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Best Cursor alternatives

5 tools developers use instead of Cursor, ranked by popularity. 5 offer a free plan and 3 are open source. Updated October 2026.

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  1. Cline logo

    Cline

    Free Open source

    Open-source VS Code extension that turns the editor into an autonomous coding agent, using your own API key and an approval gate before each action.

  2. GitHub Copilot logo

    GitHub Copilot

    Free plan

    GitHub's AI pair programmer for code completion, chat, PR review, and an autonomous coding agent, built into VS Code, JetBrains, Visual Studio, and more.

  3. Windsurf logo

    Windsurf

    Free

    Cognition AI's agentic IDE (formerly Codeium), built on VS Code, with the Cascade agent handling codebase-wide reasoning and multi-file edits.

  4. Continue logo

    Continue

    Free Open source

    Open-source AI coding assistant for VS Code and JetBrains, routing between model providers through one config file, with custom context and Agent mode.

  5. Kilo Code logo

    Kilo Code

    Free Open source

    Open-source agentic coding platform with five agent modes, support for 500+ models at no markup, an MCP marketplace, and parallel subagents.