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The Void IDE, Open-Source Alternative to Cursor, Released in Beta


The Void IDE was recently released in beta, positioning itself as a privacy-focused and free alternative to popular closed-source AI editors like Cursor and GitHub Copilot. Void IDE is a fork of Visual Studio Code. While Microsoft recently announced plans to open Source its GitHub Copilot Chat Extension possibly in a few months, the beta release is available now for the community to fiddle with.

While Microsoft recently announced plans to open Source its GitHub Copilot Chat Extension possibly in a few months, the beta release is available now for the community to fiddle with. The surge in popularity of embedding vector databases in LLMs has been accompanied by significant concerns about privacy leakage. The editor also features advanced capabilities like file system awareness for codebase-wide context and the ability to view/edit the underlying prompts sent to the AI.

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