Codeium renamed itself Windsurf on 4 April 2025, and the free Codeium Extensions became the Windsurf Plugins. Cognition, the company behind Devin, acquired Windsurf on 14 July 2025. On 2 June 2026 the Windsurf editor was renamed Devin Desktop in an over-the-air update. As of August 2026 codeium.com redirects to windsurf.com, which redirects to devin.ai/desktop. Pricing is now Cognition's: Free, Pro at $20/mo, Max at $200/mo, and Teams from $80/mo, with original Windsurf subscribers grandfathered at $15/mo Pro and $30 per developer seat.
- Codeium became Windsurf on 4 April 2025, and Windsurf became Devin Desktop on 2 June 2026.
- The free Codeium Extensions are now the Windsurf Plugins, and kept that name through the second rename.
- Cognition owns it, acquired 14 July 2025. It is the same company that makes Devin.
- Your install kept working. Both renames shipped as updates, with settings and plans carried over.
- Original Windsurf subscribers are grandfathered at $15/mo Pro and $30 per seat, indefinitely.
The short answer
Codeium is not discontinued and it did not disappear. It was renamed, then the company that renamed it was acquired, then the product was renamed again. You can watch the whole thing happen in the HTTP status codes.
curl -sIL https://codeium.com/ | grep -iE "^HTTP|^location"
# HTTP/2 301
# location: https://windsurf.com/
# HTTP/2 308
# location: https://devin.ai/desktopOne product, three names.
| Name | Period | What it was |
|---|---|---|
| Codeium | Until April 2025 | Free code completion extension, then a company name |
| Windsurf | April 2025 to June 2026 | The AI editor, plus the renamed plugins |
| Devin Desktop | From 2 June 2026 | The same editor under Cognition's brand |
How it got here
Four events, in order, each of which changed what the name means.
Codeium builds the free autocomplete everyone recommends
Codeium's reputation was built on a free extension for VS Code and the JetBrains IDEs at a time when the obvious alternative cost $10 a month. That is why the brand name still has search volume: a lot of people installed it once and never thought about it again.
November 2024: the Windsurf Editor ships
A standalone AI editor rather than a plugin, with Cascade as its agent surface. The company now had a product name and a company name that did not match, and most users already said Windsurf when they meant the editor.
4 April 2025: the company renames to Windsurf
The announcement is blunt about the scope: the company rebranded to Windsurf, and the original Codeium Extensions were rebranded to the Windsurf Plugins. One identity across company, editor, and plugins.
14 July 2025: Cognition acquires Windsurf
This followed a widely reported acquisition approach from OpenAI that did not complete, and a separate deal in which Google hired Windsurf's chief executive and co-founder. Cognition, the company behind Devin, acquired what remained: the editor, the plugins, and the enterprise business.
2 June 2026: Windsurf becomes Devin Desktop
Cognition folded the editor into its main brand. Its own FAQ says Devin Desktop is the new name for Windsurf, and the announcement describes it as the next generation of Windsurf, fully backwards-compatible, with the Agent Command Center as the default interface and Spaces for letting several agents share context.
What happened to the free extensions
The plugins are the part of Codeium most people actually used, and they survived both renames under the Windsurf Plugins name. Cognition's documentation still carries a Windsurf Plugins section with its own changelog, alongside Cascade for JetBrains.
| You had | It is now |
|---|---|
| Codeium extension for VS Code | Windsurf Plugins |
| Codeium plugin for JetBrains IDEs | Windsurf Plugins, with Cascade |
| Codeium Windsurf Editor | Devin Desktop |
| A Codeium account | The same account, under Cognition |
| codeium.com bookmarks | Redirect to devin.ai/desktop |
What it costs now
Devin Desktop is billed on Cognition's plans, which are the same plans that cover Devin's cloud agent and CLI. Prices read from the Devin pricing page on 7 August 2026.
Current plans. Devin Desktop access is included on Free, Pro, Max, and Teams full seats.
| Plan | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Light quota, limited model availability |
| Pro | $20/month | Single user. Daily and weekly quota |
| Max | $200/month | Single user. Weekly quota, no daily cap |
| Teams | $80/month minimum | $40 full seats, free flex seats, unlimited members |
| Enterprise | Contact sales | SSO, VPC deployment, dedicated support |
Grandfathered Windsurf prices
- An existing Pro subscriber at $15/mo keeps that price indefinitely, on the new quota system.
- An existing Teams subscriber at $30 per developer seat keeps that price indefinitely.
- Every paid subscriber got a free extra week added to their renewal when the quota system landed.
- Enterprise customers, self-serve and contracted, continue under their existing billing agreements.
How the quota works
Since March 2026 Devin Desktop meters a daily and weekly budget measured in tokens, weighted by model, rather than selling credits. Free models do not count against it at all. When you run out, Free waits for the reset and paid plans buy extra usage, billed at API list prices for whichever model you were using.
Stay or move
The rename is not a reason to leave. The billing model might be, and so might the shape of the product, which has drifted from "AI editor" towards "command centre for a fleet of agents".
Where former Codeium users tend to land.
| If you want | Look at |
|---|---|
| To keep the editor you know | Stay. Devin Desktop is Windsurf with a new name |
| A free autocomplete tier again | GitHub Copilot Free, 2,000 completions a month |
| A VS Code fork with a strong agent | Cursor, $20/mo |
| A terminal agent instead of an editor | Claude Code from $20/mo, or Codex on any ChatGPT plan |
| Free, right now, with a real agent | Codex, included in ChatGPT Free |
| Fully open source | OpenCode or Aider, paying only for model tokens |
Questions people ask
It was renamed. Codeium became Windsurf on 4 April 2025 in a company-wide rebrand, and the Windsurf editor was renamed Devin Desktop on 2 June 2026 after Cognition acquired the company. codeium.com now redirects to devin.ai/desktop.
The brand no longer exists, and the product it became is metered. There is still a free plan with a light quota and limited model availability, but the unlimited free completion tier Codeium was known for is not what the current product sells.
Yes. Cognition renamed Windsurf to Devin Desktop on 2 June 2026 as an over-the-air update, and states that plan, pricing, extensions, and settings carry over automatically.
Cognition, the company behind Devin, which acquired it on 14 July 2025 after a reported OpenAI acquisition did not complete and Google separately hired Windsurf's chief executive and co-founder.
The renamed Codeium Extensions for VS Code and the JetBrains IDEs. They kept the Windsurf Plugins name through the Devin Desktop rename and still have their own documentation and changelog.
Yes. Cognition states that an existing Pro subscriber at $15 a month and an existing Teams subscriber at $30 per developer seat are grandfathered at those prices indefinitely, on the new quota system.
For free completion, GitHub Copilot Free. For an AI editor, Cursor. For a terminal agent, Claude Code or Codex, the latter of which is included in every ChatGPT plan including Free. For fully open source, OpenCode or Aider.
No. Both renames shipped as updates rather than as new products, so an existing install keeps working under the new name with your settings, extensions, and keybindings intact.
Sources
Every figure above was read from these pages on August 2026. Vendors reprice without notice; if you find a stale number, tell us.
- The next chapter: renaming to Windsurf the 4 April 2025 company rename and the Windsurf Plugins
- Cognition: introducing Devin Desktop the 2 June 2026 rename and backwards compatibility
- Devin pricing current plan prices
- Devin docs: quota-based usage the quota model and grandfathered Windsurf prices