Oriora Know Your Code vs Cursor
Know Your Code indexes a local repo on your device and answers questions cited to the real file and line, sending only the matching snippets, on your own AI key. Cursor is an AI code editor with agents that edit and ship code, sold as a subscription. This page compares them only for the job of asking questions about your codebase, with every claim about Cursor linked to their own listing.
Written by Oriora, the maker of Oriora Know Your Code. Every claim about Cursor is taken from Anysphere Inc.'s own published pages, linked per row, and was last checked on 6 September 2026. Cursor is the name of Anysphere Inc.'s product and is used here only to identify it.
- Oriora Know Your Code indexes a local git repo on your device and answers plain-English questions cited to file and line. Only the snippets that match your question are sent, and nothing sent is retained.
- Know Your Code is read-only. It does not write, edit or run code. It runs on your own AI key with no subscription.
- Cursor is an AI editor with agents that implement changes, fix bugs and ship software, with in-app plans listed from $25.99 to $259.99 on the App Store.
Feature by feature
“Verify” opens the Cursor page each row was read from.
| Feature | Cursor | Oriora Know Your Code | Has it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free download. In-app: Pro $25.99, Pro+ $77.99, Ultra $259.99 as listed.Prices as listed on the US App Store on 6 September 2026.Verify ↗ | Free app, no subscription. Each question is billed to your Oriora wallet and the AI runs on your own key. | Different |
| Ask questions about your codebase | Yes: agents "answer questions about your codebase".Verify ↗ | Yes. | Both |
| Answers cited to file and line | Not stated on the listing.Verify ↗ | Yes. Every claim cites the real file and line; a citation to a path that was not sent is dropped. | Know Your Code |
| "Where is X defined?" without an AI call | Not stated on the listing.Verify ↗ | Yes, from an on-device symbol map. | Know Your Code |
| The whole repo stays on your machine | Cursor's privacy policy says personal data is processed on servers in various jurisdictions including the United States.Verify ↗ | Yes. The index is built on your Mac; only matched snippets and your question are sent, and env files, private keys and credential stores are skipped before indexing. | Know Your Code |
| Edit code, implement features, fix bugs | Yes: the core product. Agents implement changes and test them in a sandbox.Verify ↗ | No. Read-only by design. | Cursor |
| Autocomplete and inline completion | Not on this listing, which is the iOS app; the desktop editor is documented separately.Verify ↗ | No. | Different |
| Run agents from your phone | Yes, that is what the iOS app is for.Verify ↗ | No. There is no phone app. | Cursor |
| Stale-index warning | Not stated on the listing.Verify ↗ | Yes: it counts what changed since the index and warns that citations may be stale. | Know Your Code |
| Runs on your own AI key | Not on the listing.Verify ↗ | Yes. | Know Your Code |
- ✓You want to understand a codebase, not have an agent change it.
- ✓You want every answer cited to a file and line you can open.
- ✓You want only matching snippets sent, with env files, private keys and credential stores skipped at index time.
- ✓You want to pay per question on your own key, with no subscription or request cap.
Cursor is a full AI editor: agents that write and edit code, autocomplete, sandboxed testing, and an iOS app to run agents remotely. Know Your Code only answers questions.
Questions people ask
Is Oriora Know Your Code an alternative to Cursor?
Only for one job: asking questions about a codebase. Cursor is an editor whose agents write and edit code. Know Your Code is read-only, cites file and line, sends only matching snippets and runs on your own key with no subscription.
Does my whole repository get sent?
No. Only the snippets that match your question, plus the question, are sent for each answer, and env files, private keys and credential stores are skipped before indexing.
What does Cursor have that Know Your Code does not?
Code editing and generation by agents, autocomplete, sandboxed testing of changes, and an iOS app to launch and review agents.
The Cursor column is read from Anysphere Inc.'s own App Store listing, in-app purchase list and privacy policy, not from reviews or third-party articles, and was last checked on 6 September 2026. The Oriora Know Your Code column is read from the app as shipped. Where Cursor's listing does not mention a feature, the row says so rather than claiming they lack it. Drafted with AI assistance and reviewed by the Oriora team. If anything here is out of date, write to [email protected] and it will be corrected.