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Cursor vs VS Code
How the two compare on license, platforms and what the community thinks.
Key differences
- Cursor is freemium; VS Code is free.
- Only VS Code is available on Web.
| Feature | Cursor | VS Code |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | The AI Code Editor | Code editing redefined |
| License | Freemium | Free |
| Web | ||
| Windows | ||
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| Linux | ||
| iOS | ||
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| Self-hosted | ||
| Rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Alternatives listed | 2 | 1 |
| Page views | 587 | 567 |
About Cursor
Cursor is a fork of VS Code rebuilt around AI: chat with your codebase, generate multi-file edits, and let agents complete tasks autonomously. It keeps full VS Code extension compatibility while adding frontier-model coding features on a subscription.
About VS Code
Visual Studio Code is Microsoft's free, open-source code editor and the most widely used one in the world. IntelliSense, built-in Git, debugging and an enormous extension marketplace make it fit almost any language or workflow.