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Best Cursor alternatives for solo founders

Cursor — AI code editor whose agent reads your repo and makes changes across many files. Looking for something different? Here are 2 other AI Coding tools, ranked by how closely they match and by community votes.

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    GitHub Copilot

    AI pair programmer and coding agent inside your editor and on GitHub

    GitHub Copilot suggests code as you type, answers questions in chat, and can hand tasks to a cloud coding agent. If your repositories already live on GitHub, it keeps the assistant next to your issues and code review. The free plan is enough to try it, and Pro adds unlimited…

    Pricing: Free plan (2,000 completions/month); Pro $10/month, Pro+ $39/month

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    Windsurf

    AI code editor, now called Devin Desktop, for running coding agents

    Windsurf is an AI code editor that is now called Devin Desktop, with plans and pricing unchanged. It combines inline edits and tab completions with local and cloud agents that you plan, delegate to and review from one place. A solo developer can start on the free plan and move…

    Pricing: Free plan; Pro $20/month, Max $200/month

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