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24 alternatives to .CursorRules

Master your clicks, rule your cursor

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. .CursorRules launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Our first coding model and new interface for agents

    Oct 2025 · cursor.com · its alternatives →

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    Work with a powerful coding assistant anywhere

    2025 · its alternatives →

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    Build with coding agents from anywhere

    Jun 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Open Source dashboard and analytics for Cursor IDE

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    While Cursor has already revolutionized coding, you can still configure it to perform even better based on your language and framework. That's why we created Cursor Directory, a collection of the best cursor rules for your framework and language from the community. It's fully open source and you can contribute to it by submitting your own rules. Just copy and add a .cursorrules file to your project root! Let me know what you think!

    2024 · cursor.directory · its alternatives →

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    Learn advanced Cursor techniques step-by-step

    2025 · enlightby.ai · its alternatives →

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    Wiz AI▲137

    Cursor for Shopify your AI coding assistant for themes

    2025 · apps.shopify.com · its alternatives →

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    Reindeer▲355

    Cursor for databases

    Nov 2025 · tryreindeer.com · its alternatives →

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    Cursor, Windsurf, Claude, Prompt, Code Generation

    2025 · code.lucids.top · its alternatives →

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    theORQL▲170

    Cursor for frontend. Build and debug in Chrome and VS Code.

    Feb 2026 · theorql.com · its alternatives →

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    Uncursor▲127

    Build apps and websites with AI. On iOS, Android, & the web

    2025 · uncursor.com · its alternatives →

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    PixelApps▲238

    As a founder, I've always had the hardest time building landing pages. You either buy a template and spend hours editing, or scream at Cursor to "make it beautiful". It's exhausting and waste of our time as founders. We simply need AI to generate beautiful landing pages that we can ship. I'd been working on this problem statement for a while and was able to get great results when I provided AI with a detailed design system to follow. So I ended up building a collection where I've curated 100s of design systems for AI tools to use. Now, after launch of Nano-Banana, I updated our flow to first…

    2025 · pixelapps.io · its alternatives →

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    Memory system for Cursor agents

    2025 · npmjs.com · its alternatives →

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    Generate custom Cursorrules in seconds

    2025 · vibeforge.app · its alternatives →

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    I’ve been experimenting with embedding an Claude Code/Cursor-style coding agent directly into the browser. At a high level, the agent generates and maintains userscripts and CSS that are re-applied on page load. Rather than just editing DOM via JS in console the agent is treating the page, and the DOM as a file. The models are often trained in RL sandboxes with full access to the filesystem and bash, so they are really good at using it. So to make the agent behave well, I've simulated this environment. The whole state of a page and scripts is implemented as a virtual filesystem hacked…

    Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Сontrol Cursor AI directly from your iPhone

    Jan 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Todo2▲131

    Hi HN, I just launched Todo2 – an AI-powered project management extension for the Cursor AI editor. I built Todo2 after getting frustrated with leaving my IDE to plan tasks in ChatGPT/Perplexity. It lets you create todos by simply prompting, auto-researches latest best practices, and keeps everything inside Cursor. It’s free with 14-days trial on the Cursor Marketplace. Would love your feedback or questions! Thank you - https://todo2.pro

    2025 · todo2.pro · its alternatives →

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    Cursor for game developers

    2025 · unveilengine.com · its alternatives →

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    Talk to your cursor, get instant answers right where you are

    2025 · mightycursor.com · its alternatives →

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    I initially built this for myself but some folks asked me to open access to it. Let me explain what I built and why. I'm a product designer who transitioned from only designing to building complete software products myself and I found myself using AI coding agents literally every day. I started with cursor, then codex and claude code, then kilo code, and then moved to opencode. The only thing AI agents couldn't get done for me was to keep track of my todos and tasks for all my projects. I ended up vibe coding a todo app separately or using apps like TickTick. The main issue with separate…

    Apr 2026 · taskshell.app · its alternatives →

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    10x your vibe-coding workflow writing visual annotations

    2025 · vibe-annotations.com · its alternatives →

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    daily cursor provides tips & community-driven insights

    2025 · dailycursor.borninsea.com · its alternatives →

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    I've been exploring the (not so=) amazing potential of AI in coding and have compiled a list of tools. From AI-powered IDEs to code generators, this resource is my contribution to the community. I'm still on the fence about including txt2sql projects, as their functionality seems too basic to me. And I'm personally maintaining this, so your feedback is wellcome.

    2025 · aicode.danvoronov.com · its alternatives →

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    Cursor for canvas

    Feb 2026 · melina.studio · its alternatives →

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