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StackPick · as of Oct 15, 2026

Stop collecting tools.Pick a stack.

An opinionated directory and ranking of AI tools for vibe coders and indie builders — which tool to use for which job, and what shipped this week.

56 tools · 11 jobs · 4 stacks · scores are estimates

Use cases

Which job?

01

AI code editors

The editor you live in

Cursor leads · 7 tools

02

AI app builders

Prompt to a running app

Lovable leads · 6 tools

03

Coding and CLI agents

An agent that edits the repo

Claude Code leads · 7 tools

04

Agent frameworks

The harness around a model

Vercel AI SDK leads · 7 tools

05

LLM APIs and model providers

The model behind the feature

Anthropic API leads · 6 tools

06

Hosting and deploy

Where the app stays up

Vercel leads · 5 tools

07

Databases and backend

Somewhere for the app to remember

Supabase leads · 5 tools

08

Auth

Sign-in without a week of edge cases

Clerk leads · 3 tools

09

Payments

Get paid

Polar leads · 3 tools

10

Design to code

From a picture to components

Google Stitch leads · 3 tools

11

Testing and debugging

Catch the break before your users do

Sentry leads · 4 tools

Leaderboard

Top picks

Full directory
  1. 01CursorAI code editors · Daily driving an AI editor on a real repoFreemium8.6
  2. 02SupabaseDatabases and backend · Postgres plus auth for an indie appFreemium8.5
  3. 03Vercel AI SDKAgent frameworks · Streaming AI features in a TypeScript web appFree8.5
  4. 04Anthropic APILLM APIs and model providers · Calling Claude from your own productUsage-based8.3
  5. 05Claude CodeCoding and CLI agents · Repo-sized edits from the terminalCheck site8.3
  6. 06ClerkAuth · Sign-in components you do not design yourselfFreemium8.2

Initial editorial estimate. Not a measured benchmark. Edit scores in data/tools.json.

Releases

New this week

Dated within the seven days up to Oct 15, 2026. Older notes stay on the tool page.

  1. Codex CLI

    Codex CLI 0.162.x

    The 0.162 line, with patch 0.162.1 on October 9–10, 2026, includes managed git worktrees for trusted local projects and an opt-in Code Mode. The patch itself was a two-fix release.

    Source

  2. Claude Code

    Claude Code 2.1.296

    The October 9, 2026 build can read an oversized file in one call instead of chunking it, and subagents can auto-compact earlier than the main conversation via an autoCompactWindow setting.

    Source

  3. GitHub Copilot

    GitHub Copilot weekly, October 5

    Published October 9, 2026. Local sandboxing for agent file, network, and credential access is generally available in Copilot CLI, the Copilot app, and VS Code sessions using Agent Host. Claude Haiku 5.5 is available on paid Copilot plans. The Copilot app can use separate accounts for the license and the repositories, and Copilot CLI can discover models from a local Ollama instance.

    Source

  4. Cursor

    Cursor CLI 2026.10.08

    Auto-review now asks before recursive, force, wildcard, or mirror deletes whose target could resolve differently than written. Claude Opus 5.5 and Sonnet 5.5 can be selected for AWS Bedrock bring-your-own-key setups, and /skills warns when a skill breaks the Agent Skills limits.

    Source

Stack picks

All stacks

Ship a SaaS this weekend

Editor, UI, Postgres, payments, a URL, and somewhere to see the crash.

Build an AI agent

A TypeScript harness, a model API, a place to store state, and an editor that can keep up.

Prompt an app into existence

Stay inside a generator until the demo works. Leave when the diff matters.

Design to deploy

A design file, a code generator, an editor to finish it, then a host.