Cursor vs Instructor

FeatureCursorInstructor
CategoryCoding AssistantsAI Development
PricingFree + $20/mo ProFree (open-source)
GitHub Stars50,0009,000
PlatformsmacOS, Linux, WindowsLinux, macOS, Windows
Features
  • ✓ AI autocomplete
  • ✓ Chat
  • ✓ Codebase-aware
  • ✓ Multi-model
  • ✓ Tab completion
  • ✓ Composer agent
  • ✓ Structured output
  • ✓ Pydantic models
  • ✓ Retry logic
  • ✓ Streaming
  • ✓ Multi-provider
Tags
codingeditoridevscodeai-first
structured-outputpydanticpythonopen-source