This Free AI Coding Tool Beats Cursor & Windsurf

Add persistence to your web apps with Zapier Tables: https://mrc.fm/tables Is there a free AI coding tool that can truly rival paid options like Cursor and Windsurf? Join me as I test three open source contenders: Zed AI, Tabby AI, and the Void Editor. In this video I attempt to build a real world web app using OpenAI's GPT-4o image generation API. Discover the strengths and weaknesses of each, from installation woes and local model limitations to impressive agentic capabilities and seamless API integration, ultimately revealing which free tool might just be the best value for developers today. 💻 Zed AI: https://mrc.fm/zed 🐈 Tabby AI: https://mrc.fm/tabby ⚫ Void AI: https://mrc.fm/void 00:00 Intro & Goal (OpenAI Image API App) 00:14 Tools Overview (Zed, Tabby, Void) 00:31 Testing Zed AI 01:51 Building the App with Zed 03:56 Debugging with Zed Assistant 05:23 Integrating Zapier Tables 07:46 Zed AI Review 08:52 Testing Tabby AI 11:22 Tabby AI in VS Code 12:45 Tabby AI Review & Limitations 13:24 Testing Void (Cursor Alternative) 14:44 Building the App with Void 16:52 Final Comparison: Zed vs Tabby vs Void 17:37 Why This AI Editor Wins 18:00 Outro