Windsurf

Windsurf (formerly Codeium) is an AI-native IDE designed to enhance developer productivity and maintain flow state.

Key features include:

• Cascade: A flow evolution of chat, combining codebase understanding, advanced tools, and real-time awareness.
• Windsurf Tab: Autocomplete functionality exclusive to the editor, providing generative code suggestions.
• Windsurf Previews: Live website previews within the IDE, enabling reshaping via Cascade.
• Linter Integration: Automatic fixing of linter errors generated by Cascade.
• Model Context Protocol (MCP): Connect to custom tools and services to enhance AI workflows.
• Tab to Jump: Predicts the next cursor location for seamless navigation.
• Supercomplete: Analyzes potential next actions beyond code snippets.
• In-line Command + Follow ups: Generates or refactors code using natural language via Cmd + I.
• Command in Terminal: Executes terminal instructions in natural language via Cmd + I.
• Codelenses: Understand or refactor code with one click next to breadcrumbs.
• Highlighted code actions: Directly mention highlighted code in the Cascade panel or refactor it using Command.
• @ mentions in Cascade: Refer to functions, classes, files, or directories to guide Cascade.

Use cases include:

• Accelerated software development.
• AI-assisted code generation and refactoring.
• Seamless navigation and code understanding.
• Real-time website preview and editing.
• Integration with custom tools and services.