# How to update to nightly?

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/how-to-update-to-nightly/460>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [September 8, 2023, 11:14am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/how-to-update-to-nightly/460 "2023-09-08T11:14:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 12\
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**Author:** ![Dado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/dado/32/188_2.png) [@Dado](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Dado)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 11:14am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/how-to-update-to-nightly/460/1 "2023-09-08T11:14:14Z")

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Can’t seem to find where and how to update to the nightly build. Looked at the website and searched in the IDE itself … without any success.

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**Author:** ![daaniyaan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/daaniyaan/32/100_2.png) [@daaniyaan](https://forum.cursor.com/u/daaniyaan)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/how-to-update-to-nightly/460/2 "2023-09-08T17:27:48Z")

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I would also like to know this.  
and what is exactly nightly.

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**Author:** ![truell20](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/truell20/32/28583_2.png) [@truell20](https://forum.cursor.com/u/truell20)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 9:51pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/how-to-update-to-nightly/460/3 "2023-09-08T21:51:53Z")

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UPDATE: Nightly is no longer available

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(OUTDATED MESSAGE)

Hey! To get on the nightly build (which is our bleeding edge version of Cursor), you can join our private discord channel here:

> **[Join the Cursor Discord Server!](https://discord.com/invite/4TZ6uKbxCy)**
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> Check out the Cursor community on Discord - hang out with 20717 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

There will be a download link for nightly in that chat.

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**Author:** ![Dado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/dado/32/188_2.png) [@Dado](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Dado)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 10:28pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/how-to-update-to-nightly/460/4 "2023-09-08T22:28:45Z")

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found the link, but my email has no access - would appreciate if I’d get access - e-mail is the same as the one here used on forum, which is also used for the the cursor.sh account

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**Author:** ![truell20](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/truell20/32/28583_2.png) [@truell20](https://forum.cursor.com/u/truell20)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 10:54pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/how-to-update-to-nightly/460/5 "2023-09-08T22:54:41Z")

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There’s an email in that discord chat that should give you access

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**Author:** ![86Vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/86vision/32/123_2.png) [@86Vision](https://forum.cursor.com/u/86Vision)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 5:17am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/how-to-update-to-nightly/460/6 "2023-09-14T05:17:51Z")

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Would you mind sharing the link to dl nightly? I can’t find it on the Discord.

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**Author:** ![daaniyaan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/daaniyaan/32/100_2.png) [@daaniyaan](https://forum.cursor.com/u/daaniyaan)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 6:03am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/how-to-update-to-nightly/460/7 "2023-09-14T06:03:03Z")

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> **[Cursor - The AI-first Code Editor](https://www.cursor.sh/nightly)**
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> Cursor is the IDE of the future, built for pair-programming with Powerful AI.

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**Author:** ![86Vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/86vision/32/123_2.png) [@86Vision](https://forum.cursor.com/u/86Vision)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 6:17am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/how-to-update-to-nightly/460/8 "2023-09-14T06:17:22Z")

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Thanks, appreciate it. It appears I’m not on the list either. 🤔

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**Author:** ![daaniyaan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/daaniyaan/32/100_2.png) [@daaniyaan](https://forum.cursor.com/u/daaniyaan)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 6:18am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/how-to-update-to-nightly/460/9 "2023-09-14T06:18:46Z")

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there was an email in the discord that you could have used that and download the nightly and then use your own email for signing in.  
but i don’t remember what was the email!

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**Author:** ![some-seb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/some-seb/32/8569_2.png) [@some-seb](https://forum.cursor.com/u/some-seb)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 8:20am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/how-to-update-to-nightly/460/10 "2024-10-16T08:20:32Z")

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fyi, link is invalid.

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**Author:** ![deanrie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/deanrie/32/1263_2.png) [@deanrie](https://forum.cursor.com/u/deanrie)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 9:13am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/how-to-update-to-nightly/460/11 "2024-10-16T09:13:31Z")

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The Cursor team has stopped releasing nightly builds.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 10:17am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/how-to-update-to-nightly/460/26 "2026-06-18T10:17:55Z")

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