Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to MergeForge

JetBrains-style merges for VS Code/Cursor - optional AI

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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   Cursor 2.0▲957

   Our first coding model and new interface for agents

   Oct 2025 · cursor.com · its alternatives →

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   Continue (IDE extension)▲227

   Create, share, and use custom AI code assistants

   2023 · continue.dev · its alternatives →

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   JetBrains AI▲256

   Supercharge your tools. Embrace new freedom.

   2023 · jetbrains.com · its alternatives →

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   Continue – Open-source coding autopilot▲298

   Hi HN, we’re Nate and Ty, co-founders of Continue, an open-source autopilot for software development built to be deeply customizable and continuously learn from development data. It consists of an extended language server and (to start) a VS Code extension. Our GitHub is https://github.com/continuedev/continue. You can watch a demo of Continue and download the extension at https://continue.dev — — — A growing number of developers are replacing Google + Stack Overflow with Large Language Models (LLMs) as their primary approach to get help, similar to how…

   2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   JetBrains Air▲252

   Run Codex, Claude Agents, Gemini CLI, and Junie side by side

   Mar 2026 · air.dev · its alternatives →

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   Void, an open-source Cursor/GitHub Copilot alternative▲347

   Hey HN, I'm Andrew, one of the creators of Void. I made this open source version of Cursor where you can get all of Cursor's core features but in a fully-customizable IDE (ctrl+k, ctrl+L). We love Cursor but there are so many other features we want to build, like allowing AI to edit multiple files at once, or giving AI better understanding of your file system. Void is the open-source, fully customizable tool we've been wanting. The hard part: we're building Void as a fork of vscode. The repo has great documentation for extensions, but going deeper gets pretty involved. All of the code is…

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Qoder JetBrains Plugin▲353

   Understands your backend's real complexity, not just syntax

   Nov 2025 · qoder.com · 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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   Sweep AI▲161

   AI coding assistant in IntelliJ, PyCharm, and JetBrains IDEs

   2025 · docs.sweep.dev · its alternatives →

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    Show HN JetMove – Extra Nav and Multiple Caret Enhancements for Jetbrians IDEs▲41

    Jetmove - A script to enhance navigation and multiple carets in Jetbrains IDEs - README.md

    2024 · gist.github.com · its alternatives →

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    Free local security checks for AI coding in VSCode, Cursor and Windsurf▲43

    Hi HN! We just launched Codacy Guardrails, an IDE extension with a CLI for code analysis and MCP server that enforces security & quality rules on AI-generated code in real-time. It hooks into AI coding assistants (like VS Code Agent Mode, Cursor, Windsurf), silently scanning and fixing AI-suggested code that has vulnerabilities or violates your coding standards, while the code it’s being generated. We built this because coding agents can be a double-edged sword. They do boost productivity, but can easily introduce insecure or non-compliant code. One recent research team at NYU found that 40%…

    2025 · its alternatives →

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    LineageLens▲57

    AI wrote it. LineageLens proves it.

    May 2026 · lineagelens.dev · its alternatives →

13. 13MY
    MutableAI (YC W22) – Copilot Alternative for VS Code▲75

    Hi HN! We’re MutableAI (YC W22) (https://mutable.ai). Our mission is to reduce the time and cost to create high quality code using AI. We have worked at the full gamut of companies ranging from startups to big tech and have gotten the sense that many of the rote aspects of software development could be made easier, freeing up precious mental energy. Devs love Copilot, but autocomplete is just one of many ways that AI should make programming easier. We’re taking a more comprehensive approach to developer tooling that bundles Copilot-like autocomplete with documentation, custom AI…

    2022 · marketplace.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →

14. 14CA
    Cursor AI Rules Directory (Open Source)▲51

    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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    Braidkeep▲14

    Catch merge conflicts before your AI agents break main

    Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    PromptDC - Cursor for Prompts▲17

    Hey HN, Since late 2021, I’ve been building apps using only AI models. Over time, I realized the real problem wasn’t how good the coding models were, but how you write and structure your prompts. When I vibe code, I make a looooot of typos or write unclear prompts. I often find myself reverting to old versions because the AI misunderstood my prompt and made incorrect changes. But in reality, it’s usually not the AI’s fault. It’s my prompt. That’s why I built PromptDC. It enhances your prompts with one click, without leaving your web-based platform or local editor. Just write your prompt in…

    2025 · promptdc.com · its alternatives →

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    DataGrip▲10

    Jetbrains' new SQL IDE. Refactor & autocomplete, for SQL.

    2016 · jetbrains.com · its alternatives →

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    Sweep AI▲8

    Hi HN, I've been a JetBrains user for the last couple of years, and felt that JetBrains was missing a strong autocomplete tool. Over the last 6 months, we've fine-tuned our own model, built our own inference stack, and integrated it deeply into the IDE. You can use the autocomplete plugin for free (no sign up required) on the JetBrains marketplace. Here's how we got here: We started with standard FIM (fill-in-the-middle) autocomplete. Other AI code completion tools in JetBrains can only "add" code at your cursor position. This can be helpful when writing assert statements in unit tests, but…

    2023 · sweep.dev · its alternatives →

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    Build AI Rules for Code Editors (Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf)▲9

    Vibe coded app that enables developers to quickly create so called "rules for AI" used by tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor and Windsurf, through an interactive, visual interface.

    2025 · ai-rules-builder.pages.dev · its alternatives →

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    Refact – AI code assistant with autocomplete, AI Chat and code editing▲17

    Refact is a Copilot alternative that has an autocomplete, integrated AI chat and powerful editing. We use our own models that are fine-tuned for each language, they are smaller than the one in Copilot, but are very powerful for their size. On certain tasks, you will not notice much difference: the model look up and down, and the context window is the same. Try it for free for JetBrains and VS Code.

    2023 · refact.ai · its alternatives →

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    The Goal is simple, there should be an actual free editor▲20

    Hey HN, I'm Saai, one of the creators of Sylix. I made this open-minded version of Cursor where you can get all of the core features of Cursor but in a fully customizable IDE (Ctrl+K, @docs, parallel agents). We love Cursor so much, but there are so many other features we're building, including all things like multi-edit, parallel swaps, agent indexing (but not the traditional one), parallel LSP, or maybe... we might give agents a better understanding of the codebase via multi-semantic memory instead, alongside in-search grep for your system files or workspace. Sylix will be open source once…

    Jul 2026 · sylixide.com · its alternatives →

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    Claude Code for Visual Studio (native diff with accept/reject)▲20

    VS Code and JetBrains have official Claude Code IDE integration, but Visual Studio doesn't. There's an open GitHub issue with a lot of +1s so I built it myself (check out the gif in the GitHub repo for a visual example). It implements the same protocol the official plugins use, so the Claude CLI connects to it automatically. You don't configure anything, just install the extension and click Launch. The main thing it adds over running Claude in a terminal is that edits open in Visual Studio's native diff viewer instead of auto-applying or prompting you in the terminal. You click Accept or…

    Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    I made a free (open-source) extension, to use any LLM on Google sheet▲14

    Hello everyone, This past Saturday, I decided to make purchase on Cursor after hearing how good it is with Composer function that allow to generate code on fly, especially on Claude Sonnet (not an affiliate of the products, just curious!). To make the purchase worthwhile, I challenged myself to build a Google Sheets extension in just 24 hours that allows users to connect with any Language Model (LLM)—whether it’s ChatGPT, Claude, Groq, or Gemini. The Idea The idea was simple: a formula like =Claude(prompt, model) that lets users integrate AI anywhere in their sheets. The most impressive…

    2024 · aisheeter.com · its alternatives →

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    Continue for JetBrains - how we made it IDE-agnostic▲7

    Hi HN! Since launching Continue two months ago (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36882146), we've received amazing feedback, added features, and greatly improved reliability. But one of the biggest things we heard was the desire for a JetBrains extension. My co-founder Ty and I are super excited to share that we've released an extension for PyCharm, Intellij, WebStorm, and most other JetBrains IDEs - ready for alpha users at https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/22707-continue. Perhaps the most exciting part is that this effort was kickstarted and in…

    2023 · plugins.jetbrains.com · its alternatives →

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