Cursor ditches VS Code, but not everyone is happy...

Cursor 3.0 marks a major shift from its VS Code fork origins, now rewritten from scratch in Rust and TypeScript with a focus on orchestrating swarms of AI agents across multiple repos, machines, and cloud environments simultaneously. The release also introduced Composer 2, an in-house coding model that sparked controversy after it was revealed to be based on Moonshot's Kimi K2 model — a fact Cursor initially obscured, later apologizing for the lack of transparency. The new interface de-emphasizes manual coding in favor of agent management, featuring parallel agent monitoring, built-in browser, design mode, and remote SSH support. Not everyone is enthusiastic about this direction, with some critics comparing it too closely to OpenAI Codex.