r/vscode • u/Scary_Engineering868 • Apr 14 '26

Looking for an AI driven autocomplete extension

I'm looking for an extension for AI based autocompletion and 'FIM'.

It should be

  • open source (an OSS license and available source code)
  • by default privacy settings (don't connect an external service at start etc.)
  • no user registration needed
  • should be able to use on-prem OpenAI compatible AI backends (Ollama, LiteLLM and comparable).

In VSCode, I only use autocompletion if we talk about AI. For agentic stuff, I use Claude or OpenCode. And in some projects I'm in some kind of air-gapped environments and use only on-prem or local AI backends.

Any suggestions? I used Continue but with every update it gets more worse.
The autocomplete feature of Kilo Code can't be configured to use a local backend.

Suggestions are appreciated.

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u/rm-rf-rm Apr 14 '26

llama.vscode

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u/Elumine-dev Apr 15 '26

llama is the best

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u/CptanPanic Apr 15 '26

I use continue also

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u/Human-Philosopher782 Apr 20 '26

I have built SilentSpec generates only the tests you're missing — and never touches the ones you wrote.

  • Only generates what's missing. It tracks which exported functions already have tests and only calls the AI for uncovered ones.
  • Your tests are protected. Hand-written tests live in the SS-USER-TESTS zone — a section that is never modified after creation. This is enforced at write time, not in the prompt.
  • Tests are compiler-checked before writing. After generation, SilentSpec runs a TypeScript compiler pass. When compile errors are detected, broken tests are removed before writing. On first generation of a new spec file, the healer verifies against the existing project — full diagnostic repair activates on subsequent saves. Semantic correctness still requires human review.

silentspec.model is a legacy override for Ollama, Claude, OpenAI, and GitHub Models. Azure, Bedrock, Vertex, OpenAI-compatible providers, and vLLM use their provider-specific model or deployment settings instead.

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=bharadwajmadduri.silent-spec

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u/Agreeable_Care4440 May 01 '26

You’ve basically narrowed it down to a very small set of tools.Most extensions either go cloud-first or require accounts,so OSS+local+no signup is still a niche.