Overview
Open-source AI-native IDE forked from VS Code by CodeStory, with a built-in agent (Sidecar) and emphasis on local-first agentic workflows.
Details
Aide is an open-source AI-first code editor from CodeStory, built as a fork of VS Code that integrates a local “Sidecar” agent process for fast, repository-aware AI features and an agentic mode capable of multi-step coding. CodeStory has open-sourced research models like SWE-1 and emphasizes transparent, hackable agent infrastructure. Aide supports Anthropic, OpenAI, and other model providers through user keys. The CodeStory team contributes notable open-source agentic work to the community.
Tags
coding, ide, autonomous-agent, open-source