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Freemium

AI-native fork of VS Code. Best editor-first experience if you accept monthly caps on the free plan.

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Free tier

Hobby free tier with limited completions and premium requests.

Limits

Free premium quota is tight for daily professional agent work.

Best for

  • AI-first editing
  • Codebase chat
  • Trying agent mode

How to use it well

  1. Import your VS Code settings, then index only the active project.
  2. Use Cmd-K for inline edits; reserve agent/composer for multi-file work.
  3. When the free quota dies, keep Cursor as the editor and route agents to OpenCode/Cline.

Myanmar notes

Download is large. Prefer on stable Wi-Fi. Account signup works without a Myanmar card.