DesktopCommanderMCP
LLM Integration
v0.3.1
Desktop Commander is an open-source MCP server that plugs into AI chat clients so they can act on your real machine: running terminal commands, keeping long-…6d agoMITDockerEasy
Self-hosted alternatives to Cursor
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Theia IDE
Developer Tools
v1.73.100Eclipse Theia IDE is a general-purpose IDE built on the modular Theia Platform, aimed at developers who want an open, vendor-neutral alternative to VS Code a…3mo agoMITNo DockerDemoModerate
ZhikunCode
AI Assistant
v1.0.0ZhikunCode is a self-hosted AI coding platform that provides a complete browser-based development environment.6mo agoMITNo DockerDemoModerate
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AgenvoySelf-hosted AI agent running locally, auto-generates tools, shares via MCP with Claude Code and Codex, keeps data private.
bbarit-ossA terminal AI coding agent distributed as one Rust binary with 15+ LLM providers and 1,000+ models — a self-hosted alternative to Claude Code.
Coddy AgentSelf-hosted, open-source AI agent harness with terminal TUI, web UI, ACP for editors, Telegram gateway, cron scheduler, and swarm relay in a single Go binary.
Zosma CoworkOpen-source AI work platform with multi-agent pipeline, local models via Ollama, full data privacy, desktop app, and Docker deployment with fleet mode.
profclawRun AI agents on your hardware with this open-source engine. 35 model providers, 72 tools, 22 chat services. Three sizes from tiny to full-featured.
marm-memorySelf-hosted persistent memory server for AI agents with 16 MCP tools across HTTP and STDIO, fusing session history, codebase indexing, and concept graphs in SQLite.
About these Cursor alternatives
5 open-source, self-hosted alternatives to Cursor are listed here, ranked by popularity, maintenance and documentation.
- Highest rated
- DesktopCommanderMCP (10 152 GitHub stars, MIT license, written in JavaScript), followed by Theia IDE and ZhikunCode
- Docker
- 3 of the top 5 ship an official Docker image
- Easiest to set up
- DesktopCommanderMCP
- Recently updated
- Ogcode v0.54.0 on 2026-10-28
Cursor alternatives compared
| Project | License | Language | Stars | Docker | Setup | Latest release | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DesktopCommanderMCP | MIT | JavaScript | 10 152 | Yes | Easy | v0.3.1 | 73 |
| Theia IDE | MIT | Typescript | 613 | — | Moderate | v1.73.100 | 59 |
| ZhikunCode | MIT | Java | 532 | — | Moderate | v1.0.0 | 51 |
| Orbi | AGPL-3.0 | Python | 233 | Yes | Advanced | v0.7.26 | 48 |
| Ogcode | AGPL-3.0 | Go | 145 | Yes | Moderate | v0.54.0 | 45 |