AI Developer tools

Code completion, chat with code

continue.dev

Continue is the leading open-source AI code assistant. You can connect any models and any context to build custom autocomplete and chat experiences inside VS Code and JetBrains

https://github.com/continuedev/continue

Twinny (VSCode plugin)

The most no-nonsense locally hosted (or API hosted) AI code completion plugin for Visual Studio Code, like GitHub Copilot but 100% free and 100% private. If not working after install, restart VSCode.

https://github.com/rjmacarthy/twinny

tlm

Local CLI Copilot, powered by CodeLLaMa

https://github.com/yusufcanb/tlm

Developer agents (more advanced features)

OpenHands (formerly OpenDevin)

OpenHands agents can do anything a human developer can: modify code, run commands, browse the web, call APIs, and yes—even copy code snippets from StackOverflow.

https://github.com/All-Hands-AI/OpenHands

Cline (formerly claude-dev)

Autonomous coding agent right in your IDE, capable of creating/editing files, executing commands, and more with your permission every step of the way.

https://github.com/cline/cline

Roo Code (formerly Roo Cline, fork of Cline)

Roo Code is an AI-powered autonomous coding agent that lives in your editor.

https://github.com/RooVetGit/Roo-Code

Visual Studio Code Extension

Aider

aider is AI pair programming in your terminal

Getting Started:

python3 -m venv ~/venvs/aider
source ~/venvs/aider/bin/activate

python3 -m pip install aider-install
aider-install

export PATH="/home/user/.local/bin:$PATH"

# Change directory into your codebase
cd /to/your/project

# DeepSeek
aider --model deepseek --api-key deepseek=<key>

# Claude 3.7 Sonnet
aider --model sonnet --api-key anthropic=<key>

# o3-mini
aider --model o3-mini --api-key openai=<key>