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Cursor (code editor)
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<p>Cursor is a proprietary <a href="/facts/Artificial_intelligence/lJGauQwX">AI</a>-powered <a href="/facts/Integrated_development_environment/jbEINSQf">integrated development environment</a> for <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Windows</a>, <a href="/facts/MacOS/Y93vVpTm">macOS</a> and <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a> designed to enhance developer productivity by integrating advanced artificial intelligence features directly into the coding environment. It is a fork of <a href="/facts/Visual_Studio_Code/YsBDgKlK">Visual Studio Code</a> with additional AI features like code generation, smart rewrites and codebase queries. Cursor is <a href="/facts/Proprietary_software/9zcskxYL">proprietary software</a> and developed by Anysphere Inc, an applied research lab involved in building AI systems. Notably, Cursor's agent mode can complete tasks end-to-end, quickly executing commands while keeping programmers in the loop. </p>