Cursor Alternatives

Free and open-source alternatives to Cursor

• Void — Open-Source AI Code Editor (VS Code Fork)open source
• Zedopen source
• Clineopen source
• Roo Codeopen source

Cursor alternatives in detail

1. Google Antigravity

   freemiummacOS, Windows, LinuxIDE

   Google Antigravity is Google's agentic development platform: an agent-first IDE plus a Manager surface that oversees multiple agents across editor, terminal, and browser. It launched with Gemini 3 in November 2025; I/O 2026 added a desktop app, CLI, and SDK. Its free Individual plan is generally available; it replaced Gemini CLI's free tier in June 2026.

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2. Void — Open-Source AI Code Editor (VS Code Fork)

   open sourceApache-2.0macOS, Windows, LinuxIDE

   Void is an open-source AI code editor forked from VS Code, positioned as an alternative to Cursor and Windsurf. It connects directly to any model (cloud or local via Ollama) with no proprietary backend. Apache-2.0 licensed and built by Glass Devtools (YC-backed); the project's GitHub repo was archived on June 2, 2026 and active development is paused.

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3. Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)

   freemiumIDE

   Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) is an agentic IDE built on a VS Code fork, rebranded by Cognition AI in June 2026. Its built-in Devin Local agent — which replaced Cascade — plans and executes multi-file edits, runs terminal commands, and pulls codebase-wide context; the rebrand made an Agent Command Center the default surface and added ACP support.

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4. Zed

   open sourceIDE

   Zed is a high-performance code editor written in Rust with GPU-accelerated rendering, real-time multiplayer collaboration (shared cursors, voice, screen sharing), and integrated AI — inline completions plus an agent panel that connects to Anthropic, OpenAI, or local models through Ollama. Open source and free on macOS, Linux, and Windows.

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5. Github Copilot

   freemiumExtension

   GitHub Copilot is GitHub's AI coding assistant: inline completions as you type, Copilot Chat for questions, tests, and refactors, and an agent mode that plans and applies multi-file changes. It works in VS Code, Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs, Neovim, and the GitHub web UI. Freemium: a Free plan, with paid tiers billed in GitHub AI Credits since June 2026.

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6. Kiro

   freemiummacOS, Windows, Linux, WebIDE

   Kiro is AWS's spec-driven coding agent for the IDE, terminal and web, with a free plan. It turns a prompt into requirements, a design and sequenced tasks, then checks the code against them with property-based tests. It is proprietary, and one agent harness carries specs, hooks and MCP servers across the IDE, the kiro-cli agent and Kiro Web.

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7. Trae

   freemiummacOS, Windows, LinuxIDE

   Trae is an AI-native IDE from ByteDance, built on a fork of VS Code so existing settings and extensions carry over. Its built-in Builder agent plans and edits code across files, while SOLO mode runs as a more autonomous AI engineer that scaffolds whole projects from a prompt. It is freemium: a free tier plus paid plans.

8. Amp

   freemiumAgent

   Amp is an agentic coding tool that spun out of Sourcegraph in December 2025: a CLI plus apps for the web, Mac, iPhone, and iPad that run frontier models to read, edit, and run commands across a repository. Subagents parallelize independent sub-tasks, the Oracle adds a second-opinion reasoning model, and threads can be shared with a workspace.

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9. Augment Code

   paidExtension

   Augment Code is an AI coding assistant built for large, real-world codebases. Its Context Engine indexes the whole repo so agents and chat reason over your actual architecture rather than a few open files. It runs in VS Code and JetBrains IDEs and as the Auggie CLI. Proprietary and paid, with no free plan as of September 2026.

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10. Bolt

    freemiumApp Builder

    Bolt (bolt.new) is StackBlitz's AI app builder that turns a prompt into a running full-stack web app. The dev environment — Node.js runtime, terminal, dev server, and preview — runs in a WebContainer in your browser tab, so the agent can run the app, read errors, and fix them in the loop. Freemium, metered by tokens, with deploys to a live URL from chat.

11. Claude Code

    paidCLI

    Claude Code is Anthropic's official agentic coding tool for the terminal, IDE (VS Code, JetBrains), and web. It works as an agent rather than autocomplete: it reads your codebase, plans changes, edits files, runs commands, and iterates against test or build feedback. Extensible via MCP servers, slash commands, subagents, and hooks; requires a paid plan.

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12. Cline

    open sourceExtension

    Cline is an open-source autonomous coding agent that runs as a VS Code extension, with a JetBrains plugin and terminal CLI as well. Describe a goal and it plans, edits files, and runs commands, showing every change as a diff you approve before it executes. Bring your own model: Anthropic, OpenAI, OpenRouter, Google, Bedrock, or local runtimes like Ollama.

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13. Factory

    paidAgent

    Factory is an agent-native software development platform. Its autonomous coding agents, called Droids, plan, write, test, and ship code across the terminal (Droid CLI), IDE, and web, pulling in organizational context from GitHub, Jira, Slack, and your codebase. It targets individual developers and enterprise engineering teams.

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14. Kilo Code

    freemiumMITmacOS, Windows, LinuxExtension

    Kilo Code is an open-source (MIT) AI coding agent for VS Code and JetBrains that began as a Roo Code fork and was rebuilt on OpenCode for its v7 release in April 2026. It supports 500+ models with bring-your-own-key and zero inference markup, plus agents (Code, Plan, Ask, Debug), MCP servers, and inline autocomplete.

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15. Roo Code

    open sourceExtension

    Roo Code was an open-source AI coding agent for VS Code, forked from Cline, known for its configurable mode system (Code, Architect, Ask, Debug) with per-mode models and tool permissions. It was discontinued in May 2026 — the extension was shut down and its repository archived — and the maintainers point users to ZooCode (a community fork) and Cline.

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16. V0

    freemiumApp Builder

    v0 is Vercel's generative UI and full-stack app builder: describe a screen or paste a screenshot/Figma frame and it generates working React and Next.js code styled with Tailwind and shadcn/ui in a live preview you refine via chat. It can add API routes, Server Actions, and a database, deploy to Vercel, and sync to GitHub. Freemium with metered credits.