companion

The premium Open Source alternative to GitHub Copilot

🎯 Best for:Teams working on sensitive codebases that cannot use cloud-based AI assistants.

What is companion?

A VSCode extension that leverages local LLMs like Llama 3 and CodeQwen to provide context-aware code generation. It uses FastAPI and Ollama to ensure team insights remain private and portable across development environments.

Tech Stack
PythonAI, ML & Data

Why companion?

  • Local code processing
  • Team context integration
  • Supports multiple OSS LLMs

Limitations

  • Requires local GPU
  • Setup of Ollama backend
  • Inference latency
2/26/2026
Last Update
9
Forks
6
Issues
Apache-2.0
License
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Competitor Cost
-$1,440
/ year (est. based on GitHub Copilot)
Self-Hosted
$0
/ year
Team Size10 Users
150+
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