Windsurf

Name: Windsurf
Rating: 4.66 (62 reviews)

The first agentic IDE. Tomorrow's editor, today.

4.7•62 reviews•

22K followers

The first agentic IDE. Tomorrow's editor, today.

4.7•62 reviews•

22K followers

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Windsurf is an IDE that enables anyone to collaborate in lockstep with AI. Built by the Codeium team, the Windsurf Editor combines the best of copilot and agent systems to help you ship products faster, leveraging better context to provide better suggestions.

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21d ago

Windsurf drops credit-based pricing for "industry standard" quotas; users revolt

Pricing token consumption is hard.

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1yr ago

Why is Cursor so much more popular than Windsurf?

My editor journey has been: 1. Tried out Github copilot in VS Code. Loved it. 2. Then tried out @Cursor after @bernatfortet

p/windsurf

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1yr ago

Windsurf users: which models are you using?

There's a lot of options for models these days. I've been using Claude 3.7 but I'm curious what's been working well for others. What model are you using and why?

Is the thinking version of @Claude by Anthropic worth the extra credit spend? Does @DeepSeek work well enough to save some credits? Is it worth trying any of the @ChatGPT by OpenAI models?

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4.7

Based on 62 reviews

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Reviewers mostly say Windsurf helps them code faster, with strong context-aware suggestions, useful debugging help, and an agent-style workflow that can handle repetitive tasks, unit tests, refactors, and even whole feature builds. Several compare it favorably with other AI coding tools, though some still see close tradeoffs on autocomplete quality. The main criticism is reliability: users report bugs, timeouts, broken features, forgotten requirements, and weak support. A founder of Snapstick says it feels especially comfortable for frontend work.

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Pros

developer productivity (12)

agentic workflow (5)

AI autocomplete (5)

cascade function (5)

context aware (4)

code completion (2)

fast performance (2)

Python support (2)

VSCode integration (2)

Cons

connection timeouts (3)

customer support (3)

bugs (2)

subscription issues (2)

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•3 reviews

What's great

Windsurf is a powerful and intuitive AI‑first development environment that significantly improves developer productivity. Its tight integration of AI assistance with coding workflows enables faster iteration, better context awareness, and smoother collaboration. Overall, it’s an excellent tool for accelerating modern software development.

What needs improvement

connection timeouts (3)

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Claude Code

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I think that the idea of an agentic IDE is really interesting and I'm fully supportive of the transformative potential in this app and in the concept generally, breaking down barriers to entry for development and making programming accessible to far more people. Equally, I think that large measures of realism are called for regarding the actual capability of AI to deliver on this promise at the moment, especially with regard to handling context, which is inherently challenging. I think that this creates a responsibility for those generating the first wave of these tools to market their products responsibly. I began absolutely loving Windsurf and I'm still a big fan of the product and see its potential as vast. However, I think that it has seriously failed in its obligation to strike this balance and to provide a fair service to its users. While the company's social media speaks of an endless train of feature additions and advancement, the actual experience of using this on a day-to-day basis, as evidenced also by the Reddit communities, is rather different to the marketing. Personally, I found the product to be beset by an almost endless train of bugs that affect the ability to get anything done with it. At the moment, there's no completions happening on Anthropic, which has been the case many more days than not during the past few months. Long-term, I now have very mixed feelings about this product and the company behind us Because I feel that my trust in their product has been to an extent taken advantage of. I hope that others move in to fill this space and are more transparent in their engagement with consumers, especially with regard to uptime and product availability. Users should not feel the need to resort to bypassing official support channels to communicate the idea that the product is not available.

What's great

agentic workflow (5)

What needs improvement

bugs (2)connection timeouts (3)

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82 views12mo ago

•2 reviews

I recently started using the Windsurf Editor, and I must say, it has transformed my coding experience. It is very powerful tool that increases developer productivity. The autocomplete suggestions are incredibly fast and context-aware, which saves me a lot of time when writing code. One standout feature for me is the "Write Mode," allowing me to generate files directly from prompts—it's like having a coding assistant right there with me. Overall, I find Windsurf to be a game-changer in the IDE landscape, and I appreciate how it respects user privacy while delivering high performance.

What's great

fast performance (2)context aware (4)AI autocomplete (5)developer productivity (12)write mode (1)

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66 views1yr ago

•3 reviews

What's great

What needs improvement

connection timeouts (3)

vs Alternatives

Claude Code

Not now

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Value for money

Customization

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8 views8d ago

•9 reviews

What's great

agentic workflow (5)

What needs improvement

bugs (2)connection timeouts (3)

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82 views12mo ago

•2 reviews

What's great

fast performance (2)context aware (4)AI autocomplete (5)developer productivity (12)write mode (1)

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66 views1yr ago