Evi
Evi — An AI-native code editor built on VS Code, with deep contextual chat, an autonomous coding agent, intelligent planner, live preview, and FIM autocomplete.
- 🧠 AI Chat — Context-aware chat with support for cloud (DeepSeek) and local providers (Ollama, vLLM, LM Studio)
- 🤖 Agent Mode — Autonomous coding agent that reads, edits, creates files, runs terminal commands, and uses tools
- 📋 Plan Mode — Analyzes your codebase and creates structured development plans. Preview the plan, then implement it with one click — the plan is saved to
.evi/plans/and automatically switches to Agent mode - 🔮 FIM Autocomplete — Fast fill-in-the-middle code completions as you type
- ⚡ Quick Edit & Apply — Select code, describe the change, and apply it instantly
- 🖥️ Live Web Preview — Automatically previews HTML generated by the chat in a built-in panel
- 🔧 Highly Configurable — Use cloud providers (DeepSeek) or local models (Ollama, vLLM, LM Studio)
- 🏠 Local First — Your code stays on your machine. Full control over providers and data
- 📦 VS Code Compatible — Supports the vast VS Code extension ecosystem
- Download the latest release from releases
- Open Evi and go to Settings → Main Providers
- Enter your DeepSeek API Key
- Start coding with AI
You can also use local models with Ollama, vLLM, or LM Studio from the Local Providers section in Settings.
# Clone
git clone https://github.com/cobyzero/evi-ide.git
cd evi-ide
# Install dependencies
npm install
# Build and run
npm run watch
# Build React UI (after changes to sidebar, settings, etc.)
npm run buildreact- Evi original code is licensed under Apache 2.0 — see
LICENSE.txt - VS Code-derived portions are under MIT — see
LICENSE-VS-Code.txt - 🌐 Web: evi.cobyzero.com