Windsurf

Windsurf is a next-generation, AI-native integrated development environment designed to keep developers “in the flow” by blending traditional coding tools with agentic AI assistance. At its core is the Windsurf Editor, an installable IDE for macOS, Windows, and Linux that offers inline AI suggestions, real-time code context, and an upgraded terminal experience to accelerate everyday engineering tasks. Its standout capability, called Cascade, acts like a collaborative agent that deeply understands your codebase, remembers project-specific context (via configurable “Memories”), and can plan and execute multi-step edits or automation flows so you can ask the editor to perform higher-level work—everything from smart refactors to generating or debugging larger features. It also emphasizes practical developer ergonomics: features such as AI-powered find & replace, hover-driven DeepWiki documentation, terminal-aware natural-language commands, and plugin support let you connect it to tools like GitHub, Slack, and design systems so the editor fits into existing workflows rather than replacing them.

For teams and individuals there’s a credit-based pricing model with a free tier for casual use and paid Pro, Teams, and Enterprise plans—each adding more prompt credits, admin controls, centralized billing, and security options like SSO and role-based access—so organizations can scale AI assistance while maintaining compliance and governance. The company publishes regular updates and a changelog highlighting stability, new agent improvements, and UI refinements, and it maintains docs and plugins for integrating the Windsurf experience into other IDEs. In short, Windsurf positions itself not as a simple autocomplete tool but as an agentic coding platform that combines deep contextual awareness, customizable memories and rules, and extensible integrations to make modern software development faster, more collaborative, and more automated—particularly useful for developers and teams who want to offload repetitive tasks and scale AI-assisted engineering across projects.