ContinueDev + CodeQwen - STOP PAYING for Github’s Copilot with this LOCAL & OPENSOURCE Alternative
AI Summary
Summary: AI Code King’s Guide to Alternative Coding AIs
- Introduction
- AI Code King welcomes viewers back.
- Discusses the challenges of coding and the use of AI tools like GitHub Co-pilot.
- Issues with Co-pilot
- Cost: $10/month is expensive for some.
- Privacy concerns: Potential code leaks to Microsoft.
- Microsoft’s new screen recording feature raises additional privacy issues.
- Alternatives to Co-pilot
- Suggests using Vim to become a more proficient programmer.
- Recommends finding a powerful language model (LLM) for coding.
- Introduces CodeQuen 1.5, an open-source model, as a top contender.
- It’s a 7B parameter model with a 64k context limit.
- Supports 92 coding languages and is based on the Quen 1.5 model.
- Finding the Right Extension
- Recommends ContinuDev, previously covered in videos.
- Features include autocompletion, chat, code highlighting, and compatibility with various AI providers.
- Works on all operating systems, including Temple OS.
- Using AMA and Gro
- AMA serves models as an API for ContinuDev.
- Gro offers a fast model inference API with free rate-limited usage.
- Setup Process
- Download and install Al from its website.
- Search for CodeQuen on the models page, install it via terminal commands.
- Check functionality through the chat interface.
- Install ContinuDev in VS Code and configure it with CodeQuen.
- Use ContinuDev for code generation, chatting about code, and autocompletion.
- Using Gro with ContinuDev
- Obtain an API key from Gro’s website.
- Configure ContinuDev with the Gro API key for non-local use or when lacking a GPU.
- Conclusion
- The setup provides a local, feature-rich coding AI alternative to GitHub Co-pilot.
- Encourages trying out the setup and sharing results.
- Asks for support through donations, likes, and subscriptions.
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