FREE AI CODE ASSISTANTS THAT ACTUALLY WORK 2

PART 2 OF 5: The Underrated Ones You're Probably Sleeping On 5 Free AI Code Assistants – Tools That Auto-Complete, Refactor & Debug Your Code Welcome back to the series! In Part 1 we covered the big names. Now let's talk about the tools that don't get enough credit — but honestly deserve way more attention. These five are free, powerful, and might just become your new daily driver. 6.Cursor (Free Tier) Cursor is a full VS Code fork with AI baked in at every level. The free plan gives you 50 slow premium requests and unlimited basic completions per month. What makes Cursor different is how deeply the AI is embedded — you can select a block of code, describe what you want, and it rewrites it right there. Refactoring has never felt this smooth. Try it out 7.Continue.dev This one is open-source and completely free — forever. Continue is a VS Code and JetBrains extension that lets you connect any AI model you want, including local ones via Ollama. You're not locked into one provider. It's p