Cursor Alternatives

Cursor is described as 'The AI-first Code Editor. Build software faster in an editor designed for pair-programming with AI' and is a popular ai coding assistant in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Cursor for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Web-based and Visual Studio Code apps. The best Cursor alternative is Visual Studio Code, which is free. Other great apps like Cursor are Sublime Text, VSCodium, Zed Editor and Kate.

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Cursor alternatives are mainly AI Coding Assistants, but if you're looking for Code Editors or IDEs you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Free, EU and Open Source. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Cursor.
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  1. GitHub Copilot icon
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    GitHub Copilot leverages the power of OpenAI Codex to provide real-time suggestions for code and complete functions, all within your editor. With its training on vast amounts of code, GitHub Copilot translates natural language prompts into coding suggestions across multiple...

    116 GitHub Copilot alternatives

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    • Freemium
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    • Mac
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    • Visual Studio Code
    • Neovim
    • Microsoft Visual Studio
     
  2. Athas icon
     18 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.

    63 Athas alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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  3. TabbyML icon
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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.

    87 TabbyML alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Self-Hosted
    • Visual Studio Code
     
  4. Trae icon
     15 likes

    Trae is an adaptive AI IDE that transforms how you work, collaborating with you to run faster.

    43 Trae alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  5. Emdash icon
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    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).

    54 Emdash alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Homebrew
     
  6. Kiro icon
     13 likes

    Kiro is an AI-powered IDE developed by Amazon Web Services to help developers build and ship production-ready software from prompt to deployment. Based on VS Code, it combines intuitive "vibe coding" with structured...

    51 Kiro alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. 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.

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  8. 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.

    94 Cline alternatives

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    • Visual Studio Code
     
  9. v0 by Vercel icon
     9 likes

    AI-powered user interface system generates copy-paste-ready React code using simple text prompts. Enhances design productivity with choices or customizable fine-tuning for refined outputs powered by shadcn/ui and Tailwind CSS. Flexible to adapt to specific project needs straightforwardly.

    60 v0 by Vercel alternatives

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    • Freemium
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    • Online
    • iPhone
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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  10. 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.

    20 Roo Code alternatives

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    • Visual Studio Code
     
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