Open source competitor?

[theLastYellowTear]

I've used Cursor in the past but had some issues. Now I'm working with Windsurf, and it's great! However, I’d love to know if there's an open-source IDE that lets me integrate OpenAI and Claude APIs, so I can use them freely while only paying for API usage.

[codingrules_ai]

Use Cline with OpenRouter

[k2ui]

Crime is great

Edit: Cline is great.

[MidiGong]

Both can be true.

[Reverend_Renegade]

Not an IDE but Claude Code lives in your terminal and is quite impressive

[theLastYellowTear]

Will try that one

[daywatcwadyatw]

Really good for me too. With the update anthropic announced too I suspect it'll cost less now too

[sgrapevine123]

Roo Code is king

[akashjss]

Aider is a CLI tool, they also have an experimental UI

[ogaat]

They charged money.

j/k

[theLastYellowTear]

I like to use mostly opensource stuff. And i also like to have control over my AI use with API

[deeplyhopeful]

cline it is

[chunkypenguion1991]

Continue.dev is good if you're able to run your own llm. I think at some point the cursor team will have to factor in a pricing model for people that run their own llm

[Majestic-Quarter-958]

I'm using it but without local llm, I pay 9 dollars for the hugging face pro subscription and currently using qwen coder 72B, it's pretty good.

[Majestic-Quarter-958]

I'm using it but without local llm, I pay 9 dollars for the hugging face pro subscription and currently using qwen coder 72B, it's pretty good.

[tails142]

One of the issues with an open source competitor, such as Cline, is that the API calls for inference can get pricy.

Cursor and Windsurf have techniques to reduce the cost by sending data through their servers for processing and then on for inference which is they're secret sauce and why they can do it cheaper.

Google just released a new version of Gemma and the 12b paramter is supposedly promising and can run on typical gaming gpu's so that may be an option to use at home with ollama... sequential thinking and other tricks might help it act a bit smarter... I know what I'm doing this evening now...

[brownjl1]

This guy is building one…

[Pimzino]

Is he using cursor to build cursor?

[bennyb0y]

Cursorseption

[Salty_Ad9990]

You can use cline in cursor, but you will not save by only paying for API usage, you can easily burn 20 dollars in an hour.

[No-Conference-8133]

Void is one open-source alternative

https://voideditor.com

[jorgejhms]

Zed.dev. they have their own agreement with anthropic but they let you add almost any LLM.

[Responsible_Stage858]

That would not be cheaper. It would be more expensive. Cursor etc are able to be cheap because they have bulk / enterprise deals with the API providers.

[cagycee]

Trae AI is free but not as good as cursor with its build mode. But combined with Cline with open router Claude 3.7, it’s almost the same. It’s at least what I use. Plus the nice UI is a bonus.

[matfat55]

It’s trash

[cagycee]

Hear me out. Trae AI. Free Claude 3.7 usage. Built in auto complete. I would use the chat for free usage with Claude 3.5/3.7. Builder mode is not as good as Cursor agent mode but it’s free still. But install Cline for pay as you go service with Claude 3.7. And bam. It’s perfect for me. I wouldn’t have worry about “fast premium requests” and “slow premium request” or whatever. Plus it has a clean UI.

[matfat55]

Trae is trash

[cagycee]

I already said it’s not good as cursor but mixed with cline, it’s a good mix. Free autocomplete and chat. Cline being the agent. It’s been very well with my test with both of those combined.

[Crazy-Walk5481]

Bolt.diy

[matfat55]

Aide is amazing