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I feel like this would've been better as a VSCode extension. Copilot, Q, Gemini, all were able to take this approach. Also, VSCode isn't considered a full IDE a
by DoctorOW 2y ago
I feel like this would've been better as a VSCode extension. Copilot, Q, Gemini, all were able to take this approach. Also, VSCode isn't considered a full IDE and adding some AI features isn't enough to change that. It seems like they forked VS Code just for the ability to say they "created an IDE" in the same way other projects fork Chromium to "build a browser".
- antoniuschan99 2y agoBytedance is signalling it wants to compete against vscode for ide marketshare. Wondering if it is a fork of vscode though because right now it will be competing against cursor.
- verdverm 2y agoIt looks to be a fork, as other comments and the license list seem to indicate
- ed 2y agoNah the extension API is pretty limited. Copilot uses proprietary API’s not available to extensions. If you really want an integrated experience, and not just a sidebar UI, you need to go the same route as Cursor and fork Code-OSS (the MIT-licensed part of VS Code, analogous to Chromium for Chrome)
- ThePyCoder 2y agoWhat about Continue? It's an open source, bring your own api AI integration for vscode. It does everything that copilot does, including the editing-your-code-in-front-of-you diff style editor. I don't think it has any special api access?
- tushgaurav 2y agoNo, I don't think that's possible, VSCode's extension API is pretty limited. This is the reason that we have cursor as a separate application.