Run CodeWhale, formerly DeepSeek TUI, as a terminal coding agent for DeepSeek V4, shell tools, MCP, approvals, rollback, and sessions.
Open source alternatives to Cursor
3 free, self-hostable tools you can use instead of Cursor, sorted by GitHub stars.
Alternatives to Cursor 3
context-mode
Replaces Cursor
Optimize LLM context for AI coding agents: an open source MCP plugin that sandboxes large tool output locally, reducing context use by up to 98% per session.
kilocode
Replaces Cursor
Build and ship code with an open source AI coding agent across VS Code, JetBrains, CLI, and Cloud. MIT licensed, 500+ models at zero markup.