Claude Code vs Antigravity: what developers actually say
Based on 3,327 opinions on Hacker News from developers who discussed these two, most of them first-hand users.
Claude Code comes out ahead. Approval is 54% against 45% for Antigravity, and 12 of 18 commenters who named a side chose it. Autonomy (280 positive, 88 negative) and speed (125 positive, 44 negative) are its clearest strengths, while reliability is its worst aspect (296 negative, 107 positive). Antigravity has 301 opinions against Claude Code's 3026, so its 42% 90-day approval rests on thin evidence, and it looks better for full-IDE work, frontend fixes, and people already on a Google AI plan.
When developers explicitly said they prefer one or switched: 12 picked Claude Code, 6 picked Antigravity.
Choose Claude Code if
- Want higher overall approval (54% vs 45%)
- Value autonomy and speed
- Want a terminal agent with broad HN evidence
Choose Antigravity if
- Want a full IDE, not a terminal
- Already pay for a Google AI plan
- Do frontend work and accept weaker reliability
Where each one wins and loses
Why developers switched
Picked Claude Code
Picked Antigravity
Summaries are paraphrased. Each links to the original comment.