Cursor Origin
Ranked 11 of 22 Git forges by recommenders
Praised for a smooth experience and Git compatibility; the main caveat is that sharing outside your Cursor organization requires syncing with GitHub.
Praised for a smooth experience and Git compatibility; the main caveat is that sharing outside your Cursor organization requires syncing with GitHub.
90 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 18
- criticize it
- 72
- approval share
- 20%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 18 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 0.2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Seen as a timely, worthwhile move
“this is a smart move by Cursor”
Comment from 17 Aug 2026 in “Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative” “this deserves more attention”
Comment from 20 Aug 2026 in “Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative” “Awesome stuff, about time.”
Comment from 18 Aug 2026 in “Cursor Origin” Strong team likely to ship well
“the team behind it is capable of pulling it off and shipping something truly incredible”
Comment from 21 Aug 2026 in “Git at Any Scale” “Origin has a chance to be the future of this space, with a clean slate and reputation.”
Comment from 19 Aug 2026 in “Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative” Works smoothly with Git and Cloudflare
“I migrated all of my repos from GitHub to Cursor Origin and am still able to easily use Cloudflare Workers”
Comment from 30 Oct 2026 in “GitHub Incident with Actions, Pages, and Webhooks” “It ties back to git nicely (git pull origin/main), and sounds human.”
Comment from 17 Aug 2026 in “Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Musk and xAI ownership concerns
“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”
Comment from 18 Aug 2026 in “Cursor Origin” “do not expect you or your company's closed source code to be immediately queued to be ingested by an xAI model”
Comment from 19 Aug 2026 in “Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative” “first they steal the source code in bulk, and now they are like fuck it, just send us your source code?”
Comment from 18 Aug 2026 in “Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative” - Comment from 18 Aug 2026 in “Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative”
- Comment from 18 Aug 2026 in “Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative”
- Comment from 18 Aug 2026 in “Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative”
Fears of training on private code
“there's no way they won't train on your private repos”
Comment from 17 Aug 2026 in “Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative” “Missed opportunity having this being a pro feature, having it free would have paid for itself in training data down the line.”
Comment from 18 Aug 2026 in “GitHub degradation affects Cursor Origin, its new Git platform” “Such an insult to vibe code a new github and then expect developers to handle code to them so they can train on it.”
Comment from 18 Aug 2026 in “Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative” - Comment from 18 Aug 2026 in “Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative”
Forced account and GitHub sign-in
“just like twitter, can't do shit without an account, lame and I won't even look at this product”
Comment from 18 Aug 2026 in “Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative” “When I click "Get Started" I get greeted with a Github Login button which is kind of ironic”
Comment from 18 Aug 2026 in “Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative” “presented with a modal dialog with a "Try Origin" button and zero option to dismiss it”
Comment from 18 Aug 2026 in “GitHub degradation affects Cursor Origin, its new Git platform”
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See all 22 Git forges, rankedWhat people said
40 of the 99 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I migrated all of my repos from GitHub to Cursor Origin and am still able to easily use Cloudflare Workers”
“Having a record of every prompt, tool call and model response enterprise wide allows you to answer these kinds of questions.”
“the team behind it is capable of pulling it off and shipping something truly incredible”
“this deserves more attention”
“how damn smooth the experience is”
“do not expect you or your company's closed source code to be immediately queued to be ingested by an xAI model”
“Origin has a chance to be the future of this space, with a clean slate and reputation.”
“I wouldn't even feel comfortable cloning from it, let alone contributing.”
“first they steal the source code in bulk, and now they are like fuck it, just send us your source code?”
“It is the perfect containment chamber”
“whatever cursor launches and any other bigco does obeys to the same friking iron law”
“Such an insult to vibe code a new github and then expect developers to handle code to them so they can train on it.”
“It is not a GH alternative, unless it is available for everyone with unlimited private and public repos.”
“This feels like an attempt to get more of Musk's non-coder fans to start vibe coding slop-products.”
“just like twitter, can't do shit without an account, lame and I won't even look at this product”
“Will code uploaded to Origin be used to train LLMs to generate more accurate child porn via Grok?”
“I just can't bring myself to use a service like this under the custody of SpaceX”
“I can't imagine reaching for this instead of GitLab, GitTea, or one of the many other more mature and open source alternatives”
“It was probably written 95% by an LLM and has only a few people (if any at all) that understand major parts of the system end to end.”
“When I click "Get Started" I get greeted with a Github Login button which is kind of ironic”
“Reduces barrier of entry for mass AI spam, so I'm for it”
“You must have a valid mobile phone number to sign up. SMS charges may apply.”
“looks pretty good integrated to build agents and ship them quickly using one ecosystem”
“Missed opportunity having this being a pro feature, having it free would have paid for itself in training data down the line.”
“presented with a modal dialog with a "Try Origin" button and zero option to dismiss it”
“This is just a beta. And it will iterate rapidly.”
“Awesome stuff, about time.”
“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”
“this is a smart move by Cursor”
“This completely fails to address one of the issues that people have with Github”
“The main limitation right now is that to share the code with anyone outside your Cursor organization, you need to sync it with GitHub.”
“it stays up even as your commit/CI frequency increases”
“there's no way they won't train on your private repos”
“It's walking a thin line between genius-growth-move and domain typosquatting.”
“It ties back to git nicely (git pull origin/main), and sounds human.”
“they always add features with the goal of benefiting the store owning company, not the customer”
“I'm also not confident this is something that will stick (and survive the acquisition)”
“Support brands with values and local manufacturing”
“the core team were more interested in fighting over who would take credit for it when it succeeded than ever ensuring that it would”
“Oh, you haven't played this game in a while. You should pay us again if you wanna play it again.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.