Void, an open-source Cursor/GitHub Copilot alternative
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…
Void, an open-source Cursor/GitHub Copilot alternative launched on September 17, 2024 with 347 votes, #131 of 5,281 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.
In plain words
Void is an open-source IDE based on VS Code that provides Cursor-like AI features including code generation and editing with keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl+K, Ctrl+L). Built as a customizable alternative, it aims to expand on Cursor's capabilities by enabling AI to edit multiple files simultaneously and improve file system understanding. The tool is designed for developers who want AI-assisted coding in a fully open-source environment they can modify and extend.
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In the maker’s words, at launch
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…
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