llama.cpp vs Cursor vs Windsurf vs Thinking Machines Tinker

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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llama.cpp
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Cursor
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Windsurf
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Thinking Machines Tinker
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Your tool llama.cpp
github.com
llama.cpp is an open-source inference engine that runs large language models and vision-language models on local hardware or in the cloud with minimal setup.
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Competitor Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
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Competitor Windsurf
windsurf.com
Windsurf, which now appears on the web as Devin Desktop, is a desktop code editor that doubles as a control room for coding agents.
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Competitor Thinking Machines Tinker
thinkingmachines.ai
A training API that hands control of model fine-tuning to researchers while someone else deals with the servers and scaling headaches
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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4.5Mvisits/mo
29.6Kvisits/mo
1.1Mvisits/mo
MoM change
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▲ 7.8%
▲ 7.8%
▲ 181.3%
6-month growth
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-1.8%
+122.1%
+372.8%
Global rank web
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#15,584
#1,172,623
#55,584
Avg. last 3 months
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4.4M
26.9K
672K
Bounce rate lower is better
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57%
50%
51%
Pages / visit
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2.4
1.3
2.6
Visit duration
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1m 36s
13s
1m 57s
Traffic sources
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● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
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● Direct 81% · ● Referral 15%
llama.cppCursorWindsurfThinking Machines Tinker
01.2M2.3M3.5M4.6MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KThinking Machines Tinker · 421.8KThinking Machines Tinker · 345.6KThinking Machines Tinker · 223.7KThinking Machines Tinker · 298.7KThinking Machines Tinker · 303.2KThinking Machines Tinker · 582.5KThinking Machines Tinker · 375.9KThinking Machines Tinker · 1.1M10K100K1M10MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KThinking Machines Tinker · 421.8KThinking Machines Tinker · 345.6KThinking Machines Tinker · 223.7KThinking Machines Tinker · 298.7KThinking Machines Tinker · 303.2KThinking Machines Tinker · 582.5KThinking Machines Tinker · 375.9KThinking Machines Tinker · 1.1MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
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Freemium
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Starting price
Free
$20per month · free tier available
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Plans
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Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
Inkling-Small Prefill $0.58/usage-basedInkling-Small Sample $0.12/usage-basedVarious Model Training Custom/usage-based
Capabilities input → output
Input
ImagesText
CodeText
CodeText
CodeData
Output
Text
Code
Code
Text
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
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Categories
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer Tools
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer Tools
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Local AI
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Development
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Large language models
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Llama 3 on mac
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