Image from Cognition Windsurf Is Now Devin Desktop: Cognition Completes the Rebrand
Cognition pushed an over-the-air update on June 2 that renames Windsurf to Devin Desktop, promotes the Agent Command Center to the default IDE surface, and introduces Devin Local, a Rust rewrite of Cascade that is 30% more token-efficient.
Cognition shipped the Devin Desktop update on June 2, turning the Windsurf IDE into a fully rebranded product under the Devin name. Existing Windsurf users got it as an over-the-air update, no reinstall required. Extensions, keybindings, LSP configurations, and everything else transferred automatically.
The company framed the rebrand in a blog post: “a full IDE with an agent manager built in, not the other way around.” That sentence is a deliberate contrast to the previous Windsurf positioning, where the editor came first and agents were a feature layered on top.
Agent Command Center as the Default Surface
The biggest interface change is that the Agent Command Center is now what opens when you launch the app. In Windsurf 2.0, shipped back in April, the Command Center was a new panel you could access alongside the editor. Now it is the entry point.
The view shows a Kanban board of all running agents, both local sessions (Devin Local, formerly Cascade) and cloud Devin sessions. You can start tasks, review their status, or hand work between local and remote agents from the same screen without switching windows.
Spaces
Spaces group related sessions, open pull requests, files, and project context together. If you hand a task to Devin from inside a Space, it picks up the relevant context automatically. When you come back to a Space later, your previous layout and active agents are still there.
The practical difference from a regular project folder: Spaces are shaped around tasks, not files. You might have a “fix the auth bug” Space and a “refactor the API layer” Space running in parallel, each with independent agents and their own PR tracking.
Devin Local
Devin Local replaces Cascade as the name for the local agent that runs on your machine. Under the hood it is a complete rewrite in Rust. Cognition says it is up to 30% more token-efficient than Cascade, which translates to faster responses and lower costs for users on metered plans.
Devin Local also supports subagents, so it can spin up parallel workers for tasks that benefit from parallelism without needing to hand off to a cloud Devin session.
Agent Client Protocol
Devin Desktop ships with support for the Agent Client Protocol (ACP), an open protocol Cognition is positioning as a way to run third-party agents inside the editor. The list of compatible agents in the announcement includes Codex, Claude Agent, and OpenCode. If a tool implements ACP, it can appear alongside Devin in the Command Center and be managed from the same interface.
The protocol has existed as a concept in Windsurf for a while, but this release is the first time it has been documented and surfaced as a first-class feature for third-party integration.
Pricing and Plans
Nothing changes on pricing. Existing Windsurf subscribers keep their current plans and billing. The rebrand is a product and branding move, not a commercial restructuring.
Cognition acquired Windsurf from Codeium in 2025 and has been steadily pulling it into the Devin product line since. The April 2026 Windsurf 2.0 release added the Command Center and folded cloud Devin into every self-serve plan. This update completes that integration by renaming the product itself.