IDE at a glance
Best at
Build, debugger, static analysis and refactoring in one place. Still the best way to understand a big codebase.
Stops at
One window, one project, one person. Even with an AI assistant it works only while you watch.
5 tools in this category
JetBrains IDEs1.5Desktop · Your machine
IntelliJ, PyCharm and the per-language IDE family, with AI Assistant and Junie.
Visual Studio0Desktop · Your machine
The standard IDE for Windows and .NET.
Xcode1Desktop · Your machine
The IDE for Apple platforms, with a built-in coding assistant.
Android Studio0Desktop · Your machine
The official Android IDE, with a built-in Gemini agent mode.
Eclipse0Desktop · Your machine
The long-standing open-source Java IDE platform.
In one table
✓ yes · ◐ partly (extension, paid plan or with conditions) · — no. Every cell follows the product's official docs.
| Product | Parallel | Isolation | Unattended | Scheduled | Phone | Any agent | Form | Runs on | Price | ADE score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The ADE that runs the Claude Code, Codex and Antigravity you already use — several at once, on your machine, followed from your phone. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Web | Your machine | Free + paid | 6 | |
IntelliJ, PyCharm and the per-language IDE family, with AI Assistant and Junie. | Partly | No | No | No | No | Yes | Desktop | Your machine | Free + paid | 1.5 | Source |
The standard IDE for Windows and .NET. | No | No | No | No | No | No | Desktop | Your machine | Free + paid | 0 | Source |
XcodeIDE The IDE for Apple platforms, with a built-in coding assistant. | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Desktop | Your machine | Free | 1 | Source |
The official Android IDE, with a built-in Gemini agent mode. | No | No | No | No | No | No | Desktop | Your machine | Free | 0 | Source |
EclipseIDE The long-standing open-source Java IDE platform. | No | No | No | No | No | No | Desktop | Your machine | Free | 0 | Source |
The ADE that runs the Claude Code, Codex and Antigravity you already use — several at once, on your machine, followed from your phone.
6- Parallel
- Isolation
- Unattended
- Scheduled
- Phone
- Any agent
YesYesYesYesYesYesWeb · Your machine · Free + paidIntelliJ, PyCharm and the per-language IDE family, with AI Assistant and Junie.
1.5- Parallel
- Isolation
- Unattended
- Scheduled
- Phone
- Any agent
PartlyNoNoNoNoYesDesktop · Your machine · Free + paidSourceThe standard IDE for Windows and .NET.
0- Parallel
- Isolation
- Unattended
- Scheduled
- Phone
- Any agent
NoNoNoNoNoNoDesktop · Your machine · Free + paidSource- XcodeIDE
The IDE for Apple platforms, with a built-in coding assistant.
1- Parallel
- Isolation
- Unattended
- Scheduled
- Phone
- Any agent
NoNoNoNoNoYesDesktop · Your machine · FreeSource The official Android IDE, with a built-in Gemini agent mode.
0- Parallel
- Isolation
- Unattended
- Scheduled
- Phone
- Any agent
NoNoNoNoNoNoDesktop · Your machine · FreeSource- EclipseIDE
The long-standing open-source Java IDE platform.
0- Parallel
- Isolation
- Unattended
- Scheduled
- Phone
- Any agent
NoNoNoNoNoNoDesktop · Your machine · FreeSource
As of 2026-09-27
The landscape on one page
Across: who does the work. Up: how many things run at once. No dot was placed by hand — each position is computed from its row in the table below.
Position = category baseline + unattended · scheduled (across), parallel · isolation · phone (up).
When to use which
When IDE fit
Digging deep into a large codebase with the debugger and refactoring.
When HyperTeams fits
Running several jobs you don't need to watch — research, drafts, repetitive fixes.
Other categories
From an editor you watch to an environment you delegate to
Keep your editor. HyperTeams runs the agent team next to it.
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