Show HN: Sweep, Open-weights 1.5B model for next-edit autocomplete

I remember using Qwen 2.5 Coder for autocomplete with Continue.dev, that experience was a mess both in JetBrains IDEs, as well as Visual Studio Code.

People posting stuff like this is really cool because otherwise it kinda feels like nobody gives a crap, for example even with Cline/RooCode/KiloCode there’s no good way for me to hook up an autocomplete model that either runs in Ollama or maybe a remote Cerebras Code model, like KiloCode doesn’t have a proper model configuration option even if it has it for the chat or regular agentic stuff - I don’t get why autocomplete is such a special case.

I guess what I’m saying is that I’m glad someone’s at least trying so I don’t have to keep a Copilot subscription just because I genuinely like their autocomplete and the rest of it is basically wasted: Claude Code and Codex and others are better for the actual chat/agentic stuff, KiloCode and others are really nice IDE plugins.

If your only feature worth monetizing is replicated by a solo dev in his freetime you might have a problem.

1.54GB model? You can run this on a raspberry pi.

How easy is it to re-train these to specific subset of programming languages? Could there be a "ruby+rails+html" version, etc?

Sometimes when I use a plugin like this I get reminded just how much of a productivity nerf it is to code without an autocomplete AI. Honestly in my opinion if you write a lot of boilerplate code this is almost more useful than something like Claude Code, because it turbocharges your own train of thought rather than making you review someone else's, which may not align with your vision.

This is a really good plugin. I'm a diehard JetBrains user, I tried switching to VSCode and its various forks many times because of AI but muscle memory from years of use is hard to override. And for a lot of languages JetBrains is just much better, especially out of the box. But they dropped the ball so hard on AI it's unbelievable. Claude Code pulled it back a bit because at least now the cutting edge tools aren't just VSCode plugins, but I was still missing a solid autocomplete tool. Glad this is here to fill that niche. Very likely will be switching my GitHub copilot subscription to this.

I also really appreciate publishing open weights and allowing a privacy mode for anonymous trial users, even if it's opt-in. Usually these things seem to be reserved for paying tiers these days...