Windsurf is an AI-native IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for developers and enterprises, claiming to be the world’s most advanced AI coding assistant.
Core Features
Windsurf Editor
This is an IDE designed specifically for AI-driven development, offering deep context awareness, intelligent code suggestions (Tab and Supercomplete), and built-in AI agent Cascade, enabling an integrated workflow from conversation generation, logical reasoning, and code generation to project deployment.
Cascade AI Agent
Cascade can understand the entire codebase structure, remember key contexts and rules, support code generation and modification across multiple files, automatically fix lint errors, generate commit messages, support natural language terminal commands, and run in IDEs like JetBrains and VS Code.
Style and Experience Optimization
Includes Previews feature for real-time web application preview within the IDE; Turbo mode for automatic terminal command execution; Tab to Jump and smart imports for dependency management, making the development process smoother.
System Compatibility and Plugin Support
Supports macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel), Windows (x64/arm64), and major Linux distributions (such as Ubuntu, Fedora, etc.).
Also provides plugins for dozens of editors including JetBrains IDEs, VS Code, Neovim, Visual Studio, Vim, Jupyter Notebook, Chrome, Xcode, etc., delivering cross-platform AI-assisted coding experience.
Pricing and User Scale
Free forever for individual users, offering a quota of Cascade generation rights, unlimited Fast Tab and Cascade Base usage rights, and limited deployment functionality (once per month).
Latest Development Updates
Since early 2025, Windsurf has been frequently updated, including the launch of their self-developed SWE-1 series models and support for GPT-4.1, Gemini 2.5, Claude Sonnet 3.7/4, as well as features like multimodal (image) input, rule files, custom workflows, team sharing, and Netlify automatic deployment.
