Windsurf

AI-powered IDE with Cascade agent by Codeium

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About Windsurf

Windsurf (by Codeium) is an AI-powered IDE that provides intelligent code completion, chat, and autonomous coding capabilities. It features 'Cascade' — a deep contextual awareness engine that understands your entire codebase.

Features

✦Cascade agent
✦Multi-file editing
✦Terminal integration
✦Codebase search
✦AI flows

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • +Free tier with generous limits
  • +Deep codebase context
  • +Fast completions
  • +VS Code compatible extensions
  • +Good privacy options

Cons

  • −Newer, less proven than Copilot
  • −Some features still in beta
  • −Smaller community
  • −Enterprise features limited

Platforms

macOSLinuxWindows

Tags

#coding#editor#ide#codeium#agent

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