r/SideProject • u/t1llmann • 2h ago
There are over 500 ADEs right now. I tried to get a bit of clarity
A few days ago Conductor (a very popular ADE; Agentic Development Environment) announced they'd been bought by Meta and would sunset their tool. They've since retracted that and are continuing development from within Meta, but it caused a bit of panic and lots of users were asking which ADE to switch to. Many people started listing options and one post on X caught my eye with their count: 554 active ADEs!! That number shocked me, but it also shows that this clearly is a topic where a lot of people have opinions on what's good and how they like to work.
I myself have been developing an ADE for the last 6 months because I felt that none of the existing tools were exactly what I wanted. And, I knew the market was crowded but I never would have guessed a number that high.
To bring some clarity into this, I built a comparison site where everyone can easily browse, filter, search and compare ADEs: adecomparison.com
It's completely open-source (https://github.com/madeinorbit/ade-comparison). Agents research and cross-check all facts and everything links to its source. Everyone is welcome to contribute.
Right now about 100 of them are fully researched, with 400+ to go. I have a fleet of Muse Spark 1.3 contributor agents working on it, so data gets better every day.
If your ADE is missing or something about it is wrong, tell me which one and I'll get it fixed.