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. Pi Agent icon
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    Pi is a minimal terminal coding harness. Adapt pi to your workflows, not the other way around, without having to fork and modify pi internals.

    57 Pi Agent alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Termux
    • JavaScript
    • npm
    • Typescript
     
  2. Cody icon
     5 likes

    Comprehensive AI coding assistant for writing, fixing, and maintaining code by leveraging the entire codebase and code graph. Integrates with various IDEs, providing features like AI chat, autocomplete, and inline edit, and promotes team productivity.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Visual Studio Code
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  3. Metatable.ai icon
     1 like

    Metatable.ai is a next-generation AI-powered no-code platform that allows startups and SMBs to develop and deploy MVPs in record time. Users provide input in natural language, and Metatable translates it into a working application.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  4. 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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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  5. Line0 icon
     3 likes

    Line0 is the first AI pair programmer designed and built specifically for backend developers. You can build a production-ready backend API services in minutes with just a few prompts.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. OpenPrompt icon
     5 likes

    Copy Entire Folder to ChatGPT. Hit on Star to BookMark this Page ! Newer Release will be even Better.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  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
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. Agentica icon
     2 likes

    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...

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Cursor
    • Windsurf
    • Visual Studio Code
     
  9. T3 Code icon
     2 likes

    T3 Code is a minimal web GUI for coding agents. Currently Codex-first, with Claude Code support coming soon.

    51 T3 Code alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. Scribe icon
     1 like

    Vim-flavoured modal editor with the parts a writer actually needs and a few features vim never had. Single static binary, sub-10 ms startup, soft-wrap by default, Claude Code in the editor, syntax highlighting, hunspell spellcheck, Goyo-style reading mode, persistent registers...

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Rust
     
  11. Gram icon
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    Gram is a powerful and modern source code editor. It features solid performance and is highly configurable, yet comes with batteries included out of the box. Gram supports many popular programming languages and file formats, and can use Zed extensions to support additional...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Gentoo
    • Homebrew
     
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