The fast, collaborative code editor
Zed is a native, GPU-accelerated code editor built in Rust that combines extreme performance with built-in AI assistance and real-time multiplayer collaboration.
Fast, minimal code editor
Sublime Text is a famously quick editor with multi-cursor editing and a tidy interface. It has no built-in AI assistance out of the box.
Full-featured IDE
Visual Studio is Microsoft's heavyweight IDE for .NET, C++ and enterprise development.
Agentic AI coding editor
Windsurf is an AI-first editor whose agent reads your whole codebase, plans changes and edits multiple files at once. It is a direct rival to Cursor.
AI-first code editor
Cursor is a VS Code-based editor where an AI agent reads your repository, writes multi-file changes and explains unfamiliar code.
Code editing. Redefined.
Visual Studio Code is Microsoft's free, extensible code editor with a massive extension marketplace, integrated terminal, debugging, and AI assistant integrations.
AI pair programmer
Copilot suggests completions, writes tests and answers questions about your codebase inside the IDE you already use.