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3.8 / 5

Private Copilot

AI code assistant that never sends your code to the cloud

Serious
Privacy

The Problem

Can't use Copilot/ChatGPT with proprietary or sensitive codebases

Current Solutions (Not Great)

Don't use AI (lose productivity), or risk it (compliance issues)

Who Needs This

Enterprise devs, contractors with NDAs, security-conscious teams

GitHub Copilot-style code completion, but 100% local. Perfect for proprietary codebases, NDA work, or security-conscious teams. Get suggestions, explanations, and test generation without any data leaving your browser.

Honest Take

Real enterprise pain point—many companies ban Copilot due to IP concerns. But this requires serious compute and the experience gap vs cloud Copilot is noticeable. Tabby and Continue are established open-source alternatives. This could work for regulated industries (defense, finance, healthcare) willing to trade quality for compliance.

Monetization Ideas
Ways to turn this into revenue

Subscription

$5-29/month or $49-199/year

White Label / B2B

$500-5000/license

Consulting / Services

$50-200/hr consulting

Lifetime Deal

$29-99 lifetime access

Features
Key features that make this app valuable
  • Code completion and suggestions
  • Explain code functionality
  • Generate tests
  • Refactoring suggestions
  • Documentation generation
  • 100% local inference, zero cloud
Build Prompt
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Build a React PWA called 'Private Copilot' using WebInfer for AI inference with local models only. UI: Monaco editor (VS Code's editor) as main interface. Features: 1) Inline completion - use streamText triggered by Tab key or pause in typing, 2) Explain selection - highlight code, click explain, use generateText to explain in sidebar, 3) Generate tests - button generates unit tests for selected function, 4) Refactor - suggest improvements with diff view. Use generateObject for structured outputs like { suggestion: string, explanation: string, confidence: number }. File tree sidebar for multi-file context (stored in IndexedDB). Language detection for syntax highlighting. System prompts optimized for code tasks. Big privacy badge: 'Your code never leaves this browser'. Settings for model selection (Ollama, LM Studio endpoints).
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