cursor

skill
Security Audit
Warn
Health Warn
  • No license — Repository has no license file
  • Description — Repository has a description
  • Active repo — Last push 60 days ago
  • Community trust — 32551 GitHub stars
Code Warn
  • Code scan incomplete — No supported source files were scanned during light audit
Permissions Pass
  • Permissions — No dangerous permissions requested
Purpose
This tool is an AI-powered code editor and coding agent designed to help developers write and manage software more efficiently. It acts as an interactive development environment with integrated artificial intelligence capabilities.

Security Assessment
The automated code scan was unable to analyze the underlying source files, meaning specific security behaviors remain largely unknown. However, the tool did not request any dangerous system permissions. By its very nature as an AI coding agent, users should assume it processes code and potentially makes network requests to external AI servers to function. No hardcoded secrets were detected, but because the code was not scanned for data handling practices, the overall risk is rated as Medium.

Quality Assessment
This project demonstrates exceptionally high community trust, backed by over 32,500 GitHub stars. It is actively maintained, with recent repository activity logged within the last two months. However, the repository lacks a formal open-source license file. This is a significant concern for developers, as the absence of a license means the software is distributed under default copyright laws, strictly limiting how it can be legally used, modified, or distributed.

Verdict
Use with caution: while the project is highly popular and trusted by the community, the absence of a formal license introduces legal usage restrictions, and the unscanned source code means its underlying security posture cannot be fully verified.
SUMMARY

The AI Code Editor

README.md

Cursor

Cursor is an AI code editor and coding agent.

Creating new posts on our forum for bugs or feature requests is much appreciated!

Getting Started

Head over to our website to download Cursor.

Features

See here for more info on Cursor's features.

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