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Windsurf

by Codeium

12.4M / mo
Free / $20/mo
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Windsurf is Codeium's AI-first code editor built around an agentic AI called Cascade that can autonomously read, write, and execute code across an entire project. Unlike assistants that respond to individual prompts, Cascade maintains awareness of what it has done and what remains to complete a task end-to-end. Cognition, which acquired Codeium, retired the Windsurf name in June 2026 and folded the editor into Devin Desktop, so new users are more likely to encounter it under that name.

Windsurf features and capabilities, including which plan they need and how they compare in the CanIUse matrix.

codeiumAdded 2025-01-01Catalog rank 9

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✨ Modalities

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Text Input
Yes. Chat and inline prompting throughout the editor.
🖼️
Image Upload / Vision
Yes. Paste screenshots and mockups into the chat as context.
🎨
Image Generation
No. Does not generate still images.
🎙️
Voice Mode
No. No voice interface.
🎥
Video Understanding
No. Does not analyse existing video.
🎬
Video Generation
No. Not a video generation product.
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File Upload (PDF, DOCX)
Yes. Reads files from the open workspace and accepts attachments.
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Code Execution
Yes. Cascade runs terminal commands and tests as part of an agentic loop.
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Audio Input
No. No audio input.
🖌️
Canvas / Artifact Editor
Yes. The editor pane is the shared surface.
🖥️
Screen Sharing / Computer Use
No. Operates on the codebase and terminal, not the screen.

🧠 Memory & Context

🧠
Persistent Memory
Yes. Memories persist project context across sessions.
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Large Context Window
Partial. Indexes the whole repository; the usable window depends on the selected model.
⚙️
Custom Instructions
Yes. Workspace rules files steer the assistant per project.
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Conversation History
Yes. Cascade conversations are saved per workspace.

🔌 Integrations

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Web Search / Browsing
Yes. Can fetch documentation and web results as context.
🔌
Plugins / Extensions
Partial. MCP servers extend it, rather than a first-party plugin marketplace.
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API Access
No. An IDE product, not an API.
⚡
Zapier Integration
Unknown. Not confirmed either way.
🤖
Custom GPTs / Bots
Partial. Workflows and rules rather than shareable custom agents.
👥
Real-time Collaboration
Unknown. Not confirmed either way.
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Live Social Data Integration
📚
Live Citation Mapping

👨‍💻 Developer

🛠️
Function Calling
Yes. Tool calling drives the agentic editing loop.
⚡
Streaming Responses
Yes. Responses stream into the editor as they are produced.
🎛️
Fine-Tuning
No. No custom model training.
📐
Embeddings API
No. No embeddings endpoint.
📋
Structured Output (JSON)
No. Not a language model, so this does not apply.
🧩
Reasoning / Thinking Mode
Yes. Available through the frontier models it can be pointed at.
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Local Execution
🔓
Open Weights
🤖
Multi-Agent Orchestration

📱 Platforms

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Web App
No. Desktop editor only.
📱
iOS App
No. No native mobile app; the web app runs in a mobile browser.
🤖
Android App
No. No native mobile app; the web app runs in a mobile browser.
🖥️
Desktop App
Yes. A desktop IDE, forked from VS Code.
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Chrome Extension
No. No official browser extension.

🔒 Privacy

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GDPR Compliant
Yes. Codeium publishes a DPA and serves EU customers.
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Opt Out of Data Training
Yes. Zero-data-retention mode is available; enterprise plans do not train on your code.
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Enterprise Privacy Mode
Yes, requires enterprise plan. Self-hosted and VPC deployment options for enterprise.

💼 Workspaces

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Projects / Folders
Yes. Organised by workspace.