GitHub has long been the preferred code-hosting platform for a large number of developers. However, the platform has recently faced widely reported outages and performance problems, creating an opportunity for Cursor to enter the market.
Cursor Origin
Cursor, the AI startup that is now officially part of SpaceX, launched Origin this week. The new code-hosting platform offers many of the functions developers typically use GitHub for.
Origin allows developers to collaborate on codebases, browse and edit code, manage pull requests, and store projects in repositories.
The launch marks a natural expansion for Cursor. Until now, the company has mainly focused on automated web development services through its AI Code Editor.
Cursor says it plans to introduce “agent native” features to Origin, although it has not shared many details about them. The company is also developing a wider “app ecosystem” to support broader coding work within the platform.
Origin Can Work Alongside GitHub
Developers do not need to leave GitHub to use Origin. Cursor designed the platform to work alongside GitHub and allow users to move code between the two services.
“Your GitHub repos can sit alongside the ones Cursor hosts,” Cursor said in its blog. “Connect GitHub to Cursor, pick your org, and you’ll see the repos you can sync. Select one, and Cursor pulls it in.”
GitHub Faces Growing Reliability Problems
Origin arrives as developers continue to express frustration over a perceived decline in GitHub’s service quality. On the same day Cursor launched Origin, GitHub suffered a lengthy worldwide outage.
For more than six hours, GitHub’s services were reportedly degraded, with the platform experiencing a nearly 20% error rate worldwide.
The incident was not an isolated problem. Earlier this year, GitHub announced new measures aimed at addressing complaints from developers following a series of outages and growing availability issues.
According to a recent LeadDev analysis, GitHub suffered 257 outages over the past year. LeadDev reporter Charles Humble said the persistent problems have resulted in “a visible exodus of high-profile users.”
GitHub Still Has a Massive Lead
Despite these problems, Cursor faces a major challenge if it wants to compete directly with GitHub.
According to GitHub’s own figures, around 180 million developers were using the platform as of last October. GitHub was founded in 2007 and acquired by Microsoft in 2012, and it continues to be the world’s largest source-code hosting platform.
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