Sourcegraph Cody
AI coding assistant with codebase context by Sourcegraph.
About
Cody is Sourcegraph's AI coding assistant, distinguished by its use of Sourcegraph's code search and context engine to ground responses in an organization's entire codebase, including remote repositories, rather than only the files open in an editor. It provides chat for asking questions about code, generating and editing code, autocomplete and automatic edit suggestions based on cursor position and recent changes, error fixing, and reusable custom prompts for team workflows. Extensions exist for VS Code and JetBrains IDEs, with Visual Studio support labeled experimental, alongside a web interface and a command-line client, and it connects to a range of large language models. The client code was originally developed in the open under an Apache 2.0 license, though the public GitHub repository is no longer available and the product is now positioned primarily as part of Sourcegraph Enterprise subscriptions. Sourcegraph states that customer data is not used for model training. Typical users are engineering teams already on Sourcegraph who want codebase-aware assistance.
Should you use Sourcegraph Cody?
Pick it when
Pick it if your organization already runs Sourcegraph and wants an assistant whose chat and autocomplete draw on code search across every repository, including remote ones, rather than only the files open in your editor.
Look elsewhere when
Skip it if you are not a Sourcegraph Enterprise customer: the public repository is no longer available and the product is positioned mainly inside those subscriptions. Individuals and small teams are better served by Cline, Kilo Code, or self-hosted Tabby.
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Details
- Category
- AI Code Assistants
- Price
- Free
- Platform
- Local/Desktop
- Difficulty
- Beginner (1/5)
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Added
- Apr 3, 2026