Windsurf

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

4.7•68 reviews•

32K followers

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

4.7•68 reviews•

32K 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.

Windsurf Reviews

The community submitted 68 reviews to tell us what they like about Windsurf, what Windsurf can do better, and more.

4.7

Based on 68 reviews

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Reviewers mostly say Windsurf speeds up real coding work, especially through Cascade, strong codebase context, fast autocomplete, debugging help, test writing, and refactoring support. Several compare it favorably with Cursor or Copilot for accuracy, flow, and turning prompts into working changes with less friction. A few makers, including the team behind Snaply, say they used it as a main editor, especially for rapid shipping or frontend work. The main complaints are reliability on complex tasks, broken consistency across larger projects, connection issues, and weak customer support.

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Pros

developer productivity (13)

agentic workflow (6)

AI autocomplete (5)

cascade function (5)

context aware (5)

code completion (2)

fast performance (2)

Python support (2)

VSCode integration (2)

Cons

bugs (3)

connection timeouts (3)

customer support (3)

buggy code generation (2)

subscription issues (2)

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•8 reviews

What's great

context aware (5)developer productivity (13)agentic workflow (6)

Windsurf makes AI-assisted development feel much more natural and productive. I especially like how Cascade understands the context of the codebase and can help with everything from generating and completing code to debugging, refactoring, and handling repetitive tasks. It reduces the friction of switching between coding, searching for solutions, and fixing issues, which makes the overall development workflow noticeably faster.

What needs improvement

bugs (3)context aware (1)buggy code generation (2)

The experience could be improved with more consistent code generation and better reliability on complex tasks. Sometimes the AI can make changes that require additional review or corrections, especially when working across larger codebases. It would also be helpful to have more predictable performance and clearer control over how the agent approaches and executes multi-step tasks.

vs Alternatives

I considered Cursor and a few other AI-powered coding tools. I chose Windsurf because the combination of Cascade, strong codebase context, and the overall developer experience felt more intuitive for the way I work. The agentic workflow also makes it easier to move from a high-level idea to actually implementing and refining the code.

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21 views24d ago

•9 reviews

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 (6)

What needs improvement

bugs (3)connection timeouts (3)

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186 views1yr 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 (5)AI autocomplete (5)developer productivity (13)write mode (1)

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146 views1yr ago

•1 review

I have been giving clear instructions to create a repair logging system in my shop. I am not a programmer, I just have the ideas in my mind, at first it seems to generate things well. although it forgets features that I asked for, then I have to repeat them. but it starts to break things. If I ask it to modify something or create a new feature then it breaks something else. It is a vicious circle, I should have my application ready by now, but it is making me go around in circles between development and repair. It is making me spend credits. This is what this is about_ I have already tried it with different technologies, Python, js, java and it always makes the same mistakes. It starts to break and needs to be repaired, and when it fixes something it breaks something else, it does not maintain consistency with the entire project. I contacted customer service, no solution for my case. I'm not saying this isn't a good tool, just that it's not how they sell it. It's not for everyone. This isn't going to help you if you're not a programmer. You can create applications without code, that is, without entering lines of code, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't know what you're doing. This is still for programmers, not for people without knowledge like me.

What needs improvement

customer support (3)buggy code generation (2)

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69 views1yr ago

•1 review

Wow I loved the agentic workflow via Cascade. I also use GitHub Copilot and Cursor and love how AI is helping me develop faster. But the speed and automation Windsurf brings via its Cascade mode is mind blowing. Its feels like an experienced dev working along with me who can create files, execute commands and above all reflect on its code and improve it. Most of the time I just say something like "build this feature where....." and cascade just takes over and gets the job done as I sip my coffee. Very impressive! There are some rough edges like cascade taking time to connect or connection timeouts, auto complete not as good as Cursor, sometimes cascade tries to overengineer things or some approach produces an error but this is just the start. I'm excited to see where Windsurf takes my coding experience in the coming months.

What's great

developer productivity (13)agentic workflow (6)cascade function (5)

What needs improvement

connection timeouts (3)slow autocomplete (1)overengineering (1)

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21 views2yr ago

•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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107 views5mo ago

•2 reviews

🚀 As an early-bird Pro user who uses Windsurf daily for heavy development, I’ve seen a noticeable boost in productivity. It’s evolving fast—almost weekly updates with meaningful changelogs. I regularly compare it to other AI-powered IDEs, and it’s always a tight race with wins on both sides. Overall, definitely worth the investment. 💻✨

What's great

frequent updates (1)affordable pricing (1)developer productivity (13)

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19 views11mo ago

•2 reviews

By far the most advanced AI code editor out there. I'm blown away by its capabilities. It truly is like having a sidekick with you that you can go to at any time for any kind of help. I only wish there was a button within the Source Control to generate a commit message. Currently, you have to CMD+P ">Windsurf: Generate commit message"

What's great

AI autocomplete (5)agentic workflow (6)

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19 views2yr ago

•4 reviews

Greatly reduces the code I need to write. Simple/ tedious tasks can be easily finished with WindSurf Cascade. But complex tasks require a bit of follow-up prompts. Maybe if I use memories and rules, this might be easier.

What's great

developer productivity (13)cascade function (5)

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16 views1yr ago

•1 review

Very poor customer support, non existant if anything! After latest change my account has bugged out, and I wasn't able to use any of my purchased tokens. Contacting support, other than being told to restart the app and try to re-log was less than helpfull especially when there's many more cases like me on discord. Haven't heard back from them for the last 4 days. I will excersice my rights and get refund for tokens I am not available to use, and I would highly recommend everybody else to research for better service, there is a lot of better alternatives that actually have active customer support.

What needs improvement

subscription issues (2)customer support (3)

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18 views1yr ago