Codeium no longer exists under that name. The company renamed itself Windsurf in April 2025; in July 2025 Google hired its chief executive and licensed its technology, and Cognition bought the rest of the business. In June 2026 Cognition renamed the Windsurf editor Devin Desktop. The old free extension lives on as the Windsurf Plugin. The JetBrains version was updated on October 3, 2026, while the VS Code version, now listed as Windsurf Plugin (formerly Codeium), has had no new release since June 2025. Codeium's free autocomplete survives in Devin Desktop's free plan, which includes unlimited Tab completions; Pro costs $20 a month.
Reviewed by EdGrows·Updated Oct 6, 2026This analysis is based on documentation, public user reports, and vendor materials — not yet on our own hands-on testing. How we rate
Codeium made its name with an offer that sounded too good to last: AI code completion free for individual developers, in almost any editor. For a few years it was the default answer to "is there a free alternative to GitHub Copilot?" Then the company changed direction, and the name went away.
The software didn't disappear, though. Parts of it now carry other names, and whether your old setup still makes sense depends on which editor you use.
| When | What changed |
|---|---|
| November 2024 | Codeium launches the Windsurf Editor, a full AI code editor |
| April 2025 | The company renames itself Windsurf |
| July 2025 | Google hires the chief executive and licenses the technology; Cognition buys the rest of the company |
| June 2, 2026 | Cognition renames the Windsurf editor Devin Desktop |
| September 8, 2026 | Devin Desktop drops the Cascade agent; Devin Local becomes the built-in agent |
The editor is the part that got the investment. Our Windsurf review covers Devin Desktop in detail, and the Devin review explains the cloud agent that now shares its plans.
Yes, but the two main versions are in very different shape. On the JetBrains Marketplace, the extension is listed as the Windsurf Plugin, published by Windsurf, with more than 10 million downloads and a 4.1 rating. It's still maintained: version 2.12.28 arrived on October 3, 2026. Its listing describes code completion in more than 70 languages.
The VS Code version tells a different story. It's listed as Windsurf Plugin (formerly Codeium) and has close to 4 million installs, but its newest release, 1.49.2, dates from June 2025. It still installs and runs. Nothing suggests it will get new models or fixes, since Cognition's focus is its own editor, which is itself built on VS Code.
Other editor plugins weren't part of this check, so test yours before relying on it.
Devin Desktop's individual plans, checked October 5, 2026. Teams and Enterprise sit further down the page.
The free autocomplete that made Codeium popular now lives in Devin Desktop's free plan. It includes unlimited Tab completions and inline edits, plus a light agent quota. Pro costs $20 a month and adds frontier models, cloud agents and up to 10 concurrent sessions. Max costs $200 for much higher quotas. Teams pays $80 a month plus $40 for each full seat.
In other words, the free tier you remember still exists, but inside a different editor.
Several free options cover what Codeium did. GitHub Copilot Free includes 2,000 completions a month and runs in VS Code and JetBrains IDEs, and Pro costs $10. Cursor has a free Hobby plan inside its own editor. In JetBrains IDEs, the JetBrains AI Assistant is built into the tools you already use.
For open source with your own model keys, Cline is actively developed. Continue.dev was the other popular choice until Cursor acquired its company in 2026; its code remains available but isn't being developed. Current options, with prices, are in the AI coding tools guide.
The practical rule is simple. On JetBrains, the Windsurf Plugin is still a reasonable free choice. On VS Code, treat the old Codeium extension as frozen and move to something that's still updated.
Not as a brand. Codeium renamed itself Windsurf in April 2025, and after Google hired its chief executive in July 2025, Cognition bought the rest of the company. Cognition renamed the Windsurf editor Devin Desktop in June 2026. The extensions are now called the Windsurf Plugin.
The plugin is still listed as free to install. Its JetBrains version received an update on October 3, 2026. The VS Code version, listed as Windsurf Plugin (formerly Codeium), still installs but hasn't had a new release since June 2025.
Devin Desktop's free plan, which includes unlimited Tab completions and inline edits plus a light agent quota. Pro costs $20 a month and adds frontier models and Cognition's cloud agents.
For VS Code users the question has mostly answered itself, since the Codeium extension there is no longer updated. GitHub Copilot Free includes 2,000 completions a month and Pro costs $10. JetBrains users can still run the maintained Windsurf Plugin alongside or instead of Copilot.
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