Cursor Alternatives

Apps similar to Cursor include Visual Studio Code, which is free. Other options are VSCodium, Zed Editor, opencode and Claude Code. You're spoiled for choice with AI Coding Assistants like Cursor: we list more than 100 alternatives for Mac, Windows, Linux, the web and self-hosting.

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  1. Tile.dev icon
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    Tile is an AI-powered mobile app development platform that helps developers, designers and startups build and launch native iOS and Android apps faster than ever. With a drag-and-drop visual editor, custom code support, and full-stack features like in-app purchases, push...

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    • Online
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  2. Noldume icon
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    Nodlume is a system design tool for React based applications. Design the frontend — structure, navigation, wireframes — alongside the backend, data model, roles and permissions, and more.

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    • Freemium
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    Design system generation
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  3. Traycer transforms your ideas into clear, step-by-step plans that AI coding tools like Claude Code and Cursor can follow easily. Spend less time writing prompts and complete your projects faster.

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  4. Agen icon
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    Agen is an AI coding agent platform that runs autonomous, parallel agents across your codebase — so you can ship features, fix bugs, and refactor code without the constant back-and-forth of traditional AI assistants.

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    • Paid
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    How Agen ships from prompt to merge
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  5. Clawme icon
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    Personal AI Assistant built for OpenClaw.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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  6. Onyx Code icon
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    Onyx Code is a desktop code editor built on VS Code OSS that runs AI models locally on your own machine. It ships with a bundled llama.cpp inference engine and a curated chat model, so autocomplete, chat and agent work run offline, with no account, no API key, and no code...

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    • Freemium
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    • Windows
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  7. Azent icon
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    Azent is an AI coding agent that lives inside Azure DevOps, letting you trigger it from work items and pull requests to implement features, fix bugs, review PRs, address review comments and basically anything else — all without leaving the browser.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  8. CloudByte PMS tracks Claude Code & Cursor adoption, ROI, ghost seats, and prompt governance across your engineering team — one dashboard, org-scoped RBAC.

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    • Freemium
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    • Online
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  9. dbForge AI Assistant is the intelligent SQL AI generator that turns natural language into complex queries, assists in code optimization and troubleshooting, and simplifies database management and SQL coding through conversational experience.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
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    • Mac
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  10. Biela.dev icon
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    Ai Vibe coding website.

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    • Freemium
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    • Online
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  11. Skly icon
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    Skly is a marketplace for developers to buy and sell skills and rules for AI coding tools, such as Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code Copilot, and Antigravity.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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    Skly screenshot 1
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  12. guIDE is the first truly native LLM IDE — unlimited completions, complete privacy, no subscriptions. Built like VS Code, designed for your local LLM AI models directly on your machine. Offline-first and privacy-first with native tools built for speed.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
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    • Online
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