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Best Cursor alternatives in 2026

Cursor is our #1 coding pick (AI code editor with an agent that plans, edits and runs code across your repo; Freemium). If it isn't the right fit, these are the other 8 coding agents we rank, in order. Free or open-source options: GitHub Copilot, Bolt.new, v0, Aider, Cline, Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf), OpenHands.

Rank	Agent	Pricing	What it does
#1	Cursor	Freemium	AI code editor with an agent that plans, edits and runs code across your repo.
#2	GitHub Copilot	Freemium	GitHub's AI pair programmer with a coding agent that opens pull requests for you.
#3	Devin	Paid	Autonomous AI software engineer from Cognition that works tickets end to end.
#4	Bolt.new	Freemium	Prompt-to-full-stack-app builder that runs in the browser.
#5	v0	Freemium	Vercel's agent that generates and deploys web apps and UI from prompts.
#6	Aider	Open source	Open-source terminal coding agent that edits your git repo with any LLM.
#7	Cline	Open source	Open-source autonomous coding agent for VS Code.
#8	Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)	Freemium	Cognition's agentic IDE, renamed from Windsurf in June 2026, with an Agent Command Center for managing local and cloud coding agents.
#9	OpenHands	Open source	Open-source platform for AI software development agents.