Windsurf
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Windsurf is an AI-first IDE and a suite of editor plugins for VS Code, JetBrains, Neovim, and others. Cognition renamed it to Devin Desktop in June 2026 and replaced the Cascade agent with Devin Local.
Windsurf was renamed to Devin Desktop in June 2026. Installations update in place, and the documentation moved to devin.ai.
Windsurf began as Codeium, an AI coding assistant founded in 2022. The company rebranded to Windsurf in April 2025 to reflect its shift from a code completion tool to a full agentic IDE. In July 2025 it was acquired by Cognition, the company behind the Devin autonomous coding agent, and in June 2026 the editor was folded into that product line as Devin Desktop.
The IDE
The IDE is an "AI-first" editor built on VS Code, similar to Cursor. It reads a whole codebase, edits files across a project, runs terminal commands and iterates on a task while keeping track of what changed during the session. Cascade, the agent that shipped with Windsurf, reached end of life in July 2026 and was replaced by Devin Local. The interface now opens on a board for managing local and cloud agents rather than on the editor canvas.
Editor plugins
Plugins are available for VS Code, JetBrains, Neovim, Emacs and other editors, carrying over Codeium's broad compatibility. They provide autocomplete and chat; the full agentic experience needs the standalone IDE.
Pricing
There is a free tier with limited monthly agent and chat usage, paid plans with higher limits and access to more capable models, and team and enterprise plans with SSO, audit logging and administrative controls. Plans carried over unchanged through the rename; see devin.ai for current details.
Privacy
Code context is sent to Cognition's servers during active sessions. Cognition states that it does not train models on customer code by default, and enterprise plans offer stricter data handling for sensitive or regulated work.
Integration with fortrabbit
Remote MCP servers over HTTP are supported, with OAuth, but there is no one-line setup command. The entry goes into ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json by hand:
{
"mcpServers": {
"fortrabbit": {
"serverUrl": "https://api.fortrabbit.com/mcp"
}
}
}
Authorization runs on the first connection, the same as everywhere else. What the MCP server exposes, and the setup commands for the clients that have one:
The agent skills do not reach it — they install for Claude Code, Codex and, per project, GitHub Copilot. The CLI and the public API work from any agent that can run a shell command.