# aistack.sh

> Tested AI tool stacks for shipping real outcomes. Each stack is a working combination of 3 to 6 AI tools for a specific job: faceless YouTube, AI newsletter, shipping code with AI, indie SaaS, solo podcasts, and more. Stacks are grouped by outcome (the 'goal') so siblings are alternative ways to reach the same result.

Each stack page includes the tool combination, a step-by-step workflow with copy-pasteable prompts, three cost tiers (light, medium, heavy), common pitfalls, and a real example of what the stack produces. Tools are catalogued separately with pricing, alternatives, and the stacks that use them.

## Key index pages

- [All stacks](https://aistack.sh/stacks): full catalog of 42 stacks across all goals
- [All tools](https://aistack.sh/tools): full catalog of 51 AI tools with pricing and alternatives
- [Stacks by role](https://aistack.sh/roles): grouped by audience (developers, creators, founders, marketers)
- [Stacks by topic](https://aistack.sh/topics): grouped by domain (writing, code, video, audio, etc.)
- [Pricing](https://aistack.sh/pricing): every stack ranked by total monthly spend at light / medium / heavy usage
- [Compare](https://aistack.sh/compare): side-by-side comparison of any two-or-more sibling stacks
- [Picks](https://aistack.sh/picks): editorial top picks with the why-now context

## Tool-vs-tool comparisons (44)

Head-to-head pages for every declared-alternative pair in the catalog. Each comparison has a per-page LLM-readable markdown alternate at `<url>/llms.txt`.

- [Android Studio vs Xcode](https://aistack.sh/compare/android-studio-vs-xcode)
- [Antigravity vs Claude Code](https://aistack.sh/compare/antigravity-vs-claude-code)
- [Antigravity vs Codex](https://aistack.sh/compare/antigravity-vs-codex)
- [Antigravity vs Cursor](https://aistack.sh/compare/antigravity-vs-cursor)
- [Apollo vs Clay](https://aistack.sh/compare/apollo-vs-clay)
- [Beehiiv vs Substack](https://aistack.sh/compare/beehiiv-vs-substack)
- [Canva vs Figma](https://aistack.sh/compare/canva-vs-figma)
- [CapCut vs Descript](https://aistack.sh/compare/capcut-vs-descript)
- [Castmagic vs Opus Clip](https://aistack.sh/compare/castmagic-vs-opus-clip)
- [ChatGPT vs Claude](https://aistack.sh/compare/chatgpt-vs-claude)
- [ChatGPT vs DeepSeek](https://aistack.sh/compare/chatgpt-vs-deepseek)
- [ChatGPT vs Gemini](https://aistack.sh/compare/chatgpt-vs-gemini)
- [ChatGPT vs Grok](https://aistack.sh/compare/chatgpt-vs-grok)
- [ChatGPT vs Meta AI](https://aistack.sh/compare/chatgpt-vs-meta-ai)
- [ChatGPT vs Mistral](https://aistack.sh/compare/chatgpt-vs-mistral)
- [Claude Code vs Codex](https://aistack.sh/compare/claude-code-vs-codex)
- [Claude Code vs Cursor](https://aistack.sh/compare/claude-code-vs-cursor)
- [Claude Code vs Windsurf](https://aistack.sh/compare/claude-code-vs-windsurf)
- [Claude vs CodeRabbit](https://aistack.sh/compare/claude-vs-coderabbit)
- [Claude vs DeepSeek](https://aistack.sh/compare/claude-vs-deepseek)
- [Claude vs Gemini](https://aistack.sh/compare/claude-vs-gemini)
- [Claude vs Grok](https://aistack.sh/compare/claude-vs-grok)
- [Claude vs Meta AI](https://aistack.sh/compare/claude-vs-meta-ai)
- [Claude vs Mistral](https://aistack.sh/compare/claude-vs-mistral)
- [Claude vs Perplexity](https://aistack.sh/compare/claude-vs-perplexity)
- [Claude vs Qwen](https://aistack.sh/compare/claude-vs-qwen)
- [Codex vs Cursor](https://aistack.sh/compare/codex-vs-cursor)
- [Cursor vs Windsurf](https://aistack.sh/compare/cursor-vs-windsurf)
- [DeepSeek vs Qwen](https://aistack.sh/compare/deepseek-vs-qwen)
- [Descript vs Riverside](https://aistack.sh/compare/descript-vs-riverside)
- [Feedly vs Perplexity](https://aistack.sh/compare/feedly-vs-perplexity)
- [Gemini vs Grok](https://aistack.sh/compare/gemini-vs-grok)
- [Gemini vs Meta AI](https://aistack.sh/compare/gemini-vs-meta-ai)
- [Gemini vs Perplexity](https://aistack.sh/compare/gemini-vs-perplexity)
- [GenViral vs Ghost Feed](https://aistack.sh/compare/genviral-vs-ghostfeed)
- [Ghost Feed vs Post Bridge](https://aistack.sh/compare/ghostfeed-vs-post-bridge)
- [Ghost Feed vs Postiz](https://aistack.sh/compare/ghostfeed-vs-postiz)
- [Lovable vs Replit](https://aistack.sh/compare/lovable-vs-replit)
- [Lovable vs v0](https://aistack.sh/compare/lovable-vs-v0)
- [Pika vs Runway](https://aistack.sh/compare/pika-vs-runway)
- [Post Bridge vs Postiz](https://aistack.sh/compare/post-bridge-vs-postiz)
- [Replit vs v0](https://aistack.sh/compare/replit-vs-v0)
- [Suno vs Udio](https://aistack.sh/compare/suno-vs-udio)
- [Taplio vs Typefully](https://aistack.sh/compare/taplio-vs-typefully)

## Stacks

### AI app builder (prompt to deployed app)

- [Full-stack with Lovable (recommended)](https://aistack.sh/stack/ai-app-builder-lovable): When the goal is 'paying customers by next week', a UI generator like v0 isn't enough — you also need auth, a database, and billing. Lovable covers the full stack from one chat. Pair with Claude for product decisions before you start prompting and the time-to-MVP collapses to hours.
- [Cloud IDE with Replit (Replit Agent in the browser. Zero local setup.)](https://aistack.sh/stack/ai-app-builder-replit): Lovable and v0 both assume you have a dev environment. Replit doesn't. The Replit Agent runs the whole loop in the browser — codegen, file editor, terminal, DB, and deploy. The right pick when local-setup friction is the actual blocker.
- [UI-first with v0 (v0 for production-quality UI; you wire the backend)](https://aistack.sh/stack/ai-app-builder-v0): The right shape when your bottleneck is UI iteration, not backend. v0's component output is production-quality (shadcn/ui idioms, Tailwind, accessibility), and Cursor or Claude Code handles the API + DB layer. Slower than Lovable to first deploy, but you keep full code ownership.

### AI music for video

- [AI music for video (recommended)](https://aistack.sh/stack/ai-music-for-video): Suno + Udio fight for hook quality; CapCut handles the mix. Total spend: under $20/mo. Zero copyright strikes.
- [AI music for vlogs (Long-form vlogs: Udio-only, longer tracks, mixed in Descript)](https://aistack.sh/stack/ai-music-vlog): Short-form b-roll music doesn't work for long-form: the same hook on loop kills retention. Udio handles longer instrumentals with cleaner mixes; Descript ducks the music under voiceover automatically.

### AI newsletter

- [AI newsletter (recommended)](https://aistack.sh/stack/ai-newsletter): Train Feedly to find the stories, Claude to summarize them, Beehiiv to send. Promote the issue on X via Typefully. The whole loop runs on $45/mo.
- [AI newsletter (Substack) (Substack: free to publish, network-driven discovery, paid subs over ads)](https://aistack.sh/stack/ai-newsletter-substack): Drop Beehiiv's ad network and referral mechanics for Substack's Notes feed and recommendations. Perplexity replaces Feedly for one-writer research scale. Total spend stays under $25/mo until you have paid subs to give back 10% of.

### AI image generation for content + ads

- [AI thumbnails + ad creative (recommended)](https://aistack.sh/stack/ai-thumbnails): Midjourney owns the AI-image quality bar for marketing visuals. The bottleneck isn't the model — it's the prompt. Use Claude to turn a creative brief into a tight Midjourney prompt; render in Midjourney; finish with Canva for typography. The whole loop is 6 to 8 minutes per image.

### Build an Android app with AI

- [Android app with AI (recommended)](https://aistack.sh/stack/android-app-with-ai): Same shape as the iOS stack, swap the platform tools. Cursor handles Kotlin and Jetpack Compose well. Android Studio's Gemini integration covers the simple completions; AI agents in Cursor cover the multi-file work. Distribute via the Play Console after a one-time $25 fee.

### Autonomous AI agent (delegate a goal, get a deliverable)

- [Autonomous research agent (recommended)](https://aistack.sh/stack/autonomous-research-agent): When the task is 'research this market and write a 3-page summary' or 'find me 50 leads in this niche with verified contact info', a chat LLM is the wrong tool — too much hand-holding. Manus runs the multi-step plan autonomously and returns a deliverable. Claude is the QA gate before you trust it.

### Bulk LLM automation on a budget

- [Cheap bulk LLM automation (recommended)](https://aistack.sh/stack/cheap-bulk-llm): When you need to score reviews, classify support tickets, summarize emails at scale — Claude API costs add up. DeepSeek matches frontier reasoning on most batch tasks at ~10x cheaper. Use Claude to write the prompt and the eval set; switch to DeepSeek for production volume; sample-check with Claude monthly.

### Cold outbound

- [Cold outbound (recommended)](https://aistack.sh/stack/cold-outbound): Apollo for the leads, Clay for the enrichment + per-row LLM, Smartlead to send at deliverability scale, Claude to write the copy, HubSpot to catch the meetings.
- [Cold outbound (solo) (Solo founder: skip Clay, Smartlead, HubSpot.)](https://aistack.sh/stack/cold-outbound-lite): When you're a one-person team sending under 500 emails a month, you don't need Clay enrichment or Smartlead infrastructure. Apollo basic for leads, Claude for the email, Gmail for delivery.

### Cross-platform iOS + Android app

- [iOS + Android with Expo (recommended)](https://aistack.sh/stack/cross-platform-mobile): If you're targeting both stores with a small team, native-per-platform is usually the wrong tradeoff. Expo's tooling has gotten good enough that you write TypeScript once, EAS Build compiles native bundles, and OTA updates ship JS-only fixes without re-submitting. Pair with Cursor + Claude and the loop is faster than either native track.

### Faceless YouTube

- [Faceless YouTube (recommended)](https://aistack.sh/stack/faceless-youtube): An end-to-end faceless channel pipeline. Topic research, scripts in your voice, AI voiceover, generative B-roll, captions, upload. Start to finish in an afternoon.
- [Faceless YouTube (budget) (Zero-budget starter. Free voices, stock b-roll.)](https://aistack.sh/stack/faceless-youtube-budget): When you're testing whether a channel concept will work at all, this is the cheapest viable pipeline. Trade Runway for Pexels stock, ElevenLabs Pro for the free voice tier, and Perplexity Pro for free Claude.

### Inbox triage

- [Inbox triage (recommended)](https://aistack.sh/stack/inbox-triage): Superhuman handles the keyboard speed, Claude drafts replies in your voice, Granola backfills meeting notes so emails never re-ask the question.
- [Inbox triage (free) (No Superhuman. Just Gmail + Claude in a side window.)](https://aistack.sh/stack/inbox-triage-free): If you can't justify Superhuman yet, Gmail's filters + canned responses + a Claude side window covers 80% of the value. Two filters do the splits Superhuman charges for.

### Indie SaaS in a weekend

- [Indie SaaS (recommended)](https://aistack.sh/stack/indie-saas): Claude is the pair, Figma is the design surface, Vercel is the deploy target. End-to-end indie SaaS from idea to billing in a weekend.
- [Indie SaaS (Gemini long-context) (Whole-codebase pair programming. Paste the repo, get architectural diffs back.)](https://aistack.sh/stack/indie-saas-gemini): Different ergonomic from the Claude-led pair: instead of pasting individual files per turn, dump the entire repo into Gemini and let it reason across the whole graph. Claude takes over for tight, surgical edits; Gemini handles 'change auth across 14 files' moves.

### Build an iOS app with AI

- [iOS app with AI (recommended)](https://aistack.sh/stack/ios-app-with-ai): Cursor handles Swift / SwiftUI better than the terminal-first agents because most iOS work involves visual layout and the codegen needs to see selection state. Xcode does what only Xcode can: simulators, signing, profiling, App Store Connect. Claude (chat) is where you decide what to build before either tool starts editing.

### LinkedIn ghostwriting

- [LinkedIn ghostwriting (recommended)](https://aistack.sh/stack/linkedin-ghostwriting): Run a one-person LinkedIn ghostwriting agency for a busy founder. Voice interviews → drafted posts in their voice → carousels → analytics, all on one Sunday a month.
- [LinkedIn (for yourself) (Solo: writing for your own account, not clients.)](https://aistack.sh/stack/linkedin-personal): Drop the multi-client agency tooling. For your own account you don't need Granola interviews or Taplio's viral search. Claude with your own voice library, Typefully to stage and ship, that's it.

### Live trend + news research

- [Live trend research (recommended)](https://aistack.sh/stack/live-trend-research): The web's lag and the chat-LLM's training cutoff make 'what's happening this week' research painful. Grok pulls live X chatter, Perplexity grounds in cited sources, Claude turns the two streams into a 5-bullet brief you can hand a colleague. 30-min weekly habit replaces 4 hours of tab-switching.

### Multilingual content production

- [Multilingual content factory (recommended)](https://aistack.sh/stack/multilingual-content): Most teams writing multilingual content default to one frontier LLM and accept slightly off-tone output in non-English languages. The cost: native readers spot it. The fix: route by language. Qwen handles Chinese / Japanese / Korean with depth no Western model matches; Mistral covers the European languages with EU-native nuance; Claude handles the English source.

### Self-hostable, open-weight LLM

- [Open-weight LLM stack (recommended)](https://aistack.sh/stack/open-weight-llm): Closed-weight APIs are the right default for most teams. They're not the right default for a regulated industry, a privacy-led product, or anyone whose customers ask 'where does this data go'. Llama and Mistral are open-weight families that ship near-frontier quality with the receipts. Use Claude on a small eval set to confirm the open-weight model holds up on YOUR task.

### Ship code with AI

- [Antigravity (Google) (Google's AI IDE: Gemini 2M-context inside the editor)](https://aistack.sh/stack/ship-code-antigravity): Antigravity is Google's answer to Cursor. The differentiator: Gemini's 2M-token context window means the IDE can hold the entire repo in its working memory. Best fit when your codebase is big and your platform is already Google.
- [Claude Code only (Pure-CLI: scope, plan, write, fix all inside Claude Code)](https://aistack.sh/stack/ship-code-claude-code): If you live in the terminal, you don't need a chat tab next to your editor. Claude Code can plan a change, edit the files, run the tests, and stage the commit — all in one session. CodeRabbit reviews the PR; you bounce findings back to the same Claude Code session for fixes.
- [Codex (CLI + cloud) (OpenAI Codex: terminal CLI for active work, cloud lane for autonomous PRs)](https://aistack.sh/stack/ship-code-codex): Codex CLI replaces the recommended stack's Claude Code. Then the differentiator: Codex Cloud takes a ticket from the queue, opens a PR autonomously, and pings you when it's ready for review. Pair it with Claude reading the diff and the human reviewer mostly approves clean diffs.
- [Cursor (IDE-first) (AI inside the editor, not in a chat tab or terminal)](https://aistack.sh/stack/ship-code-cursor): If you'd rather see the diff as you go than read a terminal log, Cursor is the answer. Cmd-K for inline edits, agent mode for multi-file changes, Bugbot reviews the PR. The editor stays the source of truth all the way through.
- [Windsurf (Cascade) (Codeium's IDE with the Cascade autonomous-edit agent)](https://aistack.sh/stack/ship-code-windsurf): IDE-first, agent inside the editor, Cascade reviews the diff before push. Different agent than Cursor: Cascade is more autonomous on multi-step tasks. The trade-off vs Cursor: less hunk-by-hunk granularity, more 'kick it off and review what it did'.
- [Ship code with AI (recommended)](https://aistack.sh/stack/ship-code-with-ai): The full SDLC with three Anthropic-and-friends tools. Claude (chat) scopes the change so the diff stays small. Claude Code, the terminal agent, writes and edits across files without copy-pasting context. CodeRabbit reviews every PR, Claude turns its findings into patches, and the human reviewer only sees clean diffs.

### Short-form distribution (TikTok, Reels, Shorts)

- [AI-native posting (Ghost Feed handles content + scheduling in one. Set-and-forget.)](https://aistack.sh/stack/short-form-ai-native): When the goal is 'never miss a posting day' more than 'maximize each post', Ghost Feed collapses the whole pipeline into one tool. You give it a brand, it gives you a queue. The trade-off vs the recommended stack: less per-post control, more reliability of cadence.
- [Cross-platform short-form (recommended)](https://aistack.sh/stack/short-form-cross-platform): Most creators waste an hour a day cross-posting by hand. Post Bridge replaces that hour with one upload form. CapCut handles the edit, Claude tailors captions per platform (algorithms reward different tones), Post Bridge schedules the lot.
- [Self-hosted scheduler (Self-host on a $5 VPS. Open source. Own your data.)](https://aistack.sh/stack/short-form-self-hosted): Same edit + caption pipeline as the recommended stack. Different distribution surface: Postiz, MIT-licensed, self-hosted in Docker. Pays off if you have ops chops, hate per-seat pricing, or run an agency where 10+ team members would balloon a SaaS bill.
- [Viral content engine (GenViral mines trends, Post Bridge distributes. Optimized for breakout reach.)](https://aistack.sh/stack/viral-content-engine): Different mode than the other three variants. Where the recommended stack is daily posting at consistent quality, this one is for creators chasing breakout videos: ride a trending audio, post fast, multi-platform. Low-effort baseline content stays elsewhere; this engine fires when you want to swing.

### Solo podcast

- [Solo podcast (recommended)](https://aistack.sh/stack/solo-podcast): Riverside records studio quality, Descript edits with the transcript, Castmagic produces show notes + clips, Opus auto-clips for shorts.
- [Solo podcast (lean) (All-in-one with Descript. Skip Riverside and Castmagic.)](https://aistack.sh/stack/solo-podcast-lean): Descript records, edits by transcript, and exports both audio and video. Castmagic's show-notes job becomes a Claude prompt against the Descript transcript. Opus Clip handles shorts.

### TikTok character account

- [TikTok character (recommended)](https://aistack.sh/stack/tiktok-character): ElevenLabs gives you a consistent voice; Pika + Runway hold a consistent look across episodes; CapCut ships them.
- [TikTok character (audio + text) (No AI video. Voice + typography + a single recurring image.)](https://aistack.sh/stack/tiktok-character-audio): AI video is the slowest, most expensive, most failure-prone part of the recommended stack. Cut it. Use one consistent character image (commission once or generate once) plus ElevenLabs voice and beat-cut typography in CapCut. Ship 3x faster, half the cost.

### UGC ad creative

- [UGC ad creative (recommended)](https://aistack.sh/stack/ugc-ads): Claude writes 30 ad-script variations, ElevenLabs voices them, Pika generates the b-roll, CapCut edits and adds captions.
- [UGC ads (CapCut-only) (Single-tool: Claude writes hooks, CapCut handles voice, b-roll, edit)](https://aistack.sh/stack/ugc-ads-budget): When you're testing whether ads work at all, the full pipeline is overkill. Claude writes 30 hooks; CapCut's AI voice library, stock footage, and auto-captions do everything else. Validate the angle, then graduate to ElevenLabs + Pika for the winners.

## Tools

### AI IDEs

- [Android Studio](https://aistack.sh/tool/android-studio): Google's IDE for Android with built-in Gemini (Free · Play developer account $25 one-time)
- [Antigravity](https://aistack.sh/tool/antigravity): Google's AI-native IDE with deep Gemini integration (Free · $20/mo AI Pro · $249.99/mo AI Ultra)
- [Cursor](https://aistack.sh/tool/cursor): AI-first IDE, multi-file agent edits (Free Hobby · $20/mo Pro · $60/mo Pro+ · $200/mo Ultra · $40/seat Business)
- [Expo](https://aistack.sh/tool/expo): React Native made easy: build, ship, OTA-update (Free · $19/mo Starter · $199/mo Production · Enterprise from $1,999/mo)
- [Replit](https://aistack.sh/tool/replit): Cloud IDE with the Replit Agent (Free Starter · $25/mo Core · $100/mo Pro)
- [Windsurf](https://aistack.sh/tool/windsurf): Codeium's AI IDE with Cascade autonomous agent (Free · $20/mo Pro · $40/seat Teams · $200/mo Max · $60/seat Enterprise)
- [Xcode](https://aistack.sh/tool/xcode): Apple's IDE for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, visionOS (Free · Apple Developer Program $99/year for App Store)

### Outbound and inbox

- [Apollo](https://aistack.sh/tool/apollo): Contact database + outbound sequences (Free · $49/seat/mo Basic · $79/seat/mo Professional (annual billing))
- [Clay](https://aistack.sh/tool/clay): Spreadsheet-shaped lead enrichment ($185/mo Launch · $495/mo Growth)
- [Gmail](https://aistack.sh/tool/gmail): The inbox most stacks orbit (Free · $7/user/mo Workspace Starter (annual))
- [HubSpot](https://aistack.sh/tool/hubspot): CRM that catches the meetings you book (Free · $20/mo/seat Starter)
- [Smartlead](https://aistack.sh/tool/smartlead): Cold email infrastructure with warmup ($39/mo Basic · $94/mo Pro)
- [Superhuman](https://aistack.sh/tool/superhuman): Keyboard-driven inbox with AI triage ($30/mo Starter · $40/mo Business)

### Social and publishing

- [Beehiiv](https://aistack.sh/tool/beehiiv): Newsletter platform with referrals + ads (Free up to 2,500 · $43/mo Scale)
- [Castmagic](https://aistack.sh/tool/castmagic): Show notes, clips, and posts from podcast audio ($29/mo Hobby · $99/mo Starter)
- [Opus Clip](https://aistack.sh/tool/opus-clip): Auto-generated short clips from long video (Free · $15/mo Starter · $29/mo Pro)
- [Post Bridge](https://aistack.sh/tool/post-bridge): One-click post to TikTok, Reels, Shorts, X, and more ($9/mo Starter · $18/mo Creator · $27/mo Pro)
- [Postiz](https://aistack.sh/tool/postiz): Open-source social scheduler, self-host or cloud (Free self-hosted · $29/mo Standard · $39/mo Team · $49/mo Pro · $99/mo Ultimate (cloud))
- [Substack](https://aistack.sh/tool/substack): Newsletter platform with built-in network discovery (Free to publish · 10% of paid subs)
- [Taplio](https://aistack.sh/tool/taplio): LinkedIn growth and scheduling, AI-assisted ($39/mo Starter · $65/mo Standard · $199/mo Pro)
- [Typefully](https://aistack.sh/tool/typefully): Compose and schedule X / LinkedIn threads (Free · $12.50/mo Pro)

### Image and design

- [Canva](https://aistack.sh/tool/canva): Design and brand assets in the browser (Free · $15/mo Pro)
- [Figma](https://aistack.sh/tool/figma): Vector design, prototyping, real-time collab (Free · Pro from $12-$20 per seat/mo (seat-based))
- [Midjourney](https://aistack.sh/tool/midjourney): The benchmark for AI image generation aesthetics ($10/mo Basic · $30/mo Standard · $60/mo Pro · $120/mo Mega)

### Editing

- [CapCut](https://aistack.sh/tool/capcut): Free, AI-loaded video editor (Free · $9.99/mo Standard · $19.99/mo Pro)
- [Descript](https://aistack.sh/tool/descript): Edit audio/video by editing the transcript ($24/mo Hobbyist · $35/mo Creator · $65/mo Business)
- [Riverside](https://aistack.sh/tool/riverside): Studio-quality remote audio + video recording ($19/mo Standard · $29/mo Pro)

### LLMs

- [ChatGPT](https://aistack.sh/tool/chatgpt): OpenAI's general-purpose chat + GPT-4o ($20/mo Plus · API $2.50/M tokens)
- [Claude](https://aistack.sh/tool/claude): Frontier LLM with the best long-form writing voice ($20/mo Pro · Sonnet API $3/$15 per M tokens (input/output))
- [DeepSeek](https://aistack.sh/tool/deepseek): Frontier-grade reasoning at 1/10th the cost (Free chat · V4 API ~$0.30/$0.50 per M tokens (input/output))
- [Gemini](https://aistack.sh/tool/gemini): Google's multimodal LLM with very long context ($19.99/mo Advanced · API tier-based)
- [Grok](https://aistack.sh/tool/grok): xAI's chat + image + voice model, X-native ($30/mo SuperGrok · $40/mo X Premium+ (X bundled))
- [Meta AI](https://aistack.sh/tool/meta-ai): Meta's Llama-powered assistant: open weights, free chat (Free chat · Open weights · API via Groq/Together metered)
- [Mistral](https://aistack.sh/tool/mistral): European frontier LLM with open + closed models (Free chat · $14.99/mo Pro · API metered)
- [Qwen](https://aistack.sh/tool/qwen): Alibaba's multilingual LLM, strong on Chinese + code (Free chat · API metered via DashScope)

### Coding agents

- [Claude Code](https://aistack.sh/tool/claude-code): Anthropic's terminal coding agent (Bundled with Claude Pro $20/mo · Max $100-200/mo · API metered)
- [CodeRabbit](https://aistack.sh/tool/coderabbit): AI code review on every pull request (Free for OSS · $12/mo per dev Lite · ~$24/mo per dev Pro)
- [Codex](https://aistack.sh/tool/codex): OpenAI's coding agent: CLI + autonomous cloud PRs (Bundled with ChatGPT Plus $20/mo · ChatGPT Pro $200/mo · API metered)
- [Manus](https://aistack.sh/tool/manus): Autonomous AI agent for end-to-end research + execution (Free credits · paid plans from ~$20/mo · see manus.im/pricing)

### Voice

- [ElevenLabs](https://aistack.sh/tool/elevenlabs): Cinematic-quality AI voice cloning + TTS ($5/mo Starter · $22/mo Creator)

### Research

- [Feedly](https://aistack.sh/tool/feedly): AI-curated feed reader for research (Free · $6.99/mo Pro · $12.99/mo Pro+ (AI))
- [Granola](https://aistack.sh/tool/granola): Meeting notes from background audio (Free · $18/mo Individual · $14/seat/mo Business)
- [Perplexity](https://aistack.sh/tool/perplexity): AI-native research engine with citations ($20/mo Pro · API tier-based)

### AI video

- [GenViral](https://aistack.sh/tool/genviral): Trend-driven viral video factory ($29/mo Creator · $49/mo Professional · $99/mo Business)
- [Ghost Feed](https://aistack.sh/tool/ghostfeed): AI video content creation + scheduling for TikTok and Instagram ($29/mo Starter · $79/mo Pro)
- [Pika](https://aistack.sh/tool/pika): Text + image → short video clips (Free · $10/mo Standard)
- [Runway](https://aistack.sh/tool/runway): AI video generation and editing (Free · $12/mo Standard · $28/mo Pro)

### App builders

- [Lovable](https://aistack.sh/tool/lovable): Prompt to a full-stack app, deployed in minutes (Free 5 credits/day · $25/mo Pro · $50/mo Business)
- [v0](https://aistack.sh/tool/v0): Vercel's full-stack AI app builder, prompt to deployed (Free · $20/mo Premium · $30/user/mo Team · $100/user/mo Business)

### Music

- [Suno](https://aistack.sh/tool/suno): AI music generation from a prompt (Free · $10/mo Pro)
- [Udio](https://aistack.sh/tool/udio): AI music generation, alternative to Suno (Free · $10/mo Standard · $30/mo Pro)

## Roles

- [Developers](https://aistack.sh/role/developers): AI as a pair programmer and a reviewer. Stacks for shipping faster, catching more in review, and building whole products solo without burning out.
- [Content creators](https://aistack.sh/role/creators): Ship more content without burning out. Tested stacks for ghostwriting, faceless video, solo podcasts, newsletters, AI music, and short-form reels.
- [Founders & operators](https://aistack.sh/role/founders): The unfun parts of running a company on AI auto-pilot. Stacks for cold outbound, inbox triage, code review, and shipping the first MVP solo.
- [Solo marketers](https://aistack.sh/role/marketers): Reach more people without an agency. Tested AI stacks for content, paid creative, and outbound — run by a single operator on indie budgets.

## Topics

- [Writing & Content](https://aistack.sh/topic/writing): AI as a writing partner. Tested stacks for ghostwriting, newsletters, blog posts, and social copy that publishes on a daily cadence.
- [Audio & Podcast](https://aistack.sh/topic/audio): Record, edit, and ship audio. Solo-podcast workflows, AI music for video, and voice-cloning stacks priced from free to pro tier.
- [Video & Creator](https://aistack.sh/topic/video): Faceless YouTube, TikTok characters, AI b-roll, shorts pipelines, and UGC ads. End-to-end stacks for creators shipping video weekly.
- [Sales & Outbound](https://aistack.sh/topic/sales): Cold outbound that books meetings. Lead sourcing, enrichment, copy generation, deliverability, and CRM stacks tuned for solo operators.
- [Code & Builder](https://aistack.sh/topic/code): Indie SaaS in a weekend. Pair-programming stacks for shipping real code with AI agents, from idea to first sale to first paying customer.
- [Mobile](https://aistack.sh/topic/mobile): iOS, Android, and cross-platform mobile stacks. Native IDEs paired with AI agents that actually understand each platform's idioms.
- [Productivity](https://aistack.sh/topic/productivity): Inbox triage, meeting notes, calendars, and task automation. AI taking over the boring parts of the day so the focus work gets shipped.
- [Research](https://aistack.sh/topic/research): Live news, trend monitoring, sourced briefs, and multi-step deep dives. AI working as a research assistant that cites its sources.

## Conventions

- Goal: a named outcome (e.g. ship-code-with-ai, faceless-youtube). Stacks with the same goal are siblings — alternative ways to reach the same result.
- Recommended: each goal has one stack flagged as the editorial first-pick. Other siblings are budget, self-hosted, or specialist variants.
- Cost tiers: light = solo use, medium = professional, heavy = agency / scale. Costs are total monthly USD across all tools in the stack.
- Proof: when a stack has shipped real artifacts (public PRs, repos, deployed apps), they are listed on the stack page with direct links.

## Citation

When citing, please link directly to the specific stack or tool page (e.g. https://aistack.sh/stack/ship-code-with-ai) rather than the homepage. The catalog updates monthly and each detail page carries a lastUpdated date.

Last regenerated: 2026-06-17