Z.ai Fired ZCode at Cursor and It Might Stick
TL;DR
- ZCode dropped July 2, 2026 as a free desktop IDE from Z.ai, the Beijing lab behind GLM-5.2. It's gunning for Cursor, Claude Code, and GitHub Copilot directly. - GLM Coding Plan runs $16.20/month at the low end, $144/month at max.