Windsurf Editor Alternatives

Windsurf Editor is described as 'The first agentic IDE, and then some. The Windsurf Editor is where the work of developers and AI truly flow together, allowing for a coding experience that feels like literal magic' and is a Code Editor in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Windsurf Editor for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Web-based and Visual Studio Code apps. The best Windsurf Editor alternative is Visual Studio Code, which is free. Other great apps like Windsurf Editor are VSCodium, Vim, Microsoft Visual Studio and Zed Editor.

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  1. Clinde icon
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    Experience powerful AI without limits. Use our desktop app for everyday AI assistance, or boost your coding productivity with our JetBrains plugin.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  2. Amazon CodeWhisperer is a general purpose, machine learning-powered code generator that provides you with code recommendations in real time. As you write code, CodeWhisperer automatically generates suggestions based on your existing code and comments.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • IntelliJ IDEA
    • Visual Studio Code
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  3. CodeGeeX icon
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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.

    74 CodeGeeX alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  4. Fresh editor icon
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    High-performance terminal text editor developed in Rust, offering fast startup, low latency, extensibility, customizable keybindings, menu-driven native UI, robust mouse support, powerful command palette, cross-platform support, and syntax highlighting.

    51 Fresh editor alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. Sweep icon
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    Sweep is an AI junior developer that turns bugs and feature requests into code changes. Sweep automatically handles devex improvements like adding typehints/improving test coverage. 🤖

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • GitHub
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  6. Dyad icon
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    Dyad.sh is a free, local, and open-source AI app builder designed to empower users to create powerful custom applications without coding and without vendor lock-in. It runs entirely on your own computer, ensuring full control over your source code and data privacy.

    67 Dyad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Ollie IDE icon
     Like

    Ollie is a sovereign creative suite designed for developers, writers, and creators who want the power of AI without sacrificing privacy or paying monthly subscriptions. It is a unified engine that runs local AI models entirely offline on your own hardware, ensuring complete data...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. opcode icon
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    A powerful GUI app and Toolkit for Claude Code - Create custom agents, manage interactive Claude Code sessions, run secure background agents, and more.

    Cost / License

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. Frontman is an AI Agent that lives in your browser, sees your live DOM, and turns your visual feedback into real changes - no more refresh-and-check cycles.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Next.js
    • Wordpress
     
  10. CodiumAI icon
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    CodiumAI’s first tool is an IDE extension that interacts with the developer to generate meaningful tests and code explanations for busy devs.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Visual Studio Code
     
  11. Open-source agent framework implementing frontier lab techniques: TST, CodeAct, auto-compact, auto decay and MCP support

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
    • Docker
     
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