaim.aiAI calendar that defends focus time and habits (Dropbox).

MotionAI auto-schedules tasks, projects and meetings.

MemSelf-organizing AI notes that surface when you need them.

讯飞听见China’s dominant AI transcription and meeting service.

通义听悟Alibaba’s AI minutes tool for audio and video.

腾讯 imaTencent’s AI knowledge-base workbench.

Model Platforms22

Hugging FaceThe GitHub of AI: models, datasets and Spaces.

OpenRouterOne API to access every major LLM with unified billing.

OllamaRun Llama, Qwen, DeepSeek and more locally with ease.

ReplicateRun open models in the cloud with one line of code (Cloudflare).

Together AIFast cloud inference and fine-tuning for open models.

GroqUltra-fast LLM inference on custom LPU hardware.

fal.aiServerless inference optimized for generative media.

LM StudioFriendly desktop app for running local LLMs.

Fireworks AIEnterprise-grade fast inference for open models.

Mistral AIEurope’s flagship AI lab: API platform for Mistral models.

CohereEnterprise LLM platform focused on security and RAG.

OpenAI PlatformOfficial API for GPT models, images, audio and agents.

Anthropic APIOfficial API and console for the Claude model family.

Google AI StudioFree playground and API keys for Gemini models.

Azure OpenAIEnterprise OpenAI models hosted on Microsoft Azure.

Amazon BedrockAWS’s managed service for foundation models.

CerebrasWafer-scale chips delivering record inference speed (Nasdaq: CBRS).

百度千帆 QianfanBaidu’s model-as-a-service and agent platform.

阿里云百炼 BailianAlibaba Cloud’s one-stop MaaS and agent dev platform.

火山方舟 Volcano ArkByteDance Volcano Engine’s enterprise LLM platform.

魔搭 ModelScopeChina’s largest open-model community (Alibaba).

硅基流动 SiliconFlowLeading independent AI inference cloud in China.