Windsurf Is Now Devin Desktop
WindsurfCognition rebranded Windsurf as Devin Desktop on June 2, 2026, unifying the IDE under the Devin brand. The rebrand ships with support for the Agent Client Protocol (ACP), an open-source standard that allows any compatible agent, including Codex, Claude Agent, and OpenCode, to run inside the editor alongside native Devin agents. Existing Windsurf users receive Devin Desktop as a seamless over-the-air update, with plans, pricing, extensions, and keybindings fully preserved. The release marks a strategic shift from a single-agent editor to an agent-neutral multi-agent management platform.
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Windsurf Becomes Devin Desktop: A New Chapter for the AI IDE
Cognition announced on June 2, 2026, that Windsurf, the AI-first IDE built on the VSCode foundation, has been rebranded as Devin Desktop. The product name changes, but the experience carries forward: the editor, extensions, keybindings, language server protocols, and workflows remain fully intact.
From Single-Agent Editor to Multi-Agent Platform
The defining shift in this release is philosophical. Windsurf was an editor with AI capabilities bolted on. Devin Desktop is, in Cognition's framing, an agent manager wrapped in a full IDE. When users open Devin Desktop for the first time, the default screen is no longer a blank editor tab: it is the Agent Command Center, a Kanban-style board displaying every running agent, local and cloud, sorted by status.
This redesign reflects a broader bet that the future of software development involves fleets of agents rather than a single copilot. Devin Desktop is the interface where that fleet gets managed.
Agent Client Protocol: An Open Standard for Third-Party Agents
The most technically significant addition in this release is ACP (Agent Client Protocol) support. ACP is an open-source protocol designed to allow any compatible agent to run inside any ACP-compatible editor.
At launch, Devin Desktop supports the following third-party agents via ACP:
- Codex (OpenAI)
- Claude Agent (Anthropic)
- OpenCode
- Custom in-house agents
These third-party agents receive first-class treatment: they appear in the Kanban view alongside Devin, run inside Spaces, and share context with other agents. ACP removes the vendor lock-in that defined the previous generation of AI editors, positioning Devin Desktop as a neutral orchestration layer rather than a closed ecosystem.
What Stays the Same
Cognition emphasized continuity throughout the announcement. Existing Windsurf users receive Devin Desktop as a standard over-the-air update: no reinstallation, no migration. Pricing plans, subscription tiers, installed extensions, and editor preferences carry over unchanged.
The application binary changes its name (Devin.app on macOS, Devin.exe on Windows, devin on Linux), but the editor internals remain VSCode-compatible.
Devin Local: Cascade's Successor
Alongside the rebrand, Cognition confirmed that Devin Local, the local agent that was introduced in the Windsurf 2.0 cycle, is the official successor to Cascade. Devin Local was rewritten from scratch in Rust and delivers approximately 30% better token efficiency while supporting modern features like subagents. Legacy Cascade support continues through July 1, 2026.
Spaces: Cross-Agent Context Management
Spaces remain a central organizing concept in Devin Desktop. Each Space groups related sessions, pull requests, files, and shared context, allowing users to switch instantly between different tasks or projects without losing agent state. Multiple agents can operate within the same Space and share context with each other, a critical capability when coordinating Devin Local, Devin Cloud, and third-party ACP agents simultaneously.