Supermaven
Hacker ApprovedRanked 2 of 4 code autocompletes by recommenders
Fast, smart tab autocomplete that works well in editors like Neovim and PyCharm; critics say Cursor's purchase effectively killed it.
Fast, smart tab autocomplete that works well in editors like Neovim and PyCharm; critics say Cursor's purchase effectively killed it.
13 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 77%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 3.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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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
Fast, smart tab autocomplete
“Supermaven or Cursor's tab autocomplete models from a year ago were already a huge boost over the pre-AI days.”
Comment from 21 Apr 2026 in “ChatGPT and Codex Down” “Supermaven filled a niche of a drop-in high speed autocomplete that was nice”
Comment from 23 Nov 2025 in “Sunsetting Supermaven” “Supermaven still is the smartest & best tab autocomplete I've ever used.”
Comment from 24 Nov 2025 in “Sunsetting Supermaven” - Comment from 24 Nov 2025 in “Sunsetting Supermaven”
Strong Neovim support
“Supermaven had great support for neovim for tab completion, will definitely miss that.”
Comment from 24 Nov 2025 in “Sunsetting Supermaven” “In my testing Supermaven was the best in nvim”
Comment from 24 Nov 2025 in “Sunsetting Supermaven” Drop-in, feels like superpowers
“Supermaven filled a niche of a drop-in high speed autocomplete that was nice”
Comment from 23 Nov 2025 in “Sunsetting Supermaven” “pycharm+supermaven was feeling like having superpowers”
Comment from 22 Dec 2025 in “Claude Code gets native LSP support”
Other code autocompletes people recommend
The three most recommended other code autocompletes, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweep 1.5B | 28 | 3 | 90% | 6 | — | Approved |
| SupermavenThis page | 10 | 3 | 77% | 5 | — | Approved |
| Cursor Tab | 9 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
| Zeta 2 by Zed Industries | 6 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
12 of the 14 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“they bought Supermaven and basically killed it”
“I fear for my grandfathered-in free SuperMaven”
“Supermaven or Cursor's tab autocomplete models from a year ago were already a huge boost over the pre-AI days.”
“Copilot, Supermaven, Codecompanion, etc. don't even come close”
“pycharm+supermaven was feeling like having superpowers”
“they did charge my CC two days ago on 22nd though”
“Supermaven really had found a sweet spot for both.”
“Supermaven had great support for neovim for tab completion, will definitely miss that.”
“In my testing Supermaven was the best in nvim”
“Supermaven still is the smartest & best tab autocomplete I've ever used.”
“Supermaven filled a niche of a drop-in high speed autocomplete that was nice”
“Guess 2025 is a lost year on that front.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.