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Best Cursor alternatives

6 tools that do what Cursor does, ranked by our overall review score.

Why are you switching?
  1. Visual Studio Code8.0Microsoft's free code editor, extended by add-ons, with built-in AI agentsCheaper than CursorEasier than CursorOpen source
  2. GitHub Copilot7.5An AI coding assistant that runs in most major IDEs and ties into GitHub
  3. Claude Code7.4Anthropic's coding agent across terminal, IDE, web and CI
  4. IntelliJ IDEA7.4JetBrains' Java and Kotlin IDE, now a single product for Community and UltimateOpen source
  5. Kiro6.8AWS's AI IDE and agent platform built around specs before code
  6. Windsurf6.7An AI IDE, now called Devin Desktop, for managing local and cloud coding agents