# Augment Code

20 Hacker News commenters recommended Augment Code and 6 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Recommended for a context engine that understands large codebases and finds where changes belong; the most common caveat is the move to per-token pricing.

## Why people recommend it

- Strong codebase context engine (5 comments): "Augment’s main value add is their context engine, and imo they do it really well." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46197675)) "I opened my Obsidian directory with Augment Code, and it indexed it in seconds." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48051779)) "It works far better than painstakingly stuffing your own context manually" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46357946))
- Useful code review comments (3 comments): "our comments are 2 to 3x more likely to get fixed compared to bugbot coderabbit etc" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46776697)) "most of the review comments are actionable and relevant" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46235289)) "it's been better than most human reviewers I've had" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46235247))
- Considered best in class (3 comments): "best in class for AI code context" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46196691)) "best in class for a long time" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47808647)) "AugmentCode (our favorite)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46123716))
- Works smoothly, efficiency boost (3 comments): "I have absolutely found a lot of benefit from my tools." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46700274)) "AI tools give me a decent efficiency boost" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46701909)) "Augment works smoothly for me" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48051824))

## What people warn about

- Gets stuck or invents things (2 comments): "going off on a wild goose chase or getting stuck in an infinite loop" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47185554)) "promptly and also very confidently made up more stuff" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46128495))
- Strongly negative opinions (2 comments): "absolute garbage btw, it has negative value" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49622700)) "Augment Code are trash humans" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45804510))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [GitHub Copilot](https://hackerapproved.com/p/github-copilot.md): 571 recommend
- [oh-my-pi](https://hackerapproved.com/p/oh-my-pi.md): 104 recommend
- [Grok Build CLI](https://hackerapproved.com/p/grok-build.md): 66 recommend
- [DeepSeek Harness](https://hackerapproved.com/p/deepseek-harness.md): 63 recommend
- [Claude Code VS Code extension](https://hackerapproved.com/p/claude-code-vs-code-extension.md): 31 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.augmentcode.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Augment Code", https://hackerapproved.com/p/augment/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).