Windsurf AI IDE Review: Is It Worth Switching from Cursor
TL;DR Windsurf is Codeium’s ambitious entry into the AI IDE space, positioning itself as a direct Cursor competitor with its “Flow” agentic coding system. After extensive testing, here’s the verdict: Windsurf excels at multi-file refactoring and context awareness but falls short on extension ecosystem maturity. Key Strengths: Flow mode handles complex tasks like migrating Express.js to Fastify across 15+ files with minimal supervision Cascade context engine automatically pulls relevant files—tested with a 50k-line Terraform monorepo and it correctly identified dependencies Free tier is genuinely usable (unlimited basic completions vs. Cursor’s 2000 completions/month) Terminal integration executes commands directly: npm install, docker-compose up, pytest tests/ Critical Weaknesses: ...