Open-source alternatives to Cursor
19 open-source projects that do what Cursor does. Picked or featured by Willet; numbers are from GitHub.
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| Project | What it does | Stars | License | Last commit | Self-hostable |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terminal-based AI coding agent with plan and build modes | 219k | MIT | No | ||
| OpenAI's terminal coding agent that edits and runs code on your machine | 130k | Apache-2.0 | No | ||
| Minimal, extensible terminal coding agent with a multi-provider LLM toolkit | 117k | MIT | No | ||
| Desktop workspace for running several coding agents in parallel worktrees | 99.3k | MIT | No | ||
| Open-source coding agent for VS Code, the terminal, and desktop | 71k | Apache-2.0 | No | ||
| Terminal coding agent tuned for low-cost and open-weight models | 68.6k | Apache-2.0 | No | ||
| Rust terminal with a built-in coding agent and support for CLI agents | 65.6k | AGPL-3.0 | No | ||
| General-purpose AI agent for coding and everyday tasks, local-first | 55.5k | Apache-2.0 | No | ||
| Terminal coding agent that works with dozens of model providers | 41.1k | MIT | No | ||
| AI coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, and the terminal | 36.3k | Apache-2.0 | No | ||
| Terminal coding agent with language servers and debuggers built in | 36k | MIT | No | ||
| Coding agent for terminal, desktop and editor with any model you pick | 35.9k | MIT | No | ||
| Open-source AI coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains, and the terminal | 27.7k | MIT | No | ||
| Ad-supported AI coding agent for terminal, desktop, web, and GitHub | 13.6k | Apache-2.0 | No | ||
| MCP server that lets AI assistants run terminal commands and edit files | 10.1k | MIT | No | ||
| Desktop workspace that links agent sessions to the commits they produce | 9.6k | Apache-2.0 | No | ||
| Small desktop dev workspace built around a terminal and an AI agent | 9.3k | Apache-2.0 | No | ||
| Desktop workspace for running and extending local AI coding agents | 7.1k | LGPL-3.0 | No | ||
| Local-first agent workspace that logs every model call and tool action | 5.9k | Apache-2.0 | No |