Trae

Trae is an AI-first code editor. You can work in it like a normal IDE, with an editor, terminal, debugger, Git and VS Code extensions, or hand a task described in plain language to an agent that searches the codebase, plans the steps and makes the changes. It is aimed at developers who want an agent-driven editor in a VS Code-style environment.

It has two windows that share projects, chat history and settings: an IDE window for editing code yourself, and an Agent window for running several agent tasks at once, across projects, and handing long tasks to the cloud. In the IDE window you switch between IDE mode, where you control each change, and SOLO mode, where the agent plans the task and carries it through code generation, testing, preview and a change summary. CUE handles completions and next-edit predictions. On first launch you can import your settings from VS Code or Cursor, and you can extend the agent with custom agents, skills, rules, hooks and MCP servers.

It runs on macOS, Windows and Linux, and connects to remote machines over SSH or WSL. You pick from built-in models (GPT, Gemini, Kimi, GLM, MiniMax, DeepSeek and Seed families) or add your own through an API key. A separate TraeCode plugin brings completions, chat and code edits to VS Code and JetBrains IDEs. Privacy mode keeps your chats, code snippets and AI output out of analytics and model training.

Trae is a hosted service with no self-hosted edition, and it is available only in a listed set of countries; paid plans cover a shorter list. Paid usage is billed by tokens against a monthly dollar allowance, so heavier models use it up faster. The product is also in flux: the docs now call the editor TraeCode, and the separate TraeWork app is being merged into it, with TraeWork shutting down on October 23, 2026.