I’ve been deep inside the Void codebase for months, and it became clear the project had huge potential but wasn’t being pushed to where it could realistically compete with tools like Cursor. So instead of waiting for it to evolve, I decided to pick it up and drive it forward properly.
I’m continuing the work as CortexIDE — a more focused, more aggressive evolution of Void with one goal: make an open-source editor that can hit Cursor-level capabilities without locking people into a closed ecosystem.
Key focus areas:
A cleaner, more reliable Chat → Plan → Diff → Apply workflow
Multi-file agent edits that don’t break or hallucinate
Repo-aware retrieval using tree-sitter + local vector DBs
Safe apply (auto-stash + rollback) to avoid nuking your repo
Local model support without telemetry
Leaner UI and faster feedback loops
Fully open development, transparent roadmap
It’s still early, but progress is fast because the foundation was already strong — it just needed someone to treat it like a serious product instead of a side experiment.
If you want to follow along, contribute, or test the direction:
I’ve been deep inside the Void codebase for months, and it became clear the project had huge potential but wasn’t being pushed to where it could realistically compete with tools like Cursor. So instead of waiting for it to evolve, I decided to pick it up and drive it forward properly.
I’m continuing the work as CortexIDE — a more focused, more aggressive evolution of Void with one goal: make an open-source editor that can hit Cursor-level capabilities without locking people into a closed ecosystem.
Key focus areas:
A cleaner, more reliable Chat → Plan → Diff → Apply workflow
Multi-file agent edits that don’t break or hallucinate
Repo-aware retrieval using tree-sitter + local vector DBs
Safe apply (auto-stash + rollback) to avoid nuking your repo
Local model support without telemetry
Leaner UI and faster feedback loops
Fully open development, transparent roadmap
It’s still early, but progress is fast because the foundation was already strong — it just needed someone to treat it like a serious product instead of a side experiment.
If you want to follow along, contribute, or test the direction:
https://github.com/OpenCortexIDE/cortexide
Happy to hear feedback — especially the brutal kind. This is meant to become a real alternative, not another half-finished “AI editor clone.”