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Cursor
Anysphere
Cursor is an AI IDE from Anysphere. You work in a VS Code-style editor, ask for edits in the project, and can hand a task to an agent that uses the terminal and your files. There is a free Hobby plan and paid plans. Confirm the current price on cursor.com.
8.2
Preliminary
Editorial score out of 10. Not a benchmark.
What we tried
Opened the desktop app on a small Next.js repo and asked for a layout change in one component. It edited project files. This is a first impression, not a scored task.
Scores are preliminary editorial notes from a short hands-on pass. They are not benchmark results, not pass rates, and not for sale. A shared task suite is not published yet, so we do not print speed, cost, or success-rate figures.
Preliminary notes
- Setup8/10
- Editing9/10
- Agent work8/10
- Docs and control7/10
Good fit
- Day-to-day editing in a local repo
- Multi-file changes where you still want to read the diff
Limits
- Paid usage can run out on the free plan
- Agent behavior depends on the model you pick and the rules in the repo