--- title: We tested Cursor Origin and here’s the verdict | daily.dev description: Cursor's new git hosting product, Origin, gets an engineer's hands-on review covering its early beta feature set: repository hosting, code browsing, pull... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/we-tested-cursor-origin-and-here-s-the-verdict-lg84s8hf6 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: We tested Cursor Origin and here’s the verdict | daily.dev og:description: Cursor's new git hosting product, Origin, gets an engineer's hands-on review covering its early beta feature set: repository hosting, code browsing, pull... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/we-tested-cursor-origin-and-here-s-the-verdict-lg84s8hf6 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Lg84s8Hf6.png og:image:alt: We tested Cursor Origin and here’s the verdict og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: 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. # We tested Cursor Origin and here’s the verdict **[Appwrite](https://daily.dev/sources/appwrite)** · [@aishwaripahwa](https://daily.dev/aishwaripahwa) · 25 upvotes · 4 comments ## Summary Cursor's new git hosting product, Origin, gets an engineer's hands-on review covering its early beta feature set: repository hosting, code browsing, pull requests, GitHub mirroring, and native cloud agent support. The reviewer finds the core git workflow functional but rough around the edges, missing public repos, CI/CD, Issues, Discussions, and polish. The strongest case for Origin is tight integration between agents, repos, and automations rather than the git hosting itself, and the verdict is to try it as a mirror for now rather than migrate a production workflow onto it. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@tekn0wledg** · 7 upvotes > GitHub will absolutely respond to this with similar features. Honestly, the idea of a defensible moat right now is shaky unless the effort to build one is significant. This isn't a feature gap GitHub can't close natively. **@soapbravo** · 3 upvotes > Hope Cursor could fixes the security vulnerabilities in their tools that allows zero day hacks, before trying to take over Github... **@jliter85** · 0 upvotes > I’m interested in seeing where AI-first browsers go. I already spend a huge amount of development time jumping between the browser, code, documentation, and AI, so bringing some of that together could actually be useful. The real test for me would be whether it genuinely speeds up my workflow or just gives me another AI feature to manage. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github), [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#git](https://daily.dev/tags/git), [#appwrite](https://daily.dev/tags/appwrite) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/we-tested-cursor-origin-and-here-s-the-verdict-lg84s8hf6) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/we-tested-cursor-origin-and-here-s-the-verdict-lg84s8hf6","headline":"We tested Cursor Origin and here’s the verdict","text":"Shared: Cursor Origin review: An engineer’s perspective","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/we-tested-cursor-origin-and-here-s-the-verdict-lg84s8hf6","datePublished":"2026-08-19T09:08:56.253Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T09:10:12.847Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Aishwari Pahwa","url":"https://daily.dev/aishwaripahwa","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--w0qwba79--/f_auto/v1777272733/avatars/avatar_aVVw4urXhQH4CbLHLOc4u?_a=BAMAMiWQ0","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":5340}},"image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--qPvKM23u--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2009","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":25},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":4}],"sharedContent":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/zYNk86YeL"},"comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"GitHub will absolutely respond to this with similar features. 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