Melty

The open-source AI code editor built for AI-first development

Free

Categories: Code Assistant, Developer Tools

Melty is a next-generation AI-first code editor built from the ground up with deep AI integration, offering an open-source alternative to Cursor and Windsurf. Unlike traditional editors with AI bolted on, Melty's entire architecture is designed around AI collaboration, enabling seamless pair programming with LLMs that can understand your full codebase context, edit multiple files simultaneously, and run terminal commands. Melty supports all major AI providers and is fully extensible by the community.

Melty is an AI-powered Code Assistant tool listed on Nextool.ai, a directory of 10,000+ AI tools. Melty is free to use. Browse the Code Assistant category on Nextool.ai to compare similar tools, read reviews, and find the best fit for your workflow.

Key Features

Full codebase context awareness
Multi-file simultaneous editing
Integrated terminal with AI
Open-source and extensible
Support for all major LLMs

Use Cases

AI-assisted software development
Open-source project contributions
Learning to code with AI guidance
Rapid prototyping and MVP building

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