Cursor

Cursor is a fork of VS Code rebuilt around AI. Instead of bolting a chat panel onto an editor, every interaction — tab completion, inline edits, codebase chat, and autonomous agents — is designed AI-first.

Its standout feature is codebase awareness: Cursor indexes your repository so the model answers with your real types, conventions, and architecture. Agent mode plans and executes multi-file changes, runs commands, and fixes its own errors.

A free hobby tier includes limited completions; Pro unlocks frontier models and extended agent usage. Many engineers now describe Cursor as the biggest productivity jump since the IDE itself.