Cursor Alternatives

Safer and better-maintained options, ranked by Nerq Trust Score. Updated 2026-04-01.

Cursor has a Nerq Trust Score of 48 (D). AI-first code editor built on VS Code with inline AI editing and chat. Rapidly growing developer tool.

#	Name	Trust	Grade	Stars	Key Difference
1	hyunjun6928-netizen/salmalm	74	B	27	Higher trust (74 vs 48); Much larger community
2	ats-god-optimizer	73	B	-	Higher trust (73 vs 48)
3	haotian-liu/LLaVA	71	B	24.5k	Higher trust (71 vs 48); Much larger community
4	Radiator-Routes	69	C	-	Higher trust (69 vs 48)
5	anda-hippocampus	64	C	7	Higher trust (64 vs 48); Much larger community
6	bracket-league-2026	64	C	7	Higher trust (64 vs 48); Much larger community
7	Qwen3-4B	63	C	556	Higher trust (63 vs 48); Much larger community
8	deepseek-r1-distill-llama	63	C	76	Higher trust (63 vs 48); Much larger community
9	AgenticScreeningMetricsDemo	62	C	-	Higher trust (62 vs 48)
10	Agentic_RAG-Crewai	62	C	-	Higher trust (62 vs 48)
11	agento	62	C	18	Higher trust (62 vs 48); Much larger community
12	InternVL3-1B-hf	62	C	10	Higher trust (62 vs 48); Much larger community
13	Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct-MLX-5bit	62	C	5	Higher trust (62 vs 48); Much larger community
14	Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct-MLX-6bit	62	C	5	Higher trust (62 vs 48); Much larger community
15	janku-v5-nsfw-trained-noobai-rou-wei-illustrious-xl-v50-sdxl	62	C	4	Higher trust (62 vs 48); Much larger community

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What are the best alternatives to Cursor?

The top alternatives based on Nerq Trust Score are listed above, all independently evaluated for security and reliability.

Is it safe to switch from Cursor?

Check each alternative's safety report by clicking its name. Trust scores above 70 indicate strong reliability.

How does Nerq rank Cursor alternatives?

Alternatives are ranked by Trust Score v2, combining security, maintenance, documentation, and community signals.