Stackness

Cursor vs Visual Studio Code

Cursor

7 members list Cursor, up 7 in the last 12 weeks, data as of 18 September 2026

Visual Studio Code

6 members list Visual Studio Code, up 6 in the last 12 weeks, data as of 18 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)

Visual Studio Code: Hacker News mentions: 1 mention (2015) to 134 mentions (2026)

CursorVisual Studio Code
20152017202020232026

Imported from Hacker News mentions

Installs, monthly

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

Visual Studio Code: Homebrew analytics installs: 41,914 installs (2026)

CursorVisual Studio Code

Imported from Homebrew analytics

Installs, yearly

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

Visual Studio Code: Homebrew analytics installs: 497,439 installs (2026)

CursorVisual Studio Code

Imported from Homebrew analytics

Questions asked, monthly

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

Visual Studio Code: Stack Exchange data explorer questions asked: 1 question (2010) to 11 questions (2026)

CursorVisual Studio Code
20092013201720222026

Imported from Stack Exchange data explorer

Usage share, yearly

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

Visual Studio Code: Stack Overflow developer survey usage share: 19.05 % of respondents (2017) to 76.37 % of respondents (2025)

CursorVisual Studio Code
20172019202220232025

Imported from Stack Overflow developer survey

Series only one of them has

  • Visual Studio Code: Wikipedia pageviews: 6,424 views (2015) to 28,473 views (2026). Imported from Wikipedia pageviews.

Who uses both?

1 member lists both Cursor and Visual Studio Code.

1 member moved from Cursor to Visual Studio Code and 0 from Visual Studio Code to Cursor between November 2025 and February 2026.

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 Visual Studio Code

Which moves use Cursor?