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Must-Have Plugins for Cursor Editor

2024-03-20By Cursor Team

Introduction

While Cursor comes with powerful built-in features, the right plugins can significantly enhance your development experience. This guide covers the most useful extensions compatible with Cursor Editor.

Note: Cursor supports most VS Code extensions, making it easy to enhance your editor with thousands of available plugins.

Productivity Plugins

Essential extensions to boost your coding efficiency:

Path Intellisense

Autocompletes filenames in your code.

  • Supports relative paths
  • Works with imports and requires
  • Customizable file associations

Auto Rename Tag

Automatically renames paired HTML/XML tags.

  • Works in JSX/TSX files
  • Supports custom tag pairs
  • Real-time tag updating

Code Snippets

Collection of useful code snippets for various languages.

  • Language-specific snippets
  • Customizable templates
  • Framework-specific collections

Language Support

Enhance your coding experience with language-specific extensions:

JavaScript/TypeScript

  • ESLint
  • TypeScript Hero
  • Import Cost
  • JavaScript (ES6) code snippets

Python

  • Python
  • Pylance
  • Python Docstring Generator
  • Python Test Explorer

Code Formatting

Keep your code clean and consistent:

Prettier

Opinionated code formatter with broad language support.

  • Supports multiple languages
  • Configurable rules
  • Format on save option

EditorConfig

Maintain consistent coding styles across editors.

  • Project-wide settings
  • Cross-editor compatibility
  • Easy configuration

Themes and UI

Customize your editor's appearance:

Popular Themes

  • One Dark Pro
  • Material Theme
  • Night Owl
  • Dracula Official

Icon Packs

  • Material Icon Theme
  • vscode-icons
  • Simple Icons

Git Integration

Enhance your version control workflow:

GitLens

Supercharge Git capabilities within Cursor.

  • Inline blame annotations
  • File and line history
  • Branch visualization
  • Advanced comparison tools

Git Graph

View your Git history as a graph.

  • Visual commit history
  • Branch management
  • Repository analysis

Testing Tools

Improve your testing workflow:

Test Explorer UI

  • Visual test runner
  • Test debugging
  • Coverage visualization

Jest Runner

  • Run individual tests
  • Debug tests
  • Coverage reporting

Debugging Extensions

Essential tools for debugging:

Debug Visualizer

Visualize data structures while debugging.

  • Custom visualization rules
  • Support for complex data structures
  • Real-time updates

Live Share

Collaborative debugging sessions.

  • Real-time collaboration
  • Shared debugging sessions
  • Terminal sharing

Tip: Most debugging extensions work seamlessly with Cursor's built-in debugging capabilities.