Twinny

About Twinny

Twinny is a free and open-source artificial intelligence code completion and chat extension for Visual Studio Code. It operates locally, integrating with tools like Ollama, which ensures that a user's code remains private. The plugin is presented as a cost-effective and privacy-focused alternative to GitHub Copilot.

The tool offers a range of features designed to improve developer productivity, including real-time code suggestions, a chat feature for discussing code, generating tests, and refactoring. It supports fill-in-the-middle completions, customizable prompt templates, and the ability to generate Git commit messages. Twinny also uses workspace embeddings to provide more context-aware and relevant AI assistance. It can operate both online and offline and is compatible with various API providers, including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Mistral AI.

A key feature is its integration with the Symmetry Network, a decentralized peer-to-peer network that allows users to share computational resources for AI inference. The extension is highly customizable, allowing users to configure API endpoints, model names, and other settings. It also includes practical tools such as a side-by-side diff view for code completions and the ability to create new documents directly from code blocks.