Devin Desktop

Devin Desktop is an agentic coding IDE from Cognition that pairs a code editor with a command center for managing local and cloud AI agents.

Cognition shipped the new editor to existing users as an over-the-air update. It stays backwards-compatible with the older editor, so extensions, keybindings, language servers, and settings carry over untouched, and existing plans and pricing are unchanged.

The editor is built on the Visual Studio Code codebase, so it can also import settings, keybindings, and themes from VS Code or Cursor at onboarding.

The default surface is the Agent Command Center, a Kanban board that tracks every local and cloud agent by status in one place. Spaces gather the sessions, pull requests, files, and context for a single task or project into one view that related agents share.

Devin Local is the in-editor agent harness, and Cognition ships the same harness in the Devin CLI. It replaced Cascade, the agent Windsurf shipped, and adds subagents and sandboxing. The Agent Client Protocol (ACP) keeps the board open to outside agents, so Codex CLI, Claude Agent, and OpenCode run beside Devin.

Python tooling comes from extensions in the Open VSX Registry, where Cognition’s recommended set covers the Microsoft Python extension, Windsurf Pyright, Ruff, and Python Debugger. Builds run on macOS, Windows, and Linux, and Devin is also available as a JetBrains plugin.

Official website: docs.devin.ai

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By Martin Breuss • Updated Sept. 10, 2026
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