Open Source Cursor AlternativesTop AI Coding Assistants & Code Editors like Cursor

The best open source alternative to Cursor is VSCodium. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Cursor and loads of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Cursor are Zed Editor, Kate, Void and opencode.

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  1. VSCodium icon
     426 likes

    This repository contains a build file to generate FLOSS release binaries of Microsoft's Visual Studio Code - Open Source ("Code - OSS") project, the open source core of the proprietary Visual Studio Code.

    201 VSCodium alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Electron
    • Snapcraft
    • Homebrew
    • Chocolatey
     
  2. Zed Editor icon
     122 likes

    Blazing fast code editor offering real-time multi-user collaboration, language-aware syntax highlighting, integrated terminal, multi-buffers for tab-free editing, built-in Vim mode, searchable outline, AI coding assistance, advanced keyboard commands, and cross-platform support.

    96 Zed Editor alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
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  3. Kate icon
     321 likes

    The Kate project develops two main products: KatePart, the advanced editor component which is used in numerous KDE applications requiring a text editing component, and Kate, a MDI text editor application.

    148 Kate alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Snapcraft
     
  4. Void icon
     38 likes

    The open source AI code editor. Write code with the best AI tools, use any model, and retain full control over your data.

    85 Void alternatives

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. opencode icon
     31 likes

    Terminal-based AI coding assistant featuring a themed native UI, automatic LSP integration, multi-agent sessions, 75+ supported LLMs, local and cloud model options, shareable debugging links, open source licensing, and session sharing for collaborative coding workflows.

    75 opencode alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Gemini CLI icon
     32 likes

    Open-source terminal AI connects to development tools, understands and edits code, generates, explains, and refactors using natural language, automates complex workflows, executes shell commands, grounds interactions with search, and supports extensibility via protocols and prompts.

    58 Gemini CLI alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Athas icon
     16 likes

    Lightweight, open-source code editor for Windows, Mac, and Linux featuring Vim keybindings, built-in Git support, agentic AI editing with multiple models, syntax highlighting, LSP for intelligent completion, fast performance, and efficient workflows.

    62 Athas alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. TabbyML icon
     21 likes

    Tabby is an open-source, self-hosted AI coding assistant. With Tabby, every team can set up its own LLM-powered code completion server with ease.

    86 TabbyML alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Visual Studio Code
     
  9. Zasper icon
     11 likes

    A powerful IDE for data science, Zasper excels with massive concurrency support, enabling numerous simultaneous connections, minimal memory usage, and speedy performance. Suited for REPL-style data apps like Jupyter notebooks, fully supported on Mac with limited Linux support.

    Cost / License

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
     
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  10. Cline icon
     12 likes

    Autonomous coding agent right in your IDE, capable of creating/editing files, executing commands, using the browser, and more with your permission every step of the way.

    93 Cline alternatives

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    • Visual Studio Code
     
  11. Emdash icon
     9 likes

    Emdash is a provider-agnostic desktop app that lets you run multiple coding agents in parallel, each isolated in its own git worktree, either locally or over SSH on a remote machine. We call it an Agentic Development Environment (ADE).

    50 Emdash alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Homebrew
     
  12. Roo Code icon
     8 likes

    Supercharge your editor with AI that understands your codebase, streamlines development, and helps you write, refactor, and debug with ease.

    16 Roo Code alternatives

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    • Visual Studio Code
     
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