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Vibe

Mistral's AI assistant and coding agent (formerly Le Chat).

Categories
AssistantIDE
Pricing
FREEMIUM
Source
Proprietary
Hosting
Cloud
Platforms
WebiOSAndroidCLIVS Code extension
Models
Single model (proprietary)
Verified
Jun 14, 2026

Vibe is Mistral AI's consumer assistant — renamed from Le Chat in 2026 — for chat, web search with citations, document and image analysis, image generation, and a built-in code interpreter. It now doubles as a coding agent with IDE plugins (VS Code, JetBrains, Zed) and a CLI. Free to use, with Pro, Team, and Enterprise tiers, running on Mistral's own European-built models.

Pros & cons

  • EU-built models and data residency
  • Very fast Flash Answers responses
  • Free tier covers most features
  • Doubles as an IDE/CLI coding agent
  • Image gen (Flux) + cited web search
  • Locked to Mistral's own models
  • Recent Le Chat-to-Vibe rebrand churn
  • Smaller ecosystem than ChatGPT/Claude
  • Higher usage limits need paid Pro

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