Windsurf AI Editor

Windsurf is Codeium's flagship AI IDE, launched in 2025 as a direct competitor to Cursor. Built on VSCode, Windsurf adds agentic workflows—the ability to describe a complex refactoring or feature and have the IDE automatically apply multi-file edits, run tests, and validate consistency. Unlike Cursor's chat-first approach, Windsurf emphasizes "agent mode," where the IDE takes ownership of tasks and handles implementation details. Windsurf ships with deep codebase indexing out of the box, allowing the AI to understand your entire project structure, import dependencies, and make cross-file refactors with confidence. The free tier is unrestricted by user count, making it attractive to teams and open-source contributors.