Devin Desktop
Devin Desktop is a multi-agent collaborative integrated development environment (IDE) platform developed by the Cognition team for AI-assisted software development. The platform supports the coordinated management of multiple AI agents, providing a kanban-style agent scheduling interface and shared context workspace. It is compatible with the open Agent Communication Protocol (ACP) and is designed to deeply integrate AI agents into developers' local workflows.
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Timeline (last 90 days)
In June 2026, Cognition renamed its Windsurf editor to Devin Desktop and added the Agent Command Center, a Kanban-style panel for managing multiple agents in one place; it was released as a free update with existing pricing and settings unchanged.
Cursor bets on the "enhanced editor" route, Devin Desktop bets on the "replacing developers" route, and Claude Code tries to take a middle path through context understanding capabilities.
Devin Desktop's predecessor is Windsurf, which was renamed Devin Desktop after being acquired by Cognition.
Devin has rolled out the Gemini 4 Argon model across Devin Desktop and Devin CLI.
Devin Desktop completely rewrote its core engine in Rust after acquiring WindSurf.
Devin Desktop has opened the ACP protocol, hosting competing agents within its own editor.
Windsurf's Cascade has become part of Devin Desktop.
Devin Desktop allows competing agents such as Codex or Claude Agent to run within its own IDE via the Agent-Client Protocol (ACP)
Devin Desktop is the new name for Windsurf, now developed by Cognition; existing users' plans, plugins, and settings will be migrated over.
The Devin Desktop used by the author operates in CLI mode with Claude Sonnet as the underlying model.
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Devin officially announced that the newly integrated GPT-5.6 Sol model is now live on both the Devin Desktop and Devin CLI platforms
65%VerifiedDevin has integrated Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 model, live in Devin Desktop and Devin CLI
65%UnverifiedDevin Desktop's predecessor is Windsurf, which was renamed Devin Desktop after being acquired by Cognition.
50%UnverifiedCursor bets on the "enhanced editor" route, Devin Desktop bets on the "replacing developers" route, and Claude Code tries to take a middle path through context understanding capabilities.
50%UnverifiedDevin Desktop completely rewrote its core engine in Rust after acquiring WindSurf.
50%UnverifiedDevin Desktop has opened the ACP protocol, hosting competing agents within its own editor.
50%UnverifiedWindsurf's Cascade has become part of Devin Desktop.
50%UnverifiedDevin Desktop allows competing agents such as Codex or Claude Agent to run within its own IDE via the Agent-Client Protocol (ACP)
50%UnverifiedDevin Desktop is the new name for Windsurf, now developed by Cognition; existing users' plans, plugins, and settings will be migrated over.
50%UnverifiedThe Devin Desktop used by the author operates in CLI mode with Claude Sonnet as the underlying model.
50%UnverifiedDevin Desktop is a renamed version of the original Windsurf IDE, serving as a command center for local and cloud agents.
50%UnverifiedChatGPT login support covers all three forms of Devin: Devin Cloud, Devin Desktop, and Devin CLI.
50%UnverifiedSWE-2 has been integrated into Devin Desktop and CLI, and users can use it directly.
50%UnverifiedIn June 2026, Cognition renamed its Windsurf editor to Devin Desktop and added the Agent Command Center, a Kanban-style panel for managing multiple agents in one place; it was released as a free update with existing pricing and settings unchanged.
50%UnverifiedCognition团队正式宣布将AI编程IDE Windsurf更名为Devin Desktop
95%UnverifiedThe Grok 4.7 model is now officially available in Devin Desktop and Devin CLI.
50%UnverifiedDevin integrates Devin Cloud capabilities into the terminal environment, allowing developers to create, steer, resume, and watch cloud sessions via the command line.
50%UnverifiedGPT-6 Astra is directly available in Devin Desktop and Devin CLI.
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