What is this?
Void was an open-source AI code editor forked from VS Code: it runs AI agents on your codebase, checkpoints and visualizes changes, and lets you bring any model or host one locally.
Void was an open-source AI code editor forked from VS Code: it runs AI agents on your codebase, checkpoints and visualizes changes, and lets you bring any model or host one locally.Is it a separate app or a VS Code extension?It's a standalone desktop editor, not an extension — this repo holds the full source of Void's Desktop app, forked from the vscode repository.
It's a standalone desktop editor, not an extension — this repo holds the full source of Void's Desktop app, forked from the vscode repository.Where do I download it now?Old builds are on the GitHub Releases page, and the README points to a list of newer community forks (Void Forks) you can download instead.
Old builds are on the GitHub Releases page, and the README points to a list of newer community forks (Void Forks) you can download instead.Do I need specific API keys or models to use it?You bring any model: Void talks to providers directly — its code ships SDKs for Anthropic, Google and Mistral, plus MCP support — or you can host a model locally.
You bring any model: Void talks to providers directly — its code ships SDKs for Anthropic, Google and Mistral, plus MCP support — or you can host a model locally.Is Void still maintained?No — the project is archived and no longer accepting contributions, but it remains open source and serves as a reference for anyone forking VS Code.
No — the project is archived and no longer accepting contributions, but it remains open source and serves as a reference for anyone forking VS Code.Does my code pass through Void's servers?No — messages go straight from the app to the model provider you choose, so there is no Void-side server holding your data.
No — messages go straight from the app to the model provider you choose, so there is no Void-side server holding your data.Why is Void called one of the best references for forking VS Code?Its repo solves the hard parts: it mounts React + Tailwind (impossible in plain VS Code), publishes GitHub Actions to package, sign and auto-update builds since VS Code's own pipeline is private, and shares its from-scratch AI provider code with grammars for FIM autocomplete and tool tags.
Its repo solves the hard parts: it mounts React + Tailwind (impossible in plain VS Code), publishes GitHub Actions to package, sign and auto-update builds since VS Code's own pipeline is private, and shares its from-scratch AI provider code with grammars for FIM autocomplete and tool tags.What can I reuse from Void for streaming AI edits into files?EditCodeService shows diffs as code streams in, even token by token, and VoidModelService edits files in the background while syncing OS files with your text buffers.
EditCodeService shows diffs as code streams in, even token by token, and VoidModelService edits files in the background while syncing OS files with your text buffers.How open is the source, really?Completely — the README states everything the team has done is 100% open source, spread across several repos, with a linked overview of all of them.
Completely — the README states everything the team has done is 100% open source, spread across several repos, with a linked overview of all of them.What are similar projects?routeVSCODE, headroom, opcode, casbin-gateway, oh-my-openagent, unity-mcp, cline, NextChat
routeVSCODE, headroom, opcode, casbin-gateway, oh-my-openagent, unity-mcp, cline, NextChatWhich topics is it in?visual-studio-code, copilot, vscode-extension, ide, vscode, tailwindcss, editor, chatgpt, local-llm, cursor, gemini, deprecated
visual-studio-code, copilot, vscode-extension, ide, vscode, tailwindcss, editor, chatgpt, local-llm, cursor, gemini, deprecated