Introducing llm-vscode, an innovative extension designed to enhance your development experience in Visual Studio Code by leveraging the power of large language models (LLMs). This tool streamlines coding tasks, making it easier for developers to write, analyze, and optimize their code efficiently.

Key Features

✅ Code Completion: Experience advanced "ghost-text" code completion similar to Copilot, allowing for seamless coding assistance.
✅ Model Selection: Choose from various models for code generation, utilizing the Hugging Face Inference API or your own HTTP endpoint.
✅ Context Management: Automatically adjusts the prompt size to fit within the context window, ensuring optimal token usage with the help of tokenizers.
✅ Code Attribution: Quickly check the provenance of generated code by hitting Cmd+Shift+A, which performs a rapid attribution check using stack.dataportraits.org.

Installation

Installing llm-vscode is straightforward. Simply add it to your Visual Studio Code environment like any other extension. By default, the extension utilizes bigcode/starcoder along with the Hugging Face Inference API for code generation.

Additional Information

Previously known as huggingface-vscode, this extension is part of a suite of tools that includes support for other popular platforms such as Neovim, Jupyter, and IntelliJ. For users leveraging the Inference API, please note that there may be limitations on the free tier; consider subscribing to the PRO plan for uninterrupted access.

Version History and User Ratings

With over 62,613 installs and a user rating of 9, llm-vscode is a trusted choice among developers looking to enhance their coding efficiency with LLM technology.