What is the best alternative to Cursor?

Best Cursor alternatives

The best Cursor alternative is Visual Studio Code: The free editor everyone uses. Other good options are Zed, Claude Code, OpenAI Codex.

Our pick

The free editor everyone uses.

Free Windows, Mac, Linux No ads · No trackers

Good

Very fast editor with AI built in.

Free plan + paid Mac, Linux, Windows 1 ad network · 3 trackers

Good

Anthropic's coding agent for the terminal, editor and web.

Paid Terminal, Windows, Mac, Linux, Web No ads · 2 trackers

Good

OpenAI's coding agent, included with ChatGPT plans.

Paid Terminal, Web, Windows, Mac, Linux No ads · 1 tracker

Good

AI in VS Code and GitHub, with a free tier.

Free plan + paid Windows, Mac, Linux, Web No ads · No trackers

Good

Google's terminal agent with a generous free tier.

Free plan + paid Terminal No ads · No trackers