Getting Started
Welcome to Codeium
Codeium is an AI toolkit that empowers hundreds of thousands of developers with best-in-class autocomplete for code, chat capabilities, in-line command-based edits, and more.
Our models and features have been optimized to have a deep understanding of your codebase and to provide the best AI-powered code generation on the market.
Extension Set Up 🧩
Our extension for Visual Studio Code and our plugin for JetBrains are our most popular services. The installation steps for these two are given below. For other IDEs and editors like Eclipse, Visual Studio, Neovim, Google Colab, and more, visit our download page to get started.
These steps do not apply for enterprises on a self-hosted plan. If you are an enterprise user, please refer to the instructions in your enterprise portal.
Install Extension
Find the Codeium extension in the VS Code Marketplace and install it.
Authorize
After installation, VS Code with prompt you with a notification in the bottom right corner to log in to Codeium. Equivalently, you can log in to Codeium via the profile icon at the bottom of the left sidebar.
Once you sign in, you will be redirected back to Visual Studio Code via pop-up.
Wait for Language Server
Once you are signed in, Codeium will start downloading a language server. This is the program that communicates with our APIs to let you use Codeium’s AI features. The download usually takes ten to twenty seconds, but the download speed may depend on your internet connection. In the meantime, you are free to use VS Code as usual.
You should see a notification on the bottom right to indicate the progress of the download.
All Done!
You can now enjoy Codeium’s rich AI featureset: Autocomplete, Chat, Command, and more.