--- title: "I tested Cursor’s top alternatives after Elon Musk’s SpaceX agreed to buy it, and one clearly stood out" url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-tested-cursor-s-top-alternatives-after-elon-musk-s-spacex-agreed-to-buy-it-and-one-clearly-stood--xcaau1zu4 source_url: https://www.xda-developers.com/tested-cursors-top-alternatives-after-elon-musk-spacex-agreed-to-buy-it-one-clearly-stood-out type: article source: "XDA Developers" published: 2026-06-27T19:02:13.796Z updated: 2026-06-27T19:02:34.967Z tags: ["github", "ai-coding", "claude-code"] reading_time: 5 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I tested Cursor’s top alternatives after Elon Musk’s SpaceX agreed to buy it, and one clearly stood out **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A hands-on comparison of Cursor's top AI coding alternatives — GitHub Copilot in VS Code, Claude Code, and Google Antigravity — prompted by SpaceX's reported acquisition of Cursor. GitHub Copilot's new Agents view makes it a serious contender, Claude Code excels at reasoning and complex multi-file tasks, but Google Antigravity 2.0 emerged as the clear winner by balancing a traditional IDE experience with a powerful agent-centric workspace powered by Gemini 3.5. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [I tried Cursor, Claude Code, and Google Antigravity for a month and I have a clear winner for you](https://daily.dev/posts/i-tried-cursor-claude-code-and-google-antigravity-for-a-month-and-i-have-a-clear-winner-for-you-lbo9lwei8) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [I tried replacing VS Code with Cursor, Antigravity, and Windsurf for a month and one clearly dominated](https://daily.dev/posts/i-tried-replacing-vs-code-with-cursor-antigravity-and-windsurf-for-a-month-and-one-clearly-dominat-zpnsvnjtw) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [I tried the most hyped VS Code alternatives, and one completely changed how I write code](https://daily.dev/posts/i-tried-the-most-hyped-vs-code-alternatives-and-one-completely-changed-how-i-write-code-iotqjlrxo) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github), [#ai-coding](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-coding), [#claude-code](https://daily.dev/tags/claude-code) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/i-tested-cursor-s-top-alternatives-after-elon-musk-s-spacex-agreed-to-buy-it-and-one-clearly-stood--xcaau1zu4)