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Re: Show HN: Void, an open-source Cursor/GitHub Copilot alternative

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Post by j0e1 »

As someone who has recently tried to refactor our app atop of VSCode (treating it like a platform), we got burned by the UI design decisions that are not straightforward to overcome, let alone maintain. The closed-source MS marketplace did not help either towards our OSS goals.

However, I found Theia (https://theia-ide.org) on HN (like a bunch of other cool things; this is one way I justify the time I spend/sink on this site) and find it a much better fit for our OSS goals (foundation owned, open-source marketplace) with full mod-ability while being compatible to VSCode extensions API (in theory). I recommend you look into it for your app.

Re: Show HN: Void, an open-source Cursor/GitHub Copilot alternative

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Post by kvakkefly »

cvzakharchenko wrote: post #24

Oh, I’m yet to find a good alternative to Cursor’s RAG-powered side chat. It helps me work with huge codebases so much. Tried Continue, but it’s very unstable, and doesn’t work as well. Would prefer a command line solution, vscode plugin is the next choice, having a separate editor is not ideal, but I’m glad there’s some competition.

Not sure if this is what you'd like, but I remember this repo from some time ago https://github.com/Storia-AI/sage

Storia-AI/sage: Chat with any codebase with 2 commands

Re: Show HN: Void, an open-source Cursor/GitHub Copilot alternative

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Post by mp5 »

kevo1ution wrote: post #21

My primary usage of cursor is cmd+L and cmd+K, I'll give it a shot. Also, makes sense to make an open source alternative. How do you plan on monetizing?

We plan on selling to enterprise companies. We know a lot of companies want to keep their repos private and so we offer them on-prem hosting options. Closed source tools can't really do this because they have to keep their prompt building algorithms behind a private API that they own.

This seems to work pretty well for Codeium, which offers its product free to consumers (at a loss), and is still able to make net profit from enterprise companies. At least that's the plan for now!

Re: Show HN: Void, an open-source Cursor/GitHub Copilot alternative

#34

Post by tmerse »

rhardih wrote: post #29

If anyone can point in the direction of a Cursor like experience, but within Neovim, I'm definitely in the market for that option.

- https://github.com/olimorris/codecompanion.nvim

- https://github.com/yetone/avante.nvim

Did not have the time to test them yet and there are probably more.

Re: Show HN: Void, an open-source Cursor/GitHub Copilot alternative

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Post by mp5 »

boomskats wrote: post #17

Seems to be a dupe of another Show HN post posted by the same user 4 days ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41523197

We did a smaller launch a few days ago, but we've actually made a lot of changes to our github contributing page, website, logo since then (based on the feedback). Just trying to ship fast, haha.

Re: Show HN: Void, an open-source Cursor/GitHub Copilot alternative

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Post by ac130kz »

Good job at creating more competition, but sorry for being a little bit rude, most software forks die out, try to convince me using this instead of Continue + Claude-dev, which are open source extensions for the vanilla VSCode (or VSCodium).

>Microsoft also made its extension marketplace closed-source

Ehm, Open VSX Registry exists.

Re: Show HN: Void, an open-source Cursor/GitHub Copilot alternative

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Post by boomskats »

mp5 wrote: post #36
boomskats wrote: post #17

Seems to be a dupe of another Show HN post posted by the same user 4 days ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41523197

We did a smaller launch a few days ago, but we've actually made a lot of changes to our github contributing page, website, logo since then (based on the feedback). Just trying to ship fast, haha.

I only just realised you're YC-backed. Makes sense, glhf

Re: Show HN: Void, an open-source Cursor/GitHub Copilot alternative

#39

Post by lagniappe »

Hey congrats on the release. I don't have much to add other than to ask for more context about this statement-

> allowing AI to edit multiple files at once

Cursor already modifies multiple files at the same time. I typically do this by pressing cmd+shift+I and in the left side of the window the required files will be shown as they're being modified.

Re: Show HN: Void, an open-source Cursor/GitHub Copilot alternative

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Post by lagniappe »

kevo1ution wrote: post #22
boomskats wrote: post #17

Seems to be a dupe of another Show HN post posted by the same user 4 days ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41523197

launched twice? gotta launch as much as possible in this competitive landscape

If you're not shipping, you're slipping
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