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awesome-cursorrules

Active·★ 41.0k·CC0-1.0·Updated 2026-05-30
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Awesome Cursor Rules is a community-maintained collection of .cursorrules files, the project-level instruction files that tell the Cursor AI editor how to write code for a given project. The README explains why they matter: customised AI behaviour, consistency with your coding standards, project context, less manual editing, and shared guidance across a team.

The rules are grouped by area: frontend frameworks and libraries, backend and full-stack, mobile development, CSS and styling, state management, database and API, testing, hosting and deployments, build tools, language-specific rules, documentation and utilities, followed by a directory section. You copy the file you need into your project root as .cursorrules. The repository is released under CC0-1.0 and its sponsorship block lists Warp, CodeRabbit and Unblocked.

This write-up is based on the project's README and public repository data. We have not hand-tested the tool. Data as of 2026-10-24.

License
CC0-1.0
Latest release
No GitHub releases
Last commit
2026-05-30
Contributors
87
Forks
3,525
Open issues and PRs
107
First published
2024-09-16

Source: GitHub, npm and PyPI public APIs.

#AI Development#Code Generation#Editor Customization#Development Tools#Configuration Files#Coding
$ Install
$ git clone https://github.com/PatrickJS/awesome-cursorrules.git
↗ Visit site★ GitHub
01

Features

01Customized AI Behavior: Tailor AI responses to project-specific needs for relevant code suggestions.
02Consistency: Enforce coding standards and best practices through AI-generated code.
03Context Awareness: Provide the AI with important project context for informed code generation.
04Improved Productivity: Reduce manual editing with well-defined AI rules.
05Team Alignment: Ensure consistent AI assistance for all team members in shared projects.
02

Why choose it

+Ready-made rule files for many frameworks, languages and tools, so you do not start from a blank file.
+Organised by category, which makes it quick to find rules for your stack.
+Public domain (CC0-1.0), so you can copy and adapt the rules freely.
+A shared .cursorrules file helps a team get consistent AI-generated code.
03

Trade-offs

!Rules are contributed by the community and vary in quality, so review a file before relying on it.
!It targets Cursor's .cursorrules format; the README does not cover other editors' rule formats.
!The repository was last updated in May 2026, so some rules may lag behind newer Cursor features, and the README includes sponsored entries.
04

Maintenance check

SlowingChecked: 2026-10-25
Last commit
2026-05-30
Commits, last 90 days
0
Releases, last 90 days
0
Latest release
—
Open issues
107
Recent issues with at least one comment
0/1
Commits per week, last 12 weeks
Commits per week, last 12 weeks: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0

Oldest week on the left; the latest four weeks are orange. Source: GitHub commit activity.

Status rule: archived on GitHub = Archived; last commit within 90 days = Active; 91 to 365 days = Slowing; older = Stale. All figures come from the GitHub API on the date shown.

05

Compatibility

Cursor AI
Native
Verified via docs
06

Quick start

1
$ git clone https://github.com/PatrickJS/awesome-cursorrules.git
07

Use cases

↳Tailoring AI code generation for specific frontend frameworks like Next.js or Angular.
↳Enforcing backend coding standards for languages such as Python (FastAPI, Django) or Go.
↳Streamlining mobile development with consistent rules for React Native, Flutter, or SwiftUI.
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Large community collection of .cursorrules files for Cursor AI

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