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Free alternatives to Cursor

Free apps listed as an alternative to Cursor, ranked by days of work read from the GitHub repo, so you can see which ones are still maintained. Paid ones that haven't made money yet, if any, come after, separately.

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DevCommandCenter✓ notarized

Native workspace for orchestrating AI coding agents, delegating tasks, reviewing changes, and managing the full development workflow.

@wharley Claude Code · Rust · Mac/Linux · free, donations welcome · last today

« Making different AI coding agents feel like one coherent workspace. Each provider has its own SDK, CLI, session model and limitations. Building reliable delegation, Git workflows, diff reviews, terminals and conflict resolution around them took far longer than simply connecting the models. »what took me the longest

170★ 19 · 31 this month
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Tabs-ide

Tabs IDE is a desktop workspace for coding with AI agents, combining Code-OSS, terminals, Git, an integrated browser, and developer tools.

@PanicMako Codex · TypeScript · Mac/Windows/Linux · free, donations welcome · last 11 d ago

« Getting a real VS Code editor to run natively inside Electron, instead of in a web view. Keeping it working through upstream VS Code updates took the most time, along with wiring 10 AI providers (Codex, Claude, Copilot and more) ACP together. »what took me the longest

100★ 3 · 18 this month
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By toolApps built with Claude Code16Apps built with Cursor0Apps built with Lovable0Apps built with Bolt0Apps built with Copilot0Apps built with Codex2
By platformIndie Mac apps51iOS apps41Web apps36Command-line tools71Android apps4Windows apps5Linux apps3MCP servers39
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By intentStill under the radar211Open to a takeover0Still alive after a year71New this week0Done, and finished4Signed: App Store or notarized21First euro0
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