# Cursor Origin

18 Hacker News commenters recommended Cursor Origin and 72 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Praised for a smooth experience and Git compatibility; the main caveat is that sharing outside your Cursor organization requires syncing with GitHub.

## Why people recommend it

- Seen as a timely, worthwhile move (3 comments): "this is a smart move by Cursor" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49339354)) "this deserves more attention" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49370736)) "Awesome stuff, about time." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49339708))
- Strong team likely to ship well (2 comments): "the team behind it is capable of pulling it off and shipping something truly incredible" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49382185)) "Origin has a chance to be the future of this space, with a clean slate and reputation." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49355791))
- Works smoothly with Git and Cloudflare (2 comments): "I migrated all of my repos from GitHub to Cursor Origin and am still able to easily use Cloudflare Workers" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50311174)) "It ties back to git nicely (git pull origin/main), and sounds human." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49334541))

## What people warn about

- Musk and xAI ownership concerns (6 comments): "it's DOA anyway, Elon is bad for your brand, hosting your project with Elon is a sure way to have people pass on it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49339559)) "do not expect you or your company's closed source code to be immediately queued to be ingested by an xAI model" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49358233)) "first they steal the source code in bulk, and now they are like fuck it, just send us your source code?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49352707))
- Fears of training on private code (4 comments): "there's no way they won't train on your private repos" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49337729)) "Missed opportunity having this being a pro feature, having it free would have paid for itself in training data down the line." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49343581)) "Such an insult to vibe code a new github and then expect developers to handle code to them so they can train on it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49351660))
- Forced account and GitHub sign-in (3 comments): "just like twitter, can't do shit without an account, lame and I won't even look at this product" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49349748)) "When I click "Get Started" I get greeted with a Github Login button which is kind of ironic" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49348797)) "presented with a modal dialog with a "Try Origin" button and zero option to dismiss it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49340906))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [GitHub](https://hackerapproved.com/p/github.md): 764 recommend
- [Forgejo](https://hackerapproved.com/p/forgejo.md): 380 recommend
- [GitLab](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gitlab.md): 331 recommend
- [Codeberg](https://hackerapproved.com/p/codeberg.md): 331 recommend
- [Gitea](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gitea.md): 195 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Cursor Origin", https://hackerapproved.com/p/origin/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).