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Windsurf (Devin Desktop) alternatives

Looking for something different from Windsurf (Devin Desktop)(Agentic IDE (formerly Codeium/Windsurf; also referred to as Devin Desktop) with a plan-then-execute flow and the Cascade agent.)? These options cover similar use cases.

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πŸ’» Vibe Coding

AI-native IDE (a VS Code fork) with a multi-file agent, autocomplete and Cloud Agents. Part of The X Subscription.

Pricing: Freemium β€” Free; Plus $8/month; Premium $30/month; Super $100/month; Ultra $200/month (official prices at cursor.com/pricing; third-party models billed separately on Premium+)

Claude Code

πŸ’» Vibe Coding

Anthropic's terminal coding agent: reads and edits your repo, runs tests and iterates. Included in paid Claude plans.

Pricing: Included in Claude Pro ($17/month billed annually or $20/month) and Max (from $100/month); not sold separately (claude.com/pricing)

GitHub Copilot

πŸ’» Vibe Coding

GitHub's coding assistant with completions, chat, agent mode, CLI and a cloud agent across popular IDEs.

Pricing: Freemium β€” Free (limited); Pro $10/month; Pro+ $39/month; Max $100/month; Business/Enterprise plans (github.com/features/copilot/plans)

Aider

πŸ’» Vibe Coding

Open-source terminal pair programmer that edits your repo, makes git commits and works with local or API-based LLMs.

Pricing: Free and open source; you pay for whichever model/API you use (aider.chat)

Bolt.new

πŸ’» Vibe Coding

In-browser AI builder for apps and websites, with tokens, hosting and multi-framework support.

Pricing: Freemium β€” Free with a daily token limit; Pro $25/month (from ~10M tokens/month); Teams $30/user/month (bolt.new/pricing)

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πŸ’» Vibe Coding

Open-source coding assistant extension for VS Code and JetBrains; you choose the model and context.

Pricing: Free and open source; model costs depend on the provider (continue.dev)

Lovable

πŸ’» Vibe Coding

Chat-based web app builder: generates frontend and backend (e.g. React + Supabase) from prompts, with built-in deployment.

Pricing: Freemium β€” free plan with daily credits; Pro from ~$25/month with monthly credits (lovable.dev/pricing)

OpenAI Codex

πŸ’» Vibe Coding

OpenAI's coding agent geared towards GitHub/PR workflows and repository work; expanded access on ChatGPT Plus/Pro plans.

Pricing: Limited access on Free/Go; expanded on ChatGPT Plus and Pro (openai.com/chatgpt/pricing β€” see website for exact limits)

Replit

πŸ’» Vibe Coding

Cloud IDE with Agent: build, run and deploy apps from the browser with nothing to install.

Pricing: Freemium β€” Free; Core ~$20/month ($18/month billed annually); Pro ~$100/month ($90/month billed annually); Agent with usage credits (replit.com/pricing)

Tabnine

πŸ’» Vibe Coding

Coding assistant focused on teams, privacy and models that can run in a controlled environment.

Pricing: Freemium / team plans β€” see website (tabnine.com)

v0

πŸ’» Vibe Coding

Vercel's UI generator for React/Next.js and shadcn: turns prompts into ready-to-deploy interfaces.

Pricing: Freemium β€” Free (daily message limit); Plus $30/user/month; Business $100/user/month (v0.dev/pricing)