I was skeptical about AntiGravity at first, mostly because I have seen way too many AI IDEs pop up recently. Every week there’s a new “revolutionary” AI coding ide claiming it will replace everything you’ve ever used. So when I first heard about AntiGravity, I assumed it was just another entry in the already crowded AI-IDE market and didn’t give it much attention.But there was another reason for my skepticism. When I realized it was backed by Google, I became even more unsure. In my experience, Google’s Gemini models are excellent for multimodal tasks, things like Nano Banana–style image generation, Veo video experiments and other creative AI workflows. However, when it came to full-stack development and complex code modifications, I hadn’t been very impressed before. So naturally, my expectations were low.
But again after constant influence from peers, LinkedIn promotions and developer discussions hyping it up in X communities , I finally downloaded it. And oh boy... its an amazing tool
For context, I have been using Cursor Pro for most of my projects and it’s genuinely solid, especially with access to Claude Opus 4.6 (thinking) by Anthropic, which is an incredibly powerful model. The only issue was the limit. Even with Pro, usage caps meant I had to be mindful of how much I relied on it, especially during heavy refactoring sessions where burning through your quota can break your development flow.
With AntiGravity, things felt different. Instead of strict daily caps, the Claude Opus 4.6 (thinking) model refreshes roughly every four hours, which makes it feel far less restrictive during intense coding cycles. That alone changed how freely I could experiment.
The interface feels very similar to VS Code, which is actually a good thing because there’s no unnecessary learning curve, you just open it and start building. It currently runs six models, responses feel noticeably faster, context retention is more consistent and overall the workflow feels smoother than Cursor in my experience.
But what really blew my mind happened just a few minutes before writing this article. I asked Claude Opus 4.6 (thinking) inside AntiGravity to make my new project (more on that later) mobile and tablet responsive. Instead of just suggesting CSS tweaks, it opened a Chrome guest window automatically, launched the localhost server, took screenshots of the UI, visually analyzed the layout and then modified the code accordingly.
It didn’t just reason about the interface it actually looked at it. I’ve used numerous, truly numerous IDEs and AI coding tools and none of them executed something like this so seamlessly. That moment is exactly what made me sit down at 4 AM and start writing this.
I also tested it on my research project, which requires structured reasoning, logical consistency, and technical precision. It didn’t just assist it exceeded expectations. The way it handled iterative refinement and deeper reasoning felt more capable than I anticipated.
Right now, AntiGravity is freely available. And if there’s one pattern we’ve all seen in tech, it’s that the most generous access usually exists during early growth phases, once adoption increases, restrictions often follow. If you’re a developer or researcher experimenting with AI-driven workflows, this is probably the best time to try it.
I didn’t expect to like AntiGravity. I expected it to be just another AI IDE. Instead, it surprised me and that’s rare in 2026.
It’s 4 AM as I finish this. I didn’t plan to write about it. But sometimes a tool is good enough that it pulls a review out of you.
This was one of those times.