Cursor
The AI-native code editor.
A VS Code–based editor built around AI: tab completion, agent mode, background agents and codebase-aware chat.
- Vendor
- Anysphere
- Category
- Coding assistants
- Pricing
- Freemium
- Open source
- No
- Platforms
- macOS, Windows, Linux, Web
- Launched
- 2023
- Website
- cursor.com
Features
- Agent mode
- Background agents
- Codebase indexing
- Bugbot code review
Best for
- Coding
- Agents
Works with
- Claude Opus 5.5 — Anthropic. Anthropic’s flagship for demanding reasoning, coding and long-horizon agents.
- Claude Sonnet 5.5 — Anthropic. Near-flagship intelligence at a mid-tier price; the everyday workhorse for builders.
- GPT-6.1 Sol — OpenAI. Mid-tier GPT-6 model with excellent cost per task for agentic coding.
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- Gemini CLI — Google. Open-source terminal coding agent powered by Gemini.