Windsurf is an AI-powered IDE from Codeium designed to help developers write new code and improve existing code across 70+ programming languages.
How it works
- Download Windsurf from the official website and install it on Windows, macOS, or Linux
- Launch the editor, choose your preferred settings and theme
- Sign in to an existing Codeium account or create a new one to access AI features
- Use Cascade, code generation, and other tools while you code
Cascade assistance
Cascade is Windsurf’s context-aware AI feature. It analyzes your current code, open files, active project, and recent actions to understand what you’re working on. Based on that context, it can suggest next steps such as writing a new function, fixing errors, improving code style, or adding comments, and it works closely with code generation to provide relevant snippets.
Key features
- English UI, with prompts supported in Russian
- Choice of AI models: Cascade (Codeium), GPT-4o (OpenAI), Claude 3.5 Sonnet (Anthropic)
- Optional downloadable language packs
- Change history stored in memory
- Code optimization tools
