Code Editor

Cursor

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The AI-first code editor built to make you extraordinarily productive

Cursor is an AI-powered code editor built on a fork of VS Code. It allows you to write, edit, and chat about your code with state-of-the-art AI models like GPT-4.1, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, and Gemini 2.5 Pro. Cursor integrates AI directly into the editor with features like Tab (autocomplete), Composer (multi-file editing), and Agent (autonomous tasks), enabling a flow state where you can build software faster than ever before.

Windsurf

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Enterprise AI IDE with proprietary SWE-1.5 model for deep codebase understanding

Windsurf is an AI IDE originally created by Exafunction as the evolution of Codeium (rebranded April 2025) and acquired by Cognition AI (creators of Devin) in July 2025. Features the Cascade agentic chat for conversational coding and a context-awareness engine that indexes your codebase for personalized suggestions. It offers AI Codemaps for visual codebase navigation, Fast Context for rapid understanding of large projects. Now supports frontier models including Claude Opus 4.5, Gemini 3 Pro, and GPT-5.1 (added November 2025). Designed for professional teams working with complex, multi-file codebases.