What is Cursor AI?

Cursor AI is a proprietary AI-assisted code editor built as a fork of Visual Studio Code (VS Code), designed to boost developer productivity through features like natural language code generation, intelligent autocomplete, and seamless editing of entire classes or functions. It integrates advanced AI models to predict edits, handle complex prompts, and accelerate software development while maintaining a familiar interface.

Cursor's remarkable growth spawned a variety of alternatives within the AI Coding Assistants category.

Read more:

• Cursor: The AI Code Editor on Product Hunt
• Cursor AI Code Editor – A Real VS Code Alternative?
• Cursor Reviews (2025)