Own your editor.

Axiom is a lightweight Cursor alternative: it pairs the VS Code editing model with a built-in AI agent, but renders through your operating system's webview instead of a bundled Chromium. Idle with three windows open, Axiom uses 759 MB where Cursor uses 2,802 MB. There is also no subscription. You bring your own API keys and pay your model provider directly.

Axiom is built on VS Code's open-source core (Code – OSS), so the editor, command palette, and keybindings are the ones you already know. The difference is underneath: Electron is replaced by OS-native webviews (WebView2 on Windows, WebKit on macOS, and WebKitGTK on Linux), rarely-used stock features are stripped out, and Axiom AI, on-device autocomplete, FlowViz visualizations, and a token-usage dashboard are added on top.

Axiom natively speaks both the Anthropic and OpenAI APIs, so you can connect Anthropic, OpenAI, or any provider compatible with either (such as DeepSeek) using your own API keys. You can add multiple models, label them, and toggle extended thinking per model. Inline autocomplete runs on a small on-device model that needs no key or network at all.

Yes. Axiom is designed to coexist with first-party coding extensions such as Codex and Claude Code. Axiom also exposes its tools to external extensions through a local MCP server, so those agents can work with Axiom's capabilities without replacing the workflow you prefer.

Yes. Axiom supports the full OpenVSX registry, so you can keep the languages, debuggers, themes, and developer tools that make your editor yours.

No. Axiom does not sell subscriptions: Community 2026 is free forever, Pro 2026 is a single $49.99, and Max 2026 is a single $99.99. You own the edition you buy, for life. Axiom AI runs on your own API keys, so you pay your model provider directly with no markup or middleman.

Axiom Community 2026 is free forever, Axiom Pro 2026 is a one-time $49.99, and Axiom Max 2026 is a one-time $99.99. Axiom ships a new edition each year; upgrade to the next edition for $24.99 from Pro or $49.99 from Max. Or keep using the edition you already own for as long as you like.

Community is a complete editor, not a trial: the editor-aware agent, multi-provider BYOK, diff-level review, mutation ledger undo, on-device autocomplete, FlowViz, MCP, persistent agent memory, and free token analytics are all included. Pro is for developers who lean on the agent all day. It adds parallel agent operations and managed background terminals, token budgets with spend alerts, semantic code search across your workspace, and agent-integrated debugging and testing. Max is for developers who want the agent working when they are not: several agents on isolated workspaces coordinated toward one goal, autonomous background tasks, a semantic index spanning every repository you own, architecture maps, gateway routing, and the option to run the whole agent on local models.

Yes, and you are only ever charged the difference. Moving from Pro to Max costs $50 (the gap between the two list prices, not a second full purchase) and your existing licence carries straight over, so you never pay twice for what you already own. This is separate from the yearly edition upgrade: carrying a licence you own forward to next year's edition is $24.99 from Pro or $49.99 from Max.

Then we give you your money back. 14 days, no questions asked. Email contact@iasoft.dev with the subject line "Refund Request" and your invoice number, and we will issue the refund right away to the payment method you used; your bank or PayPal may take a few business days to show it. You do not need to explain yourself or talk anyone out of anything. Axiom Community is free, so this applies to Pro and Max.

Because Max is not a bigger allowance. It is a different set of capabilities. Since you bring your own keys, a higher edition can never sell you more model usage or faster models; you always pay your provider directly at their price, on every edition. What Max adds is orchestration and reach: multiple agents working in isolated checkouts at once, tasks that keep running in the background, understanding that spans every repository you own, and the option to run the agent entirely on local models with no provider at all.

Axiom collects zero behavioural telemetry on every edition: Community needs no account and counts no seats, and nothing about your code or activity is sent to IASoft. Axiom does use limited operational telemetry for product activation and licensing: it registers your installation to prove entitlement and refreshes a signed local receipt. That licensing traffic never carries what you edit or what the agent does.

Axiom Community 2026 is out now. Version 1.0.7 is available as a Windows x64 installer from the download page, free and forever. The download page shows live availability and ETAs for the planned Windows ARM64, Linux x64 and ARM64, and Apple silicon macOS builds. Axiom Pro and Axiom Max are also on the way. Sign up on this page and we will send one note the day each one goes live.