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

The best open source alternative to Cursor is Zed Editor. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Cursor and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Cursor are Void, Gemini CLI, opencode and TabbyML.

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  1. Zed Editor icon

    Zed Editor

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    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.

    86 Zed Editor alternatives

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    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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    Iaian7
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    Zed is much closer to Cursor now than previous comments might have you believe; you're able to add API keys for a large range of providers, and the AI panel includes agent mode that will edit files as needed. The syntax for adding context (a folder, file, etcetera) is even the same as Cursor.

    gresch
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    Zed is not an alternative to Cursor as the latter is an "AI"/ML coding support offering, not just a text editor.

    Aitztv
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    today, 19-11-24, Zed for Windows is still not avaleible.

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    • Most users think Zed Editor is a great Cursor alternative.

    • Zed Editor is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Cursor.

    • Zed Editor is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Cursor.

    • Zed Editor is Freemium and Open SourceCursor is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Zed Editor is LightweightCursor is not according to our users
  2. Void icon

    Void

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

    73 Void alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. Gemini CLI icon

    Gemini CLI

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    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.

    39 Gemini CLI alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. TabbyML icon

    TabbyML

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    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.

    74 TabbyML alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Visual Studio Code
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  7. Zasper icon

    Zasper

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    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

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    gresch
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    Zasper is not an alternative to Cursor as the latter is an "AI"/ML coding support offering, whereas Zasper is a privacy-focused IDE for data scientists et al.

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    • Zasper is Free and Open SourceCursor is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Zasper is Privacy focusedCursor is not according to our users
  9. Cline icon

    Cline

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    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.

    77 Cline alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

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    • Visual Studio Code
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    Eclipse Theia

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    With Theia you can develop one IDE and run it in browsers or native desktop application from a single source. Theia is designed in a modular way to allow extenders and adopters customizing and extending every aspect of it.

    21 Eclipse Theia alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Electron
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    gresch
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    Eclipse Theia is not an alternative to Cursor as the latter is an "AI"/ML coding support offering, not just an IDE in a webview. One could tweak Theia (and also Che) perhaps to use AI coding assistants that come as VSC extensions, but that's something completely different.

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    • Eclipse Theia is Free and Open SourceCursor is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Eclipse Theia is Privacy focusedCursor is not according to our users
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    Roo Code

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

    12 Roo Code alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Visual Studio Code
     
  13. Athas icon

    Athas

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    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.

    54 Athas alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  14. CodeGeeX icon

    CodeGeeX

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    CodeGeeX is an AI-based coding assistant, which can suggest code in the current or following lines. It is powered by a large-scale multilingual code generation model with 13 billion parameters, pretrained on a large code corpus of more than 20 programming languages.

    61 CodeGeeX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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