vioscaleAI
Comparison

Cursor vs VSCodium

On the evidence we track, VSCodium leads this comparison with a composite score of 51/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Cursor full profile →VSCodium full profile →
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Cursor46
★VSCodium51
Score
vioscaleAI score
Cursor46 / 100medium · 69%
VSCodium51 / 100low · 38%
Pricing
Free tier
Cursor✓
VSCodium✓
Model
Cursorfreemium
VSCodiumfree
Price level
Cursormid
VSCodiumfree
Transparent
Cursor✗
VSCodium✓
Integrations
Count
Cursor2
VSCodium–
Security
Disclosure policy
Cursor✓
VSCodium–
Soc2
Cursor✓
VSCodium–
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Cursor✓
VSCodium✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Cursor–
VSCodium0
Github stars
Cursor–
VSCodium33,642
Activity
Commits last 30d
Cursor–
VSCodium22
Release
Cadence days
Cursor–
VSCodium11
History
Cursor–
VSCodium20 items
License
Spdx
Cursor–
VSCodiumMIT
Language
Primary
Cursor–
VSCodiumShell
Content
Faq
Cursor5 items
VSCodium5 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for ides & code editors. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Type
CursorFull IDE
VSCodiumFull IDE
Language scope
CursorPolyglot
VSCodiumPolyglot
Deployment
Deployment
CursorBoth
VSCodiumBoth
Platform support
OS support
CursorWindows
VSCodiumWindows, macOS, Linux (multiple architectures: x86-64, ARM64, ppc64le, loong64)
Base platform
Cursor-
VSCodiumVS Code fork
Extensibility
Extensibility
CursorExtension marketplace
VSCodiumExtension marketplace
DX
LSP / DAP support
Cursor-
VSCodium✓
Remote / dev-containers
Cursor✓
VSCodium✓
Integrated debugger / profiler
Cursor-
VSCodium✓
Code intelligence depth
CursorIDE-grade
VSCodiumIDE-grade
Built-in git integration
Cursor✓
VSCodium✓
AI
Built-in AI
CursorNative
VSCodiumNone
Licensing
Openness
CursorClosed
VSCodiumOpen-source
Pricing
Pricing model
CursorPer-seat subscription
VSCodiumFree

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Cursor

An AI-assisted development environment with desktop and CLI interfaces that uses codebase indexing and AI models to help generate code, complete tasks, and integrate with developer tools.

Independently observed

VSCodium

Leader

VSCodium provides a community-maintained, MIT-licensed build of Microsoft's Visual Studio Code editor. It distributes the same core functionality as VS Code but without telemetry, tracking, or Microsoft-specific customizations, available pre-built for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Cursor

from $20/moSubscriptionFree tier

Hobby free, Pro $20/mo, Teams $40/user/mo, Enterprise custom

  • HobbyFree
    • Limited Agent requests
    • Access to Composer
    • No credit card required
  • Pro$20/mo
    • Extended limits on Agent
    • Generous limits for Grok & Composer
    • Access to frontier models
    • MCPs, skills, and hooks
    • Cloud agents
    • +1 more
  • Pro+-
    • 3x Pro limits on Agent
    • Generous limits for Grok & Composer
    • Access to frontier models
    • MCPs, skills, and hooks
    • Cloud agents
    • +1 more
  • Ultra-
    • 20x Pro limits on Agent
    • Generous limits for Grok & Composer
    • Access to frontier models
    • MCPs, skills, and hooks
    • Cloud agents
    • +2 more
  • Standard$40/user/mo
    • Centralized team billing and administration
    • Team marketplace for internal rules, skills, and plugins
    • Agentic code reviews with Bugbot
    • Cloud agents and automations with shared team context
    • Usage analytics to understand team behavior
    • +2 more
  • Premium-
    • 5x Standard limits on Agent
    • Centralized team billing and administration
    • Team marketplace for internal rules, skills, and plugins
    • Agentic code reviews with Bugbot
    • Cloud agents and automations with shared team context
    • +3 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Pooled usage
    • Invoice/PO billing
    • SCIM seat management
    • Repository, model, and MCP access controls
    • Auto-run, browser, and network controls
    • +3 more
as of verify ↗

VSCodium

Leader
FreeFree tier

Free, open source

as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Cursor✗
VSCodium✓
macOS
Cursor✓
VSCodium✓
Windows
Cursor✗
VSCodium✓
Linux
Cursor✗
VSCodium✓
CLI
Cursor✓
VSCodium✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Cursor✓
VSCodium✗
Self-hosted
Cursor✗
VSCodium✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Cursor

2 total
  • Slack
  • GitHub
Independently observed

VSCodium

Leader

Not documented yet.

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