Stackness

Cursor vs GitHub Copilot

Cursor

7 members list Cursor, up 7 in the last 12 weeks, data as of 19 September 2026

GitHub Copilot

3 members list GitHub Copilot, up 3 in the last 12 weeks, data as of 19 September 2026

How has interest in each changed?

Collected from public datasets outside Stackness, not from stacks on this site. A series both tools have shares one chart and one scale, because its unit is the same for both. Data sources

Mentions, monthly

Cursor: Hacker News mentions: 23 mentions (2023) to 25 mentions (2026)

GitHub Copilot: Hacker News mentions: 7 mentions (2021) to 360 mentions (2026)

CursorGitHub Copilot
20212022202320252026

Imported from Hacker News mentions

Installs, monthly

Cursor: Homebrew analytics installs: 9,742 installs (2026)

GitHub Copilot: Homebrew analytics installs: 18,225 installs (2026)

CursorGitHub Copilot

Imported from Homebrew analytics

Installs, yearly

Cursor: Homebrew analytics installs: 144,075 installs (2026)

GitHub Copilot: Homebrew analytics installs: 216,929 installs (2026)

CursorGitHub Copilot

Imported from Homebrew analytics

Questions asked, monthly

Cursor: Stack Exchange data explorer questions asked: 3 questions (2009) to 1 question (2024)

GitHub Copilot: Stack Exchange data explorer questions asked: 5 questions (2021) to 4 questions (2026)

CursorGitHub Copilot
20092013201720222026

Imported from Stack Exchange data explorer

Usage share, yearly

Cursor: Stack Overflow developer survey usage share: 17.99 % of respondents (2025)

GitHub Copilot: Stack Overflow developer survey usage share: 85.23 % of respondents (2023) to 42.81 % of respondents (2024)

CursorGitHub Copilot
202320242025

Imported from Stack Overflow developer survey

Series only one of them has

  • GitHub Copilot: Wikipedia pageviews: 8,154 views (2021) to 8,041 views (2026). Imported from Wikipedia pageviews.

Who uses both?

1 member lists both Cursor and GitHub Copilot.

No member has recorded moving from one to the other yet.

What do people pair them with?

Tools that members list in the same stack as each of them.

Paired with both

Only with Cursor

Only with GitHub Copilot

Which moves use Cursor?