Kiro, Agentic AI IDE from AWS: "Spec-Driven Development"

yet another VS Code fork, like Cursor & Windsurf

"Free," at least for now, in preview. That is a good deal!

kirodotdev/Kiro: Kiro is an agentic IDE that works alongside you from prototype to production. @GitHub

Kiro is an agentic IDE that helps you go from prototype to production with spec-driven development, agent hooks, and natural language coding assistance. Build faster with AI-powered features that understand your entire codebase, turn prompts into structured specs, and automate repetitive tasks.

 👻 Kiro Agentic AI IDE: Beyond a Coding Assistant - Full Stack Software Development with Spec Driven AI | AWS re:Post

Kiro, meaning "crossroads" in Japanese (きろ), perfectly embodies the intersection where traditional development meets AI powered acceleration.

public preview, is not an AWS service or an "AWS Kiro" - it's an agentic IDE that stands on Code OSS platform with the product brand "Kiro". It's unlike any other Amazon product launch. 

Kiro's "Spec-Driven Development"

Amazon's Cursor Competitor Kiro is Surprisingly good!! : r/cursor

AWS just released its Cursor killer… - YouTube

Kiro Is AWS's Specs-Centric Answer to Windsurf and Cursor - The New Stack

source code analysis of Amazon Kiro @ghuntley.com

 

Hands on with Kiro, the AWS preview of an agentic AI IDE driven by specifications • DEVCLASS

AI Windsurf: deal, no deal: OpenAI => Google, Devin

Cognition, maker of the AI coding agent Devin, acquires Windsurf | TechCrunch

Cognition, the startup behind the viral AI coding agent Devin, announced in a blog post on Monday that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire AI coding startup Windsurf.

The announcement comes just days after Google hired away Windsurf’s CEO Varun Mohan, co-founder Douglas Chen, and research leaders in a $2.4 billion reverse-acquihire that left much of the startup’s 250-person team behind. Google’s deal occurred just hours after OpenAI’s $3 billion offer to acquire Windsurf expired, clearing the way for the AI coding startup to explore other options.

About | Windsurf (formerly Codeium)

The Windsurf situation is pretty wild (RIP $3 billion?) - YouTube

Building Windsurf with Varun Mohan - YouTube

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