Cursor
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About Cursor
Cursor is an AI-powered coding IDE, built on Visual Studio Code, that uses AI agents to help write, edit, and review code.
Cursor suits developers and development teams who want to speed up coding by handing off tasks to AI agents, from generating code with natural language prompts to large-scale refactoring. It also fits teams that want to keep their existing VS Code setup, since it supports existing extensions, themes, and keybindings.
- AI-driven code generation from natural language
- Intelligent autocompletion that predicts code edits
- Codebase indexing for natural language queries
- Smart rewrites across multiple lines of code
- Supports VS Code extensions, themes, and keybindings
Good to know: Available as a download for macOS, with a CLI also offered.
Key features
- Agentic task handoff: Agents turn ideas into code so you can focus on decisions instead of writing every line.
- Codebase understanding: Indexes your whole codebase so you can query it and reference files in natural language.
- Smart multi-line rewrites: Updates multiple lines of code at once, useful for refactoring and large-scale changes.
At a glance
- Category: AI Coding
- Type: AI coding assistant
- Jobs: Build Sites & Apps
- Evidence: Proven · 100+ reviews
- AIME Score: 72 of 100
- Website: cursor.com
Alternatives to Cursor
- Visual Studio Code (AIME Score 86)
- Visual Studio (AIME Score 79)
- Replit (AIME Score 70)
- Qodo (AIME Score 66)
- CodeRabbit (AIME Score 66)
- Coder (AIME Score 65)
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