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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Windsurf Editor alternatives are mainly AI Coding Assistants, but if you're looking for Code Editors or IDEs you can filter on that. 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 Windsurf Editor.
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  1. BLACKBOX.AI icon
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    Comprehensive AI coding assistant supporting code completion, debugging, and optimization with over 300 models, multi-platform access, seamless workflow integration, automation, context awareness, and input handling for text, image, video, and speech.

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    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Visual Studio Code
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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    hi isn't just another AI chat wrapper or fully autonomous coding agent - it's a context-aware terminal assistant that operates within your workflow. It sees what you see - your terminal window, eliminating context switching and copy-pasting.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Python
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
     
  3. roobuilder icon
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    It's a cross between Glade / Visual Studio — the idea is that most 'action' code for an application is actually quite simple - so entering the code on the event handlers for a widget makes the proximity of code to action better.

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  4. PaletAI icon
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    App to create, play, and share AI-generated mobile games, no coding required.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • iPhone
     
  5. CodeBuddy icon
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    CodeBuddy IDE is built to create a symbiotic environment where product, design, development, and deployment flow into one another without friction. By embedding AI deeply into every step—from requirement planning and product design to coding and go-live—it delivers a one-stop...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  6. CatDoes icon
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    CatDoes is your AI-powered app development partner that turns conversations into production-ready mobile apps. Just describe what you want, AI agents will handle the rest.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  7. 16x Prompt icon
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    16x Prompt helps developers compose the perfect prompt with source code and context for ChatGPT.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Agiphi Studio is an AI-native builder platform that empowers developers, startups, and enterprises to design, test, and deploy AI copilots, intelligent workflows, and data-driven applications, all in one unified studio.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  9. Dropstone icon
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    Dropstone AI is a self-learning, AI-powered software development platform that automates aspects of the software engineering lifecycle, aiming to provide unlimited context memory for large codebases and to improve over time through a generational recursive self-improvement model.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
     
  10. nao icon
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    An AI-powered IDE for data teams that connects directly to your data warehouse to write SQL, Python, and dbt workflows with full schema context.

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    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Mac
     
  11. Agentica icon
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    Agentica is an AI coding assistant that makes AI-powered development affordable for developers who need hundreds of daily requests. Unlike expensive alternatives that force you to ration your usage, Agentica offers 100 free requests daily with open source models, perfect for...

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    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Cursor
    • Windsurf
    • Visual Studio Code
     
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    Sidekick is an agentic CLI-based AI tool inspired by Claude Code, Copilot, Windsurf and Cursor. It's meant to be an open source alternative to these tools, providing a similar experience but with the flexibility of using different LLM providers while keeping the agentic...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Python
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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