VSCode + ClaudeDev + Continue : STOP PAYING for CURSOR with this OPENSOURCE & LOCAL Alternative

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In this video, I'll be telling you about a new local and free Cursor AI alternative. I'll also tell you how you can stop paying for Cursor AI Coding Editor with this FREE, LOCAL & Opensource AI coding editor based on VSCode + ClaudeDev + ContinueDev. We'll be combining this VS Code & NeoVim extension with Claude. 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:

🔥 Cursor Craze Everywhere: Everyone on Twitter and YouTube is talking about Cursor, but is it really worth the hype? Discover an even better alternative!

💡 Why VS Code is Superior: Learn how to transform VS Code with powerful, open-source extensions like ContinueDev and ClaudeDev, offering more control and customization than Cursor!

💰 Save Money with Open-Source Tools: Find out how using ClaudeDev and ContinueDev can be cheaper and more effective than paying $20 for Cursor's AI features.

🔒 Protect Your Data: Don’t risk your data with Cursor—use VS Code and local models to keep your code and privacy safe!

🖥️ Boost Your Coding Efficiency: Maximize your productivity with multi-file editing and advanced AI-powered coding tools in VS Code.

🚀 Customize Your Coding Experience: Learn how to tailor VS Code to your exact needs, from code completion to full application generation, all with free tools!

🎮 Create Games and More with Ease: Watch how easily you can build a Minesweeper game with VS Code and ClaudeDev—no expensive software needed!

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction
00:08 - Why Cursor AI Editor is BAD
01:40 - Why Zed AI may not be GOOD either
02:10 - How to Make your Cursor Clone with VSCode + ClaudeDev + Continue
03:40 - Installation & Usage
10:35 - Ending

[Museintel]

Hey free tip as a digital strategist : don't use red border for your thumbnail, makes me feel I have seen this video as I want to scroll over it

[nahiyanalamgir]

Zed is an extremely efficient and powerful IDE written in Rust that is snappy like Sublime Text. It's refreshing to see an editor rendering its own graphics directly instead of relying on a web browser engine. First time in a decade, these guys learned their lesson from Atom and are considering FPS as an important metric (which no one does these days).

[JavArButt]

Classical music and dancing Pokémons - love it

[LibertyRecordsFree]

I was using codeum for free, but your solution is much better !
Thanks for the GREAT tutorial !

[christerjohanzzon]

Well, to be fair...VS Code comes with an MIT License which allows for anyone to do basically whatever with the source code, including making it commercial. Steve Jobs did the very exact thing with MacOS.

[pick_pick_pick]

Great one, when using any API in cursor the Apply code should be done manually, great tutorial

[mrinalraj]

Cursor also allows to directly provide anthropic api keys

[edsalad]

I've been jumping back and forth with you and other YouTuber's on whether I should use Cursor or your methods. I attempted your Zed + Aider combination, but unfortunately I'm getting "account too young error" and upon research I have to wait 30 days to start using Zed's Ai feature. Keep in mind I have zero experience in coding or back end development and my only experience is in Figma. Hence, why I'm here trying to use AI to take me to the next level.

This video is the f-king key! I followed your steps, along with other additional steps such as installing React, Python, Node, etc.., and boom I literally made an app with just prompting! Right now I hit a wall with my daily token limits due to the complexity of my app. I wanted to ask if you knew all the limits for Cursors paid plans? I'd like to build my knowledge when arguing with Cursor users Lol

[askitstudios]

FINALLY SOMEONE SAID IT!!

I 100% agree with you, make A updated tutorial view please

[lolisaiahlol]

Can you do the same thing with the DeepSeek Api? Using the Claudedev?

[dmh]

I like Anthropic’s api because it’s not a recurring monthly cost. I just buy credits when I need them. Now if I drop dead my wife won’t have to remember to cancel the account.

[janvanveldhuizen]

I am still a bit concerned about using the Anthropic API key. I was very happy with Aider, but my money was quickly flowing out of my bank account—about 10 dollars every few days. I am a heavy user, so that made switching to Cursor easy because it costs 'only' 20 dollars per month. What is your opinion on this?

[unom]

For best results with large codebases you will need a reranker and performant text embedding

[manu_astrofoto]

I'm using Cody in Visual Studio and it's also pretty good :) Code completion, code chat... And no need for any local AI for code completion like Llama.

[jackflash]

Another great video and step by step.
Thanks for all you do !!
Will give this a shot later today.
Last time I used Claude with a "code helper" it ended up costing $43. I hope the caching feature can reduce that.

[ddwinhzy]

For beginners, full file editing is still quite necessary, because zero code is pretty much what they need

[mereramkrishna]

I am not a programmer and I am going to use it now. I just have uninstalled windsurger editor after watching your video lol.

[BenjaminMey]

I'am still using cursor but without the subscription. I just add my openAI api token and it works pretty well for me. But the interesting alternatives from this video looks like a valid option too. I will absolutly try them out.

[Nyao]

For autocomplete, the free tier of supermaven is really really good if you can't use a local model for some reason

[damien]

Thank you so much, love this ClaudeDev + Continue