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Head-to-head · Nov 2025 – Nov 2026

Antigravity vs Windsurf: what 1 developers chose.

337 opinions. 1 developers named a direct preference: Antigravity 1–0. Approval is 45% vs 58%.

337 opinions294 developersNov 2025 – Nov 2026Methodology
Antigravity
45%
301 opinions · 259 developers
90 days: 42%
VS
Windsurf
58%
36 opinions · 35 developers
90 days: –
Our call

If you want speed, choose Antigravity. If you want UX, choose Windsurf. The 1–0 direct split is not a landslide; it is a difference in working style.

Choose Antigravity if you…

  • Want the deepest evidence base (301 opinions, 238 firsthand)
  • Value speed (19 positive, 7 negative) and code quality (15 to 8)
  • Accept reliability risk (57 negative, 16 positive) and tight limits (31 to 18)

Choose Windsurf if you…

  • Want a low-cost plan with wide model access
  • Weight the higher approval number (58) despite only 36 opinions
  • Care about UX, where mentions lean positive at 4 to 2
Where each wins

Speed for Antigravity. UX for Windsurf.

Net sentiment per topic: praise minus complaints, as a share of mentions. Positive means more praise than complaints. Hover a dot for the raw counts.

AntigravityWindsurf
TopicMore complaints ← → More praiseNet
UX 40 / 6 mentions
−45 / +33
Reliability 73 / 3 mentions
−56 / −100
Cost & pricing 37 / 7 mentions
−8 / +14
−100−500+50+100

Net sentiment = praise minus complaints, as a share of each tool's mentions. The dot lanes are only for readability; position is the score.

View data table
TopicAntigravityWindsurfMentions
UX-45+3340 / 6
Reliability-56-10073 / 3
Cost & pricing-8+1437 / 7
Why developers switched

The same decision, from both sides.

Paraphrased from comments where a developer named a preference or described a switch. Each links to the original.

Picked Antigravity 1 developers

Moved from Windsurf to Antigravity, noting that VS Code, Cursor and Windsurf extensions all install on these forks.

HN comment · Apr 3, 2026Read on HN ↗

Picked Windsurf 0 developers

No explicit switches recorded.

Side by side

The numbers.

MetricAntigravityWindsurf
Approval45%58%
Last 90 days42%–
Opinions30136
Developers25935
First-hand opinions23831
Direct picks10
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Methodology

How to read this comparison.

Approval is the positive share of opinions that took a side, with the rank based on the lower bound of a 90% confidence interval. Direct picks count comments where a developer explicitly preferred one tool or described switching. Small samples are noisier; check the opinion counts.

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