VSCode + Aider + Supermaven : STOP PAYING for CURSOR with this 100% FREE & Opensource Alternative

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In this video, I'll be telling you about a new local and Fully FREE Cursor AI alternative. I'll also tell you how you can stop paying for Cursor AI Coding Editor with this 100% FREE, LOCAL & Opensource AI coding editor based on VSCode + Aider + Supermaven + ContinueDev. We'll be combining all these VS Code & NeoVim extension with Gemini for FREE. This alternative can be used with any opensource LLM, OpenAI models or Claude models such as GPT-4O, Claude-3, CodeQwen, Mixtral 8x22b, Mixtral 8x7b, GPT-4, Grok-1.5 & Gemini Code Assist.

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Key Takeaways:

🔥 Why Pay for Cursor? Discover free alternatives to Cursor and save 💰 with open-source tools like VSCode and Aider.

💻 Use VSCode for Coding Excellence! Learn how to configure VSCode extensions like Supermaven and ContinueDev for free autocompletion and refactoring.

🚀 Unlock Free Gemini Models! See how you can access Google’s Gemini models, including the 1.5 Pro Experimental, for coding with no cost.

⚡ Super Fast Autocompletion with Supermaven! Get unlimited, blazing-fast code autocompletion without spending a dime.

🤖 Refactor Code Easily with ContinueDev! Enhance your coding workflow using Gemini models for chatting and code generation.

🎮 Build Apps and Games for Free! Watch how Aider generates full projects like Minesweeper using free models like Gemini.

💡 Fully Customizable Workflow! Discover how you can switch between Gemini, Claude, and even DeepSeek for complex tasks—all while staying under Cursor’s price.

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction
00:08 - Why you should stop using Cursor AI Editor
01:34 - How to Make your Cursor Clone with VSCode + Aider + Supermaven + Gemini
05:20 - Installation & Usage
10:21 - Ending

[Saurabhkumar-bndl]

Bro has personal beef with cursor lmao

[PrinzMegahertz]

How many models and extensions do I need to make a minesweeper game? AICodeKing: Yes!

[martingriffis]

Thank you! This is exactly what I was wanting after watching the last couple of videos you made on Cursor alternatives.

[alexwatkin]

Dude, please do a longer video series building technical applications to really showcase the power of the tools you present. It’s kind of hard to understand what is possible with these tools when all you build is minesweeper. Love and appreciate the content, just food for thought with this comment.

[Amberccookie]

Wow, this video is an absolute lifesaver! I'm blown away by how valuable this tool combo is. I'm really looking forward to seeing what other amazing videos you bring out in the future!

[bodhi.advayam]

You made me happy, having my first successful 'coding experience ' as someone who knows nothing about code.. Thnx a million !

[vitalis]

I’m all in on this cursor beef 🥩 keep them coming! 😂

[varunaeeriyaulla]

Thanks for thee Supermaven info. I used ollama, but small models are not good enough for the auto-completion. The only small LLM that worked was deepseek-coder v1 1.3B. But it was too heavy for my 8GB MacBook RAM 😅 Then I ran Ollama on my desktop PC use API.

[graeme]

Okay I followed this and it worked out great! after the new open AI model I couldnt use cursor on the free plan as it was swamped with requests. thanks for the info!

[fuba]

I'm almost at the end of my cursor trial, and i hate that i like it so much.. i feel the same as you, but it just works. no hassle, just a very good productivity boost, resulting in more free time for me. I can do the same or more work in less time. Thats the bottom line imo. And yes, i belive that is they made a similar "cursor'esk" integration for aider, it would be better. For me that 20 usd per month is chump change in relation to the gains ive made using the product.

[vanpatangan]

Legendary stuff. You are a king for a reason. Cheers

[errorbat]

Pure sauce!
My first impressions with cursor was pretty good. The bubble vanished after i went to AI settings and tried to set API keys. Then i realized what this project is.

[abrahamsimonramirez]

actually lama 3.1 8b outputs great code with the right settings, parameters and system prompt. I am a programmer so I know the quality of the output, this one can be runned locally and has nice speed.

[subinpauljoy]

Whoever copies opensource and charge for money should get a creator like bro.

[Beloved_Digital]

Sir I love your voice ❤.. And your contents.


Thank you for this free version. I can practice with these nrw tech

[davidhardy]

teehee! Following along from your last tutorial I will just be changing the model names LMAO. Amazing that you can use the pro experimental for free.

[kenpatey]

What are your thoughts about the new “OpenAI Introduces Swarm, a Framework for Building Multi-Agent Systems” can you review this and show us how it might be applied. I and Ken. One of your diamond members

[HarryHardon-qf]

Pretty cool. Gota figure out a way to get the 'Petals' inference setup more public. Peer to Peer Distributed models would be the ultimate Open Source setup for this.

[techfren]

firrst, lesgoo. i actually tried this stack yesterday after my cursor pro ran out.. i regret to say that i honestly liked the experience on cursor more. my issue is with aider i have formatting issues consistently and also think it is actually working out to be more expensive than cursor (skill issue)

[berkerdemirer]

Well, what about the previous stack? Which one is better now?