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Cursor

An AI code editor built on VS Code.

AI product · last in the top 20 on Oct 30 · first seen Aug 29 · peak 37 on Sep 5 · 6 days in the top 20

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Days in the top 20

#920Fri, Oct 30Why now: Backdoor in Claude Code for VS Code extension on the Cursor Marketplace#1713Fri, Oct 16Why now: GitHub Copilot vs Cursor: AI Coding Tools Race 2026#810Fri, Sep 11Why now: kruzovic7/ai-data-extractor: Free open-source extractor for AI coding assistant chat histories.#179.6Tue, Sep 8Why now: Show HN: Copperhead – Cursor for circuit boards#337Sat, Sep 5Why now: vinzdg/codenotch: A macOS app that pins usage limits from Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and Antigravity to a screen edge.#429Sat, Aug 29Why now: Our decision on Cursor following its acquisition by SpaceX
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Fri, Oct 30Why now: Backdoor in Claude Code for VS Code extension on the Cursor MarketplaceNews 44 · Mastodon 7 · HN 3920
Fri, Oct 16Why now: GitHub Copilot vs Cursor: AI Coding Tools Race 2026News 5 · GitHub 31713
Fri, Sep 11Why now: kruzovic7/ai-data-extractor: Free open-source extractor for AI coding assistant chat histories.GitHub 1810
Tue, Sep 8Why now: Show HN: Copperhead – Cursor for circuit boardsHN 1179.6
Sat, Sep 5Why now: vinzdg/codenotch: A macOS app that pins usage limits from Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and Antigravity to a screen edge.GitHub 2337
Sat, Aug 29Why now: Our decision on Cursor following its acquisition by SpaceXHN 1429

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Dots are days in the top 20; a ringed dot is a day at number one.

What carried it

HNOct 30Backdoor in Claude Code for VS Code extension on the Cursor Marketplace1112 points and commentsHNOct 30Claude Code VS Code extension with backdoor released on Cursor marketplace400 points and commentsHNOct 30Show HN: Arsaze – Cursor for video editing (Tab-complete and agent edits)60 points and commentsMastodonOct 30Ooooooh my "...Their Claude Code extension on Visual Studio Code and Cursor has malware in it, which creates a remote access Trojan to desktops.m.ai6yr.orgBlogsOct 30Anthropic VS code extension on Cursor backdoored for nearly 12 hoursarstechnica.comGitHubOct 16K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills: Turn any AI agent into an AI Scientist. The #1 Agent Skills library for science, used by 250,000+ scientists worldwide.1,158 starsGitHubOct 16affaan-m/ECC: The agent harness performance optimization system. Skills, instincts, memory, security, and research-first development for Claude Code, Codex, Opencode, Cursor and beyond.1,057 starsGitHubOct 16cursor/plugins: Cursor plugin specification and official plugins214 starsNewsOct 16GitHub Copilot vs Cursor: AI Coding Tools Race 2026 - shattered.ionews.google.comNewsOct 16What Is Pakistan’s Contribution to the Success of Cursor AI? - TechJuicenews.google.com
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  • Google News49 mentions
  • Mastodon7 mentions
  • GitHub6 mentions
  • Hacker News5 mentions
  • Blogs and tech news feeds1 mention

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