Cursor capitalizes on GitHub frustration, launches rival hosting platform
What changed
For as long as anyone can remember, GitHub has been the de facto code host preferred by a majority of developers. The AI startup, which is now officially a part of SpaceX, launched Origin this week — a new code-hosting platform designed to do all of the things that developers typically use GitHub for: collaboratively work on codebases, browse and edit them, handle pull-requests (edits made by others asking to be added to the main codebase), and store them in repositories. Indeed, on the same day that Cursor launched its new platform, GitHub suffered a quite lengthy worldwide outage.
Why it matters
A concrete addition to Practical AI: Tools, Models & Frameworks: it changes what's available to builders today rather than being general commentary.
How it compares
Related prior coverage to compare against:
- Using the GitHub Copilot SDK for Java
- Claude Code costs up to $200 a month. Goose does the same thing for free.
- Introducing Verdi, an AI dev platform powered by GPT-4o
Sources
- Cursor capitalizes on GitHub frustration, launches rival hosting platform (techcrunch-ai)primary