I built local copilot alternative using Codellama
Hey, HN! I was trying to find a good Copilot alternative since my experience with copilot degraded a lot and recent OpenAI drama leaves me no hope for improvement and i decided to take a look at self-hosting options. At the same time Copilot net is a small one - just 12b parameters and 2k of context. You can run much bigger networks locally in 2023. I have figured out that there are no good local options: most of the VS Code plugins simply connect neural networks to the code while copilot has extensive post and pre processing steps. Some of them still work with original copilot plugin (ie…
I built local copilot alternative using Codellama launched on November 21, 2023 with 38 votes, #1,182 of 4,333 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.
In plain words
This is a locally-hosted code completion tool built with Codellama that runs as a Visual Studio Code extension. It allows developers to run larger language models on their own machines instead of relying on cloud-based alternatives. The tool includes preprocessing and postprocessing steps similar to GitHub Copilot, enabling more accurate code suggestions without sending data to external servers. It's designed for programmers seeking privacy-respecting, self-hosted code assistance.
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From the sources
Extension for Visual Studio Code - Better and self-hosted Github Copilot replacement
Llama Coder is a better and self-hosted Github Copilot replacement for VS Code . Llama Coder uses Ollama and codellama to provide autocomplete that runs on your hardware. Works best with Mac M1/M2/M3 or with RTX 4090. Minimum required RAM: 16GB is a minimum, more is better since even smallest model takes 5GB of RAM. The best way: dedicated machine with RTX 4090. Install Ollama on this machine and configure endpoint in extension settings to offload to this machine. Second best way: run on MacBook M1/M2/M3 with enough RAM (more == better, but 10gb extra would be enough). For windows notebooks: it runs good with decent GPU, but dedicated machine with a good GPU is recommended. Perfect if you…from marketplace.visualstudio.com
In the maker’s words, at launch
Hey, HN! I was trying to find a good Copilot alternative since my experience with copilot degraded a lot and recent OpenAI drama leaves me no hope for improvement and i decided to take a look at self-hosting options. At the same time Copilot net is a small one - just 12b parameters and 2k of context. You can run much…
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