Windsurf Plugin (formerly Codeium) vs Lovable
Pricing
Windsurf Plugin (formerly Codeium): Brand retired, plugin in maintenance mode under Devin Desktop
Lovable: Free tier, Starter from $20/mo
Description
Windsurf Plugin (formerly Codeium): The Codeium autocomplete extension, renamed Windsurf Plugin in 2025 and now a maintenance-mode companion to Devin Desktop, formerly Windsurf IDE
Lovable: Describe your app idea, get a working React + Supabase app you can actually edit and deploy
Pros
- Existing installs keep working in VS Code, JetBrains, Visual Studio, Vim, Neovim, Jupyter, Chrome and Eclipse
- Keeps AI completions in your current editor instead of switching IDEs
- Generates full-stack apps (React frontend + Supabase backend) from a description
- Built-in Supabase integration handles auth, database, and storage
- Non-technical founders can build real, functional products
Cons
- All plugins are in maintenance mode: no new features
- Cascade in the JetBrains plugin is being deprecated, and the JetBrains remote plugin is no longer maintained
- The maker recommends Devin Desktop, or Devin over ACP in JetBrains, instead
- You get what the AI decides: limited control over code architecture and patterns
- Complex business logic still needs a developer to implement properly
- Tied to React + Supabase stack whether that is the right choice or not
Details
Codeium was a free AI autocomplete extension that worked in almost any editor: VS Code, JetBrains, Vim, Emacs and more. Its company built the Windsurf editor on top of it and, in April 2025, renamed itself Windsurf, retiring the Codeium brand and renaming the extensions Windsurf Plugin. Cognition bought the Windsurf business later in 2025 and renamed the editor Devin Desktop on 2 June 2026. codeium.com now opens the Devin Desktop site.
The plugins still exist, but Cognition’s documentation lists all of them as in maintenance mode and recommends the Devin Desktop editor, or Devin over ACP inside JetBrains IDEs. For AI completion in your current editor with active development, GitHub Copilot is the usual choice. If you are willing to switch editors, Devin Desktop or Cursor give you completion plus agent features.
Lovable (formerly GPT Engineer) is for founders who have an idea and want a working app, not a wireframe or a mockup. You describe what you want, and it generates a full-stack React app with a Supabase backend: auth, database, the works. You can then edit the code or keep iterating with prompts.
This is not a toy. People have shipped real MVPs with it. But know the limits: the generated code follows patterns the AI knows, which may not be the best patterns for your specific use case. If your app is a straightforward CRUD tool or marketplace, Lovable can get you 80% there. If you need complex real-time features or unusual architecture, you will hit walls.
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