Support local Cursor workspaces, not just GitHub/GitLab repositories

Ideas Feature Requests
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Feature request for product/service

Cursor for iOS

Describe the request

Problem

Currently, Cursor Mobile only supports projects hosted on GitHub and GitLab.

However, many developers spend a significant amount of time working on local projects, such as:

  • New projects that haven’t been pushed to a remote repository yet.
  • Private enterprise projects that cannot be hosted on GitHub or GitLab.
  • Personal tools, prototypes, and experimental projects.
  • Local directories and temporary workspaces.

As a result, these projects are inaccessible from Cursor Mobile, which greatly limits its usefulness.

Suggested Improvement

It would be great if Cursor Mobile could connect to local workspaces that are currently open in Cursor Desktop, instead of being limited to GitHub/GitLab repositories.

For example:

  • Automatically detect workspaces currently open in Cursor Desktop.
  • Allow users to manually select a local workspace.
  • Browse files, search code, and continue AI conversations from Mobile.
  • Keep the workspace context synchronized between Desktop and Mobile.

This would make Cursor Mobile a true extension of Cursor Desktop rather than just a browser for remote repositories.

Benefits

Supporting local workspaces would enable developers to:

  • Continue reviewing code while away from their computer.
  • Discuss code with AI before it is committed or pushed.
  • Access chat history and project context from anywhere.
  • Seamlessly switch between Desktop and Mobile without relying on a remote repository.

Many Cursor users work with projects that are not hosted on GitHub or GitLab. Supporting local workspaces would make Cursor Mobile significantly more useful for both individual developers and enterprise teams.

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Hey, thanks for the detailed feature request. Part of this is already possible via Remote Control: if you open the workspace in the Agents Window on desktop, you can enable Remote Control in Agent settings, then run /remote-control on the agent, and your local session will be available from the mobile app and on cursor.com/agents as long as your desktop is online. Make sure you’re on the latest version of Cursor.

One important detail for your use case: Remote Control currently requires the workspace to be Git-backed with a resolvable remote like github.com or gitlab.com. It uses the git remote URL as the identifier to link the session between desktop and phone. So it won’t work yet for new unpushed projects, plain non-git folders, or self-hosted git.

Good news: removing the git requirement is already planned. In a future update, Remote Control will be able to attach to the workspace itself, including regular non-git folders. I can’t share an exact version or date.

About browsing files or searching code on the phone: Remote Control right now is about steering and continuing agent chats, not a full file browser. I’ve noted that part of the request.

Mobile context: Cursor for iOS | Cursor Docs

Let me know if anything in the Remote Control setup isn’t working.