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Show HN: VimLM – A Local, Offline Coding Assistant for Vim


VimLM is a Vim plugin that provides an LLM-powered assistant for code editing by allowing users to interact with a local LLM model through Vim commands and automatically ingesting code context. - J...

Integrates contextual code understanding, summarization, and AI assistance directly into your Vim workflow. Conversational Coding- Iterative refinement with follow-up queries Air-Gapped Security- 100% offline - no APIs, no tracking, no data leaks Ctrl-l: Add current line + file to context Example prompt:"Regex for removing HTML tags from item.content"

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