A friend of AI engineers — local models, agent loops, and PyTorch ML Studio in one native IDE. Train on your GPU, iterate with agents on your code, and keep weights + data on your machine.
A high-performance implementation of the VS Code architecture, rewritten using Rust, Tauri, and TypeScript.
VSCodium-Rust is a full-scale, ultra-lightweight agentic development environment designed for data sovereignty, ML experimentation, and parallel-mind engineering.
We built this IDE for people who ship models and ship software:
| Pillar | What you get |
|---|---|
| Local-first | Ollama + optional cloud keys — your data stays yours |
| PyTorch ML Studio | Setup → data → train → dashboard → export (TorchStudio-inspired) |
| Agent-native | Autonomous loop, shadow VFS verify, Hermes skills, MCP |
| Research-ready | Security modes, browser automation, reverse-engineering hooks |
See docs/FRIEND_OF_AI_ENGINEERS.md for the full manifesto.
The IDE client is open (MIT, when published as Community AI-ide) and fully usable
on its own with local Ollama — your data never leaves your machine.
Cloud AI routing, Neural VFS compression, and subscription management are proprietary
services hosted on Community AI infrastructure (AMD MI300X backend) — they are not
part of the open client. To use cloud AI features, subscribe at
https://example.invalid. See SEPARATION.md, PROPRIETARY.md, and
FULL_SPLIT_PLAN.md for the architecture.
This repository is currently private and All Rights Reserved (
PROPRIETARY.md) — it still contains the proprietary brain pending the open-core split.
We have achieved 100% feature parity with Claude Code's agentic architecture. The built-in Antigravity Agent utilizes 42+ specialized tools with standard JSON schemas, allowing it to:
- Analyze & Plan: High-fidelity project research and roadmap generation.
- Execute: Atomic file edits, partial modifications, and full-volume writes.
- Git & Terminal Mastery: Native backend PTY terminals and Git integration for automated commits, diffs, and staging.
The only IDE that supports True Asynchronous Sub-Agent Orchestration. Delegate complex tasks to specialized background agents:
- Research while Implementing: Spawn a browser sub-agent to find documentation while you implement the feature.
- Multi-Tasking: Run planning, roadmap, development, and reverse engineering tasks simultaneously in a parallelized backend (
tokio+Arc<Self>). - Live Progress: Real-time tracking of all background thoughts and tasks in the Agent Sidebar.
VSCodium-Rust is designed for developers who demand freedom from corporate filters:
- Self-Hosted Brain: Connect to local models via Ollama or custom providers with 100% private, offline tool-calling.
- JSON Schema Parity: All IDE tools are exposed via standard formats, ensuring any tool-calling model (Llama 3, Mistral) can be fully agentic within your workspace.
- Pay Only for What You Use: Bring your own API keys for hosted models (Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini) and eliminate redundant subscriptions.
In-IDE machine learning — inspired by TorchStudio, wired for local sovereignty:
- Full pipeline: CSV/image datasets → train → live loss/acc charts → confusion matrix → ONNX/TorchScript export
- Experiment tooling: Optuna HPO, LR finder, grad check, multi-run comparison, checkpoint resume
- Model hub: torchvision, timm, and HuggingFace gallery with one-click weight load
- Architecture graph: Layer SVG visualization in the Model tab
Open from the activity bar (PyTorch beaker) or Settings → PyTorch ML Studio.
A powerful, Rust-backend-driven visualization engine for complex data structures:
- Instant JSON/SQL Visualization: Toggle a visual graph view for any JSON file or SQL schema directly from the editor.
- Cross-Format Support: Intelligent parsers for JSON (hierarchical), SQL (ERDs), and MongoDB/BSON documents.
- AI Flow Builder: Describe your desired architecture in natural language and have the built-in engine generate a complete interactive diagram.
- High Performance: Optimized for 60fps interaction even with 100+ nodes using lightweight rendering and native layout calculations.
Built by a researcher for researchers. VSCodium-Rust is an elite tool for Security Audits and Malware Analysis:
- Integrated Reverse Engineering: Native Model Context Protocol (MCP) support for integration with tools like IDA Pro.
- Isolated PTY Terminals: Full control over process spawning and network isolation.
- Simulator Mastery: Integrated professional-grade emulators for iOS (v26.3.1) and Android directly in workspace panels. The iPhone-emulator integration ships in-repo; the heavy
acheronhypervisor binary + iOS.ipswfirmware are user-provided — see docs/IPHONE_EMULATOR.md for how to obtain/build them.
- Frontend: TypeScript/Vite application designed for 100% visual parity with VS Code layout metrics.
- Backend: Rust (Tauri) handling IPC, file I/O, Git operations, and the Agentic Dispatcher.
- Agent Orchestrator: Modular, category-based tool handler with enforced path security (
validate_path).
The Community AI IDE client is open-source under the MIT License. Cloud AI routing, Neural VFS compression, and subscription management are proprietary services hosted on Community AI infrastructure. To use AI features, you must subscribe to Community AI Cloud at https://example.invalid
- Credits: Standing on the shoulders of giants: Zed Industries (GPUI), VSCodium Team, and Palinuro.
- License: MIT
VSCodium-Rust is for AI engineers who demand speed, privacy, local GPUs, and full architectural sovereignty.
