Trae
by ByteDance
At a glance
AI-powered integrated development environment from ByteDance that assists with writing and editing code.
ide developer-tools code-assistant
- Licence
- Not recorded
- Category
- Coding & Developer Tools
- Business model
- Freemium
- Availability
- Global
- Launched
- 2025-01
Overview
Trae is an AI-powered integrated development environment from ByteDance, built as a VS Code-compatible editor with deep AI assistance. It offers chat-based coding, autonomous builder modes for multi-file changes, and code completion backed by frontier models. A free tier is available, with paid plans that raise usage limits.
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Key features
- VS Code-compatible IDE with familiar extensions
- Chat and builder modes for multi-file code generation
- AI code completion and inline editing
- Access to frontier models
Use cases
- Building features through conversational AI coding
- Migrating from VS Code while gaining AI assistance
- Rapid prototyping with autonomous multi-file edits
Pricing
Trae offers a free tier with limited usage; paid plans raise AI usage limits and add more cloud-task capacity.
Record details
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Links, dates and provenance
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
- Documentation
- docs.trae.ai ↗
- Founded
- 2012
- Headquarters
- CN
- Canonical URL
- https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/trae/
Selection profile
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- Tasks it fits
- Writing new code Editing an existing codebase Reviewing diffs and pull requests
Derived from the record: category "coding".
Suggest a correction - How you use it
- Full IDE
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Suggest a correction - Runs on
- VS Code Web
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Suggest a correction - Where it runs
- Vendor cloud
Vendor-hosted product; no self-hosted option is recorded.
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- Not recorded
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- Global
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Suggest a correction - Public API
- Not recorded
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Suggest a correction - Licence
- proprietary
Commercial product; no source licence is published in the record.
Suggest a correction - Commercial use
- Not recorded
Commercial product; the terms reviewed here do not state a non-commercial restriction, but that was not verified.
Suggest a correction - Interface languages
- Not recorded
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- Subscription Free allowance: Limited Subscription required: No
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Where each value comes from
- Tasks it fits
- Our inference
- How you use it
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- Runs on
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- Where it runs
- Our inference
- Works offline
- Our inference
- Official service region
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- Public API
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- Licence
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- Commercial use
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- Interface languages
- Unknown
Frequently asked questions
Is Trae free?
Trae has a free tier with limited usage; heavier use of AI features and cloud tasks requires a paid plan.
Who makes Trae?
Trae is developed by ByteDance, the company behind TikTok and Doubao.
Is Trae compatible with VS Code?
Yes. Trae is built on a VS Code-compatible base and supports familiar settings and extensions.
What does Trae not record?
No pricing page is recorded, because Trae joined the guide after the last vendor-page review, so its plan prices were not in that fetch scope.
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This record was last reviewed on 2026-10-10.
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