Alternative to
Open-source alternatives to Cursor that still ship
5 open-source startups in this directory are positioned against Cursor. 4 pushed code within 30 days of the snapshot of 2026-09-22, 1 has been quiet for 31–120 days, 0 have not pushed in over 120 days. “Alternative to Cursor” is a judgment by Jev, TypeSafe’s classifier, made from the repository’s own name, description and homepage, and printed only when it put that match at 0.5 or better. It is not a claim these projects make about themselves, it is not a feature comparison, and Cursor has nothing to do with this page.
4 of 5 pushed within 30 days of the snapshot of 2026-09-22. How we measure it →
The list
All 5, most-starred first.
The last column is the most recent push GitHub reported to us on 2026-09-22. It counts a push to any branch, by a person or a bot — it is not a claim that anyone is maintaining the project, and a quiet repository may be a finished one.
| Project | What it does | Stars | Ship status | Last verified push |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| zed-industries/zed | Code at the speed of thought – Zed is a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter. | 90.7K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| stablyai/orca | Orca is the ADE for working with a fleet of parallel agents. Run any coding agent with your own subscription. Available on desktop, mobile and remote runtime. | 75.3K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| NanmiCoder/cc-haha | Local-first cross-platform desktop workspace for Claude Code / agents: multi-agent, Git worktrees, code diffs, skill marketplace, multi-model, Computer Use, task-aware desktop pets, with WeChat, Feishu, DingTalk, Telegram, WhatsApp and H5 access. | 14.7K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
| AndyMik90/Aperant | Autonomous multi-session AI coding | 14.6K | Slowed | Jun 14, 2026 |
| EKKOLearnAI/ekko-studio | Ekko Studio is a local-first AI workspace for multi-agent chat, coding, and visual workflows, available on desktop and the web. | 11.2K | Still shipping | Sep 22, 2026 |
Related collections
Sideways from here.
The 8 largest other alternatives in the directory, then the other ways to slice it. Every count is as of the snapshot of 2026-09-22.
Snapshot of 2026-09-22 · 721 repos in the directory · every number on this page is measured against that date, not against today. What this measurement cannot tell you →