Devin Desktop (Windsurf)
The AI-native VS Code fork formerly called Windsurf, renamed Devin Desktop by Cognition in June 2026; its built-in agent, once Cascade, is now Devin Local. See how developers rate it month by month on DTDb.
- Category
- IDE
- Developer
- Cognition
- Created by
- Varun Mohan, Douglas Chen
- First release
- 2024
- License
- Proprietary
- Open source
- No
- Pricing
- Free with paid plans
- Website
- https://devin.ai/desktop
- Kind
- AI-first editor
- Written in
- TypeScript (Electron)
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Extension ecosystem
- 4 of 5
- AI assistance
- At its core
- Language servers (LSP)
- Yes
- Remote development
- Yes
- Built-in debugger
- Yes
- Best for
- Almost any language
- Resource use
- Medium