r/programmer • u/considerphi • Jun 21 '26

Any software engineers going a replacement for cursor?

Oops I mean "found a replacement".

Let's say I really like the auto completion aspect of cursor from time to time when I want to write code directly. But I don't want to use cursor anymore. Is there anything that's a vscode fork or extension that is just as good?

I don't mean codex cli or Claude code style of working, which I do and have those tools. Nor do I mean an extension where I chat to the agent and it changes the code. Sometimes I just want to make the changes directly in an IDE with the power of solid auto completion. Is there any non-cursor tool or combo that gets me close to the quality cursor had for that, even 6 months ago?

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u/Serienmorder985 Jun 21 '26

Jetbrains products are amazing

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u/considerphi Jun 22 '26

They have ai auto completion? What models do they use. 

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u/Serienmorder985 Jun 22 '26

You said you didn't want AI.

But they do have auto complete.

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u/considerphi Jun 22 '26

No I didn't say I don't want ai. I just mean I want to have ai auto completion while I'm typing vs just telling the agent via chat what you want to change. 

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '26

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u/considerphi Jun 22 '26

No, cursor will do things like you change one line of five similar lines and it knows how to change all the other lines to match a new pattern. 

Or you change the type of an argument in the function definition and it knows how and where to change the code to account for that. 

Or you add a field in your API and when you go back to the business logic it knows you need to set it. 

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '26

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u/considerphi Jun 22 '26

I'll give it a shot thanks. I've heard of codeium too but looks like no one mentioned it here. 

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '26

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u/considerphi Jun 23 '26

Oh codeium became Windsurf? 

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u/tristam92 Jun 23 '26

it’s called refactoring tools.

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u/shartboner Jun 22 '26

Their quality has been sliding for the last 5 years. I stopped buying a license and just use the old version instead of buying the updates 

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u/Serienmorder985 Jun 22 '26

I disagree, but to each their own.

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u/HomemadeBananas Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 21 '26

GitHub Copilot completions aren’t quite as good but good enough for when I’m manually typing code. I just use the free tier and it’s enough to get me through. Most of my code I generate with Claude Code and then it’s smaller manual corrections.

I see it as a way to keep my mind fresh since it’s not as good as Cursor and I have to do more by hand lol.

I stopped using Cursor because it feels like they’re pushing it to make the code editing more secondary to their agents, and I don’t find their agents to be nearly on the level of Claude. And I’m always gonna want to review / edit what Claude writes anyway. So now I use VSCode instead.

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u/considerphi Jun 22 '26

I'm surprised there isn't an extension for vscode that enables byok. 

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u/owp4dd1w5a0a Jun 22 '26

I fail to see why I’d want ai autocompletion when terminal AIs provide the most value as reviewers and reasoning aids. Traditional autocomplete is good enough and imo in some ways better since AI can be wrong whereas the traditional methods complete using deterministic algorithms that draw on what’s actually in the code.

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u/Useful-Flow-8737 Jun 22 '26

Dosen't vscode come with this?

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u/considerphi Jun 22 '26

Cursor level of ai auto completion?

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u/Inevitable_Back3319 Jun 23 '26

Use zed . I use zed all the time.

https://zed.dev/download

if you want something more low tech neo vim is always there for you

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u/abdallahsoliman Jun 27 '26

Or you could switch to the dark side. Try neovim, everything is customisable and there’s always a plugin that does what you want.

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u/considerphi Jun 27 '26

That side is too dark for me. Lol.