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Windsurf
Former Codeium/Windsurf AI editor, now Cognition's Devin Desktop: a VS Code-based IDE with an Agent Command Center that runs Devin Local, cloud Devin, and third-party ACP agents.
devin.ai/blog/windsurf-is-now-devin-desktopChanged direction
Acquired by Cognition (2025). Renamed 'Devin Desktop' on 2026-06-02 (devin.ai/blog/windsurf-is-now-devin-desktop); the Cascade agent was replaced by Devin Local (Cascade available only through 2026-07-01). windsurf.com now redirects to devin.ai. (checked 2026-10-25)
In Coding agents
Where it stands apart
- Is it actively maintained? active, but changed direction (pivot, fork, or rename) (5% of 21 others)
- Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? ACP (Agent Client Protocol) (14% of 21 others)
- Where do you primarily use it? its own editor or desktop app (24% of 21 others)
- Whose models can you use? Pick the first that applies. several vendors' models, only as served by the tool (19% of 21 others)
- Out of the box, does it ask you before editing files or running shell commands? edits without asking, asks before most commands (14% of 21 others)
- Does it use the Agent Client Protocol (ACP) for agent-editor connections? yes, as an editor that hosts ACP agents (5% of 21 others)
What it shares with most of the community
- How is it mainly sustained? company with a paid product, tier, or ads (71% of 21 others)
- Who is it for? developers (95% of 21 others)
- Where do the commands it runs execute by default? on your machine with your user's permissions (86% of 21 others)
- Can users add their own tools through MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers? yes (95% of 21 others)
- Does it read project instructions from AGENTS.md? yes, alongside its own file (52% of 21 others)
Nearest neighbors
- Cursor 71% of 17 shared answers match
- GitHub Copilot 71% of 17 shared answers match
- Kiro 71% of 17 shared answers match
Every answer
| Question | Answer | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Is it actively maintained? | stands apart active, but changed direction (pivot, fork, or rename) The product continues as Devin Desktop; the Windsurf brand and Cascade agent are retired. | source 2026-10-25 |
| How is the main thing licensed? | proprietary or closed source | source 2026-10-25 |
| How is it mainly sustained? | company with a paid product, tier, or ads | source 2026-10-25 |
| Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? | partly (some features need the maker's servers) Editor and Devin Local run locally; models are served by Cognition. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Do you need an account to use it? | account required Setup requires logging in with a Devin account. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Who is it for? | developers | source 2026-10-25 |
| Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? | stands apart ACP (Agent Client Protocol) Agent Command Center hosts ACP agents; Devin Local itself is wired via ACP. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Where do you primarily use it? | stands apart its own editor or desktop app | source 2026-10-25 |
| How does finished work usually come back to you? | both are first-class Devin Local edits locally; hand off to Devin Cloud for PRs. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Whose models can you use? Pick the first that applies. | stands apart several vendors' models, only as served by the tool Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI, Kimi, GLM and its own SWE models; no BYOK on the pricing page. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Is pointing it at a model running on your own machine (e.g. Ollama, LM Studio) a documented setup? | no | source 2026-10-25 |
| Out of the box, does it ask you before editing files or running shell commands? | stands apart edits without asking, asks before most commands Uncertain. Cascade had four auto-execution levels (Disabled/Allowlist/Auto/Turbo); Devin Local uses allow/ask/deny rules. The docs don't state the out-of-box level. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Where do the commands it runs execute by default? | on your machine with your user's permissions No default sandbox documented for Desktop; the Devin CLI sandbox is opt-in. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Can users add their own tools through MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers? | yes | source 2026-10-25 |
| Does it read project instructions from AGENTS.md? | yes, alongside its own file AGENTS.md plus its own rules files. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Does it use the Agent Client Protocol (ACP) for agent-editor connections? | stands apart yes, as an editor that hosts ACP agents Runs Codex, Claude Agent, OpenCode and others in the Agent Command Center; Devin Local itself is wired via ACP. | source 2026-10-25 |
| When you first set it up, how do you pay for the models it uses by default? | a subscription plan from the tool's maker Free/Pro $20/Max $200/Teams with daily and weekly quotas; extra usage at API pricing. | source 2026-10-25 |
Sources
This page was derived from:
- Web page · devin.ai/blog/page/3 · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · devin.ai/blog/windsurf-is-now-devin-desktop · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · devin.ai/pricing · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · docs.devin.ai/desktop · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · docs.devin.ai/desktop/acp.md · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · docs.devin.ai/desktop/cascade/agents-md.md · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · docs.devin.ai/desktop/cascade/cascade · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · docs.devin.ai/desktop/terminal.md · read 2026-10-25
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