Your Copilot - Your Self-Hosted AI Assistant for VS Code

Overview

Your Copilot is a powerful, open-source VS Code extension that enables you to use your own LLM (Large Language Model) server directly within Visual Studio Code. Get AI-powered code generation, suggestions, and insights while keeping your data secure and under your control.

Key Features

🚀 Self-hosted LLM integration
💻 Code generation and suggestions
🔒 Local data security
🔄 Real-time streaming support
🎯 Compatible with OpenAI API standard
📝 Smart file mentioning and context awareness

Planned Features 🚀

We're actively working on bringing more powerful features to Your Copilot:

🔮 Offline Tab Completion

Smart code completion that works without internet connection
Faster response times with local processing
Language-specific completions based on your codebase

📚 RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)

Enhanced context understanding using your project's documentation
Improved code suggestions based on your codebase history
Smart integration with project-specific knowledge

🤖 Agentic Behaviour

Autonomous code refactoring suggestions
Proactive bug detection and fixes
Smart project structure optimization
Automated documentation generation

Who Is This For?

Developers who want to use their own LLM server in VS Code
Those seeking code generation and AI assistance without subscription costs
Privacy-conscious users who want to keep their data secure locally
LLM and Open Source enthusiasts

Prerequisites

⚠️ Important: You need your own LLM server that's compatible with the OpenAI API standard to use this extension.

Quick Start

Install the extension from VS Code Marketplace
Open the extension settings
Configure your LLM Server URL (include 'http://' or 'https://')
(Optional) Add your OpenAI API token if using the official API
Toggle streaming messages according to your server's capabilities

Recommended LLM Servers

We recommend using any of these excellent LLM servers:

LM Studio - Fast and user-friendly
Ollama - Simple and efficient
vllm - High-performance inference
Any server supporting the OpenAI API standard

Important Notes

This extension does not store or share any of your data
Response quality, accuracy, and speed depend on your chosen LLM model and server setup
Streaming feature can be disabled if your server doesn't support it or if you experience performance issues

Contributing 🤝

Your Copilot is an open-source project and we welcome contributions! Whether you're fixing bugs, adding new features, improving documentation, or spreading the word - your help is welcome and appreciated.

🐛 Found a bug? Open an issue!
✨ Want to add a feature? Submit a pull request!
📖 Documentation improvements are always welcome

Check out our GitHub repository to get started.

About

Proudly developed by Paulo Rodrigues

License

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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