Ceres, an open copilot for VS Code with budget and local LLMs support (opens in new tab)

Ceres copilot is a lightweight AI real UI for llms inside IDE... not autonomous (like Copilot or Claude Code) that constantly making API requests, blindly searching my workspace, and bloating token usage and not leaving on a separate window.

Instead of letting an AI "agent" try to be clever by autonomously searching through your terminal or files.... which really just burns through your budget and limits - Ceres copilot gives you explicit context control back inside your favorite IDE. I'm on VS Code right now but I will make that for almost all IDEs..

Technical Focus:

* Local & Budget First: Built for free and private local setups with (Ollama, Llama.cpp) or your choice AI provider.

* Lightweight Design: No background tasks... just: Send context - stream - insert, then continue, if you want your IDE back then this is for you.

Perfect for budget and local APIs that will hallucinate inside an autonomous platform.

Links: * VS Code Marketplace: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=pa-andre... * Main Website: https://ceres-assistant.com/ceres-ide/

I'm solo and I would love to hear your thoughts on this approach to context management.

What do you think? Are you still trying to run your budget LLM through open code / claude code or would you want a more direct tool inside your environment?.....