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Cursor

AI-first code editor — VS Code rebuilt around agentic editing.

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About Cursor

Cursor is a fork of VS Code rebuilt around AI. Composer mode edits multiple files at once from a single prompt. Cursor Tab predicts your next edit with eerie accuracy. The fastest-growing developer tool of 2025 — many engineers have switched off VS Code entirely.

Key features

  • Composer — agentic multi-file editing
  • Cursor Tab — predictive completions
  • Codebase-wide chat with @-references
  • Built-in terminal AI
  • Choice of Claude, GPT-4, Gemini models

Pros & limitations

Pros

  • Best agentic coding experience
  • Native VS Code feel (extensions work)
  • Fastest iteration loop in the IDE space

Limitations

  • Pro quota fills up if you use Composer heavily
  • Some VS Code shortcuts diverge
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