🚨 bloop write is extremely experimental, unstable and outputs should be treated as such. This release is a research preview and code generated should not be used in production.

bloop write

🚨 Users on Windows and Linux have to download and install Ollama to use this extension.

bloop write is the AI coding assistant for COBOL.

bloop write provides autocomplete suggestions as you type. Completing the line of code you're writing, converting comments into code, adding variables to your Working-Storage Section and more.

Privacy

bloop write uses a fine-tuned LLM that runs locally with Ollama. Your code doesn't leave your machine.

Usage

Inline suggestions are provided 2 seconds after your stop typing, or on Alt+/ (Option+/ for MacOS).

Installation

Additional files

This extension will download these additional files on installation:

• Platform native bindings for tokenizers package
• bloop LLM
• Ollama executable (MacOS only)

The files are downloaded to:

• MacOS: ~/Library/Application Support/bloop-write
• Windows: %APPDATA%/bloop-write
• Linux: ~/.config/bloop-write

This folder will be removed from the system on uninstalling the extension and restarting VS Code.

Initialisation

It takes a few seconds for the model to load, sometimes up to a minute depending on your system. During this time you will see the message "Initialising bloop-write" in the status bar.

System requirements

As AI suggestions are generated locally on your machine, it's important that you have sufficient hardware and storage space available.

• You'll need 4GB free on your hard drive to download the model.
• You should have at least 8GB RAM to run the AI model.
• For best performance, run on a system with a GPU with at least 8GB VRAM.

Bug reports

If you encounter any issues, send us an email at louis@bloop.ai and we'll do our best to help.

Further reading

For more information about the extension and bloop, please see our website.