IDE Stats
Best modern AI IDEs by market share
| IDE | 2015 | 2020 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (forecast) | 2030 (forecast) | AI Philosophy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VS Code (Electron) |
1% | 43% | 74% | 74% | 76% | 75% | 58% | AI-Enhanced: Plugin-based (Copilot). |
| Cursor (Electron) |
0% | 0% | 1% | 5% | 18% | 28% | 32% | AI-Native: Agentic multi-file codebase editing. |
| Windsurf (Electron) |
0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 5% | 8% | 12% | AI-Native: "Flow" state with terminal-editor synergy. |
| Zed (Rust+GPU) |
0% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 11% | AI-Native (Modular): High-speed editing via MCP. |
| JetBrains Air (Kotlin) |
0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 5% | 9% | AI-Native: Agent-author/human-editor workflow. |