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Cursor vs omp (Oh My Pi)

A side-by-side look at pricing, capabilities, pros, cons, and our editorial scores.

 
Cursor
Coding
omp (Oh My Pi)
Coding
TaglineAI-first VS Code fork — chat, edit, and agentic coding in one IDE.Open-source terminal coding agent with LSP, DAP, subagents, and a native Rust execution engine.
CategoryCodingCoding
PricingFreemium· Free hobby; Pro $20/mo; Business $40/moFree· MIT open source; bring your own LLM API key
ModelClaude / GPT (configurable)Multi-model (Claude, OpenAI, others)
Editorial score9.5 / 107.3 / 10
Use cases
codingrefactorsagentic editsIDE
terminal-coding-agentrefactoringdebuggingcode-reviewautonomous-agents
Pros
  • Best-in-class multi-file edits
  • Choice of underlying models
  • Composer agent is genuinely useful
  • Tab completion is faster than Copilot
  • MIT-licensed and fully open source on GitHub
  • Real LSP and DAP integration, not just shell shelling
  • Hash-anchored edits prevent silent overwrites on stale files
  • Multi-provider: Anthropic, OpenAI, and more via one harness
  • Native Rust engine keeps tool calls and file ops fast
Cons
  • Heavier than vanilla VS Code
  • Pricing creeping up
  • Some extensions lag VS Code
  • Terminal-only; no GUI or hosted dashboard
  • Concept surface (plan mode, hashlines, subagents) has a learning curve
  • You pay model-provider fees separately
  • Younger ecosystem than Claude Code or aider
Websitecursor.comomp.sh
Pick Cursor if
  • ✅ Best-in-class multi-file edits
  • ✅ Choice of underlying models
  • ✅ Composer agent is genuinely useful
  • ✅ Tab completion is faster than Copilot
Pick omp (Oh My Pi) if
  • ✅ MIT-licensed and fully open source on GitHub
  • ✅ Real LSP and DAP integration, not just shell shelling
  • ✅ Hash-anchored edits prevent silent overwrites on stale files
  • ✅ Multi-provider: Anthropic, OpenAI, and more via one harness
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