Cursor

AI-first code editor built on VS Code

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About Cursor

Cursor is an AI-first code editor built as a fork of VS Code. It features deep AI integration for code generation, editing, and understanding your entire codebase. Cursor can reference files, documentation, and conversation history to provide highly contextual code suggestions.

Features

✦AI autocomplete
✦Chat
✦Codebase-aware
✦Multi-model
✦Tab completion
✦Composer agent

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • +Deep codebase understanding
  • +Built-in AI chat with file references
  • +Familiar VS Code interface
  • +Multi-model support (Claude, GPT-4, etc.)
  • +Fast tab completion

Cons

  • −$20/mo for Pro plan
  • −Fork of VS Code (may lag behind updates)
  • −Can be resource-intensive
  • −Learning curve for AI features

Platforms

macOSLinuxWindows

Tags

#coding#editor#ide#vscode#ai-first

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