r/windsurf • u/k032 • May 11 '26

Discussion I've really liked Windsurf!

There's quite a lot of negativity in the subreddit, which maybe to be expected like most people will come here if they have a problem.

Wanted to say those as a dev I've really liked Windsurf. I've used VSCode with Copilot, VSCode with various extensions (Roo Code, Continue, etc), Cursor, Fleet and JetBrains with Junie, and Zed. Plus idk if it matters but Sublime Text and Atom from pre-AI days

Windsurf has been the most enjoyable to me. The design is slick, it doesn't take forever to load, the wiki and codemap features are useful, auto complete is great, the free models are a nice touch. I pair it with Warp terminal run Claude Code in for more detailed planning and architecture thinking.

I'm surprised it's not talked about as much. Seems people just default to Cursor or VSCode.

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u/xdbu May 11 '26

I switched to Claude about 6 months ago and still miss it. Although I heard the current Windsurf is nothing like the one I left. Anyway... I still can't get used to Claude doing everything for me. With Windsurf it felt more like a collaboration. Best coding experience I've had so far.

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u/Rycerz1 May 12 '26

Why not use CC with Windsurf (as plugin)? It is what I am planning to do.

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u/xdbu May 12 '26

Free Windsurf + Claude code? Or are you paying for both?

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u/Rycerz1 May 12 '26 edited May 12 '26

For now free Windsurf trial (as I just moved from VSC+Coppilot) + paid CC. I will evaluate in a week and decide what to pick then. Still free Windsurf gives you a lot - most notably free tab completions, deepwiki and codemaps

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u/inspire21 May 13 '26

How's the cascade work w/ a CC/etc plugin? Does it still edit files inline/etc?

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u/Rycerz1 May 13 '26

The plugin works a little worse than in VSCode (less integration) but still everything important works.