| CreativeClaw | Coding agent that wrote two commits in the public repository. Cursor Agent | | | B | GitHub repository CreativeClawCo/creative-claw-marketplace: record and commit history |
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| Draftly | AI code editor the founder used for the payments integration. | | | B | Dodo Payments case study, 31 May 2026: How Draftly went from zero paying customers to $25K MRR with Dodo Payments |
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| Copilot for Obsidian | AI code editor the team uses, shown by its rules folder in the public repository. .cursor/rules in the repository | | | B | GitHub repository logancyang/obsidian-copilot, read 27 October 2026 |
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| Cal AI | AI code editor that some of the developers use. | | | C | Latka interview with Zach Yadegari, May 2025: How Cal AI hit $35M ARR and 20,000 daily downloads in under a year |
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| Magnific | AI code editor; a later account of the founder's posts says half of the code was written with it. | | | C | Startup Founder Stories: Javi López, Magnific, 0 to $10M ARR |
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| Photo AI | AI code editor that the founder used and then invested in. | | | C | Pieter Levels, 23 September 2026: I passed $10M/y in revenue and investment gains with a 94.5% profit margin |
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| SiteGPT | AI coding assistant that generates each new free web tool from the existing ones in about five minutes. | | | C | Superframeworks case study, 10 January 2026: $13K MRR, engineering as marketing masterclass |
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| Talknotes | AI code editor the founder uses to write the code. | | | C | Starter Story, 4 April 2024: I Taught Myself To Code And Now Make $5K/Mo |
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| Postiz | AI code editor; it wrote the official n8n node from the public API in about one hour. | | | C | Nevo David on Hacker News, 28 November 2025: My SaaS jumped from $6,523 to $12,648 monthly, here is how |
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| Umax | AI code editor, in the stack the founder described in December 2024. | | | C | Starter Story, 29 December 2024: He made $10M with 3 iPhone apps (video interview with transcript) |
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| DocsBot AI | AI code editor; together with OpenAI Codex it reviews the founder's code, which the SOC 2 auditor accepted as code review. | | | C | Aaron Edwards' blog, 3 October 2025: Finally SOC 2 Certified as a Solo Founder |
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| My AskAI | AI code editor that the only developer uses for the coded parts. | | | C | Indie Hackers, 10 July 2025, interview by James Fleischmann: Bootstrapping to $40k MRR after his VC-backed startup failed |
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| Revid.ai | AI code editor the founder opens when he needs to work in the code himself. the founder's stack for the whole studio | | | C | A public page outside the story's source list |
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| Neural Frames | AI code editor the founder uses to build features in minutes. | | | C | A public page outside the story's source list |
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| Verbi | AI code editor in which the founder writes and debugs the code. | | | C | Pedro Machado on X: profile and timeline, read 13 October 2026 |
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| LocalRank | AI code editor; the founder required that a new developer for LocalRank use Claude or Cursor. | | | C | Jacky Chou on X, 4 August 2025: We're looking to hire for the following roles for Localrank or new ventures |
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| SoundBoost.ai | AI code editor; the founder wrote the first version of the phone app with it in 40 days. | | | C | Berkan Cesur's X timeline, September 2021 to October 2026 |
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| fastwrite.io | AI code editor listed among the tools used to build the product. | | | C | Peerlist: fastwrite.io, project of Timothy Williams |
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| AppAlchemy | AI code editor that he used to write the product; on 25 June 2025 he moved to the Cursor Ultra plan. | | US$20 a month (July 2025) | C | Starter Story, 9 July 2025: How I Used Reddit to Hit $17K MRR (With ZERO Audience) |
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| Topical Map AI | AI code editor in the founder's stack; he writes his apps by having AI produce the code. | | | C | Pete McPherson, YouTube channel Code Playbook, 28 December 2024: How I made $100k last year from AI-coded apps |
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| 1ClickWebsite.ai | AI coding tool the founder used to build the first version in June 2025. AI code editor | since 2025 | | C | Bennett Black on X, 15 August 2025: I vibe coded this tool 10 weeks ago. It now makes $1.6k/month |
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| GenPPT | AI code editor whose cost is listed under GenPPT in July and August 2026. | | | C | Ilias Ism on X, 31 July 2026: I spent US$51,123 in July 2026 |
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| Launch Fast | The founder, who cannot code, wrote the whole product with it, starting with the 48-hour first version. Max plan | since 2025 | US$200 a month | C | Starter Story, 5 January 2026: I built a $25K MRR app with Cursor |
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| Langua | The co-founder's coding tool before Claude Code; he found its agent made unwanted changes. AI code editor and agent | until 2025, replaced by Claude Code | | C | A public page outside the story's source list |
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| Dropmagic | AI code editor used with Claude Code to develop the product, per the founder in a Starter Story episode. | | | C | A public page outside the story's source list |
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| CalBuddy | AI code editor with which the founder, not a programmer, built the first working version in two weeks. | since 2025 | | C | Starter Story, 9 August 2026: I Copied A Huge App. Now I Make $80K/Month (video interview with transcript) |
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| ToneAdapt | Wrote the code of the first web version, which the founder built in about a week without writing code by hand. | | | C | Starter Story episode page, 14 June 2026: The First App I Ever Built Makes $25K/Month, with transcript |
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| CodeGuide | Main AI code editor in which the team writes the product. | | US$20 a month (March 2025) | C | Starter Story, 21 May 2025: From Zero to $42K/Month in 90 Days with AI (video interview with CJ Zafir by Pat Walls) |
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| Little Cat Ring Light (小猫补光灯) | AI code editor in which the founder, who does not write code, built both iOS apps. | since 2024 | | C | Qbitai (量子位), 20 December 2024: 不会代码的独立开发者，除了学Cursor，还该会些什么？｜十问爆款「小猫补光灯」 |
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| MyFutureSelf | AI code editor used with Claude to build the first version of the app. | | | C | Starter Story, 20 March 2026: I Grew This Mobile App to Over $12K/Month (interview with Giancarlo Sarti) |
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| QR Code AI | AI code editor the founders use to build the product. | | | C | QR Code AI humans.txt, read 25 October 2026 |
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| ColorBliss | The founder's code editor with AI agents for building ColorBliss. | | | C | Ben Robertson: Uses, the tools behind ColorBliss, read 27 October 2026 |
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| Gliglish | The founder writes the code with it. | | | C | SaaS Starter Stack: Gliglish Founder Interview, How Fabien launched a tool to learn languages with AI in 37 days and grew it to $8K MRR |
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| Genlook | AI code editor in the founder's software stack. | | | C | Founder Trace, Lucas Flandre, 24 August 2026 (updated 26 October 2026): App Shopify d’essayage virtuel IA : étude de cas à 14 000$/mois |
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