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Self-hosted AI coding assistant — an on-prem Copilot alternative.

Category
IDE
Pricing
FREEMIUM
Source
Open core
Hosting
Self-host
Models
Multi-model
Verified
Jun 7, 2026

Open-source, self-hosted code-completion and answer engine that teams run on their own infrastructure for full data control. Ships IDE extensions for VS Code, JetBrains, and Vim plus an in-IDE chat. The core is Apache-2.0; enterprise features (SSO, seats) live in a separately licensed 'ee/' directory.

Capabilities 3

What it actually does — grouped by capability family.

  • Code generation (primary capability)
  • IDE integration (primary capability)
  • Chat with documents (secondary capability)

Pros & cons

  • Self-hosted, full data control
  • Open code LLMs or OpenAI-compatible endpoint
  • VS Code, JetBrains, Vim extensions
  • In-IDE chat included
  • Needs your own GPU
  • Smaller models than cloud rivals
  • Setup and ops overhead

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    Open-source AI coding assistant for VS Code, JetBrains, and the CLI.

    An open-source AI coding assistant delivered as a VS Code extension, a JetBrains plugin, and a CLI, with chat, autocomplete, and agent workflows. It runs locally in your editor and works with any model provider, including local models via Ollama, using your own keys. The core is Apache-2.0 and free; the company also offers a hosted Continue Hub for sharing and managing assistants.

    Apache-2.0 open source
    More setup than turnkey tools
    • open-source
    • local
    • coding-assistant
    • ide
    • +1
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    Privacy-first AI coding assistant you control — completions, chat, and agents.

    An AI coding assistant built for enterprise control, offering completions, chat, and agentic workflows across all major IDEs. It never trains on or retains your code, and can be deployed as SaaS, in a VPC, on-premises, or fully air-gapped. Supports access to major LLMs plus bring-your-own and private models.

    Air-gapped/on-prem deployment
    Closed source
    • code-completion
    • enterprise
    • self-hosted
    • privacy
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    AI pair programmer in your editor — completions, chat, and agents.

    The original in-editor AI coding assistant, offering multi-line completions, chat with codebase context, agent mode, and a cloud coding agent that opens pull requests. Runs across VS Code, JetBrains, Visual Studio, the CLI, and GitHub.com. A free tier covers light use; paid tiers add premium models and more allowance.

    Works across most major IDEs
    Usage-based AI-credit billing can surprise
    • coding
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    • agent
    • copilot