Windsurf is an IDE that enables anyone to collaborate in lockstep with AI. Built by the Codeium team, the Windsurf Editor combines the best of copilot and agent systems to help you ship products faster, leveraging better context to provide better suggestions.
Similar to @Claude by Anthropic Code and @Codex by OpenAI @Windsurf has announced SWE-1, its first family of software engineering models:
SWE-1: Approximately Claude 3.5 Sonnet levels of tool-call reasoning while being cheaper to serve. It will be available to all paid users for a promotional period of 0 credits per user prompt.
SWE-1-lite: A smaller model that replaces Cascade Base at better quality. It is available for unlimited use to all users, free or paid.
SWE-1-mini: A small, extremely fast model that powers the Windsurf Tab passive experience for all users, free or paid.
Nice to see a Product Hunt advertiser do well!
Dear @Windsurf, I appreciate the frequent updates. Love seeing a fast moving product. But, the restart-to-update is pretty brutal. There are like 3 updates per week.
I have long running processes in the editor terminal like my development server and rails console. When I restart the editor, I have to manually restart these processes. Some ideas:
Maybe it's possible to have some updates without restarts?
Can you indicate when my local major or minor version is behind the latest? I am no longer willing to restart the editor for most patch updates.
(I commented on this product already, but now I'm leaving a review…) WindSurf is great! I like how familiar and easy to use it is, plus the theming and navigation are awesome. Cascade (the built-in AI) is crazy! This will definitely be redefining how developers do their developing!
It's Great! but need more optimization so it can perfectly understand the project code and edit or create a new code based on that.
👋 Hey Hunters!
Just dropped something big — Windsurf Wave 9 with the new SWE-1 models!
These AI models are built to help with real engineering work — not just writing code. You’ve got three options:
✅ SWE-1: Super powerful for heavy, complex tasks
✅ SWE-1 Lite: Lighter and faster for everyday dev work
✅ SWE-1 Mini: Blazing fast for when speed really matters
They’re all built into the Windsurf Editor, making things like debugging and code generation way easier. It’s like having an extra set of smart hands helping out.
Excited to see what you build with it! 🚀🛠️
This tool looks super powerful! I’m curious, can these three SWE-1 models be seamlessly switched during use? For example, if I’m working on a complex task with SWE-1 but need to quickly handle a simpler one, can I directly switch to SWE-1 Mini?
Mukh.1
Impressive launch. Congratulations. We recently launched Mukh.1, a no-code platform for AI workflows and agents. Check it out.