Five free Marketplace extensions promise private, locally run coding assistance as developers look for alternatives to metered cloud AI.

Codistry combines a model-flexible coding agent with a local repository index designed to help it understand how a project ...

Tom Fenton tackles seven free and open-source AI tools bring local chat, coding, voice, design and research capabilities to personal computers and self-hosted environments.

Local AI agents are autonomous systems that run directly on personal devices, offering capabilities like task automation, workflow management and personalized assistance. Unlike cloud-based systems, ...

Across all industries, AI is forever transforming the way work gets done. For those of us working in software development and delivery, AI coding assistants are now essential for engineering teams.