Cursor

Cursor is a modern code editor built from the ground up with AI capabilities integrated directly into its workflow. It combines the familiar features of a code editor with powerful generative AI models, allowing developers to do things like ask questions about their code, generate new code, refactor existing code, or even debug issues, all within the editor environment. Think of it as having an AI coding assistant built right into your main development tool.

The tool aims to streamline the development process, reducing the need to switch contexts between an editor and separate AI tools or web searches. It supports various programming languages and frameworks, offering features such as generating code from natural language prompts, explaining complex code, finding and fixing bugs, and helping with documentation. It's particularly useful for accelerating development cycles and improving code quality by leveraging AI's ability to quickly process and generate code.

Cursor was created by ex-OpenAI and Google engineers and offers both free and paid tiers with varying levels of AI model access and features. It works similarly to other popular code editors, but its core differentiator is the deep integration of AI at every level of the coding experience.