Tools · Comparison

Cursor vs Hey, GitHub! vs Nimbalyst

All three are code assistant tools. Here is what separates them.

	Cursor	Hey, GitHub!	Nimbalyst
What it is	AI-first code editor built for speed with intelligent auto-completion and codebase understanding.	A team of researchers and engineers at GitHub prototyping the tools, workflows, and ideas that will shape the future of software development.	Nimbalyst is the visual editor and full-context workspace for Claude Code and Codex. Run parallel sessions, edit tasks, docs, diagrams, mockups, and code, and review every AI change. Free, open source.
Category	Code Assistant	Code Assistant	Code Assistant
Pricing	Freemium · $20/mo	Paid	Freemium
How it bills	Flat monthly	Not published	Not published
Free tier	Yes	No	Yes
Rating	4.8 from 4,500 reviews	Not yet rated	Not yet rated
Features	AI-native editor Codebase understanding Multi-file editing (Composer) Inline generation (Cmd+K) Multiple AI models Tab completion Bug detection Natural language editing	—	—
What works	Best AI code editor Understands full codebase VS Code compatibility Multiple model support Incredibly fast	Sits in Code Assistant, one of the better-covered categories here — easy to compare	—
What does not	Subscription required for full features Can be resource-intensive Newer with some bugs Limited free completions	No free tier — it has to be paid for before it can be tried Does not publish a price on its own site, so the cost is only clear after signing up 97 other tools in this catalogue claim to do the same job 45 tools in the same category have a free tier	—