Pyano AI Programming Co-pilot for Visual Studio Code

Welcome to Pyano, your free AI-powered development assistant for Visual Studio Code! Our mission is to democratize AI-powered development, making it accessible to everyone—regardless of their coding experience.

Why Pyano?

We've witnessed how AI copilots have revolutionized app development, empowering new programmers to learn and implement faster while enhancing the productivity of experienced developers by 10x or more. However, the high cost of these AI copilots has been a significant barrier for many young developers.

With the rapid advancement of open-source models, which are quickly catching up to proprietary solutions like Claude and ChatGPT in terms of accuracy, we felt compelled to offer a free alternative. We believe in democratizing AI coding copilots, enabling developers and product managers to create impactful products that could help millions.

Key Features

• 100% Free: Pyano is completely free to use.
• Local Processing: Runs locally on your machine, ensuring full privacy—no data leaves your device.
• Open-Source LLMs: Harnesses the power of cutting-edge open-source large language models (LLMs).
• Hardware Flexibility: Runs on Apple M series machines with at least 16GB of RAM, with performance improving on higher-end hardware.
• Larger Context Windows: References your entire codebase for more precise suggestions and better code completion.

Core Functionalities

1. Code Assistance:

   • Explanations
   • Refactoring suggestions
   • Automated test case generation
   • Bug detection

2. AI Pair Programmer:

   • Breaks complex problems into manageable steps
   • Allows chat-based collaboration at each step
   • Helps solve larger problems incrementally

3. Prompt-Based Code Search:

   • Highlight code snippets
   • Use custom prompts to find relevant solutions
   • Delivers precise, contextual results

4. Enhanced Context:

   • Leverages your machine's power
   • References the entire codebase for accurate suggestions

Installation Prerequisites

• Download our desktop app from www.pyano.network to run the local LLM
• Register on pyano.network to get the API key for integration

How to Use Pyano

1. Open Pyano extension
2. Select any code snippet and right-click to show Pyano options:
   • Explain, Refactor, Test Cases, Find Bugs
   • Add to Chat
   • AI Pair Programmer
3. Enable Autocomplete in the Pyano extension settings for inline code suggestions

Learn More

For step-by-step tutorials and quick guides on how to make the most of Pyano, visit our YouTube channel.

Join us in democratizing AI-powered development and unleash your coding potential with Pyano!