{"name":"Devin Desktop (ex Windsurf)","tagline":"Agentic IDE (VS Code fork) with Devin agents and cloud coding.","url":"https://devin.ai","category":"coding","pricing":"freemium","price_note":"free tier; Pro $20/mo, Max $200/mo","free_tier":true,"open_source":false,"api":false,"self_host":false,"models_used":["claude-sonnet-5","gpt-5-6-terra"],"model_routing":"bundled","verdict":"situational","verdict_text":"A credible Cursor alternative with a cleaner agent UX. But it's on its second owner in a year — the OpenAI deal collapsed, Cognition bought it, Cascade got retired. Worth a look when Cursor's limits bite, not before.","limitations":["Rebranded to Devin Desktop after the Cognition acquisition; Cascade retired 2026-07-01.","Smaller extension and community ecosystem than Cursor.","Ownership turbulence (failed OpenAI deal, Cognition acquisition) makes the roadmap uncertain.","Agent occasionally loops on large, unfamiliar repos."],"strengths":["Cleaner agent UX than Cursor in some workflows.","Credible fallback when Cursor's token limits or pricing bite."],"use_for":["Teams hitting Cursor limits who want an alternative agent IDE.","Users curious about a different agent experience in a VS Code fork."],"skip_when":["You need a stable long-term roadmap from a settled owner.","Large, unfamiliar repos are common and agent looping would hurt.","A smaller extension ecosystem would stall your workflow."],"receipts":["https://devin.ai","https://devin.ai/pricing"],"affiliate":"none","evidence_tier":"source-verified","momentum":"steady","featured":false,"last_verified":"2026-08-24","observed_by":"whysanesanders","slug":"windsurf","canonical_url":"https://noemium.com/tools/windsurf/","attribution":"Noemium catalog data is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). See https://noemium.com/method/ for how entries are verified."}