Lite coding assistant for VS Code

In case of heavy agents that eat up computer memory and use tokens, Ceres takes a different approach: a lite coding assistant powered by your favorite LLM that just works.

Linux Install App Android Windows macOS Linux * Requires Google Chrome to be installed. Works offline.

Predictable AI help

Take back control of your project with AI that helps you without taking the code out of your hands.

Smart context, total control

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Use Navigation Mode to automatically find relevant workspace files, or turn it off to strictly use the blocks and files you manually select.

Review before you apply

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Ceres intelligently searches your codebase and suggests changes, but the final call is yours. Apply the code, refine your prompt, or seamlessly switch AI models to get a different result.

Ceres IDE sidebar using DeepSeek beside a PHP file

Interactive floating buttons

Save your most repeated prompts as reusable buttons and run them on any selected code in one click.

Save your best prompts

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Create custom actions for your workflowโ€”whether it is generating unit tests, refactoring, or finding bugs.

Inline code actions

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Select any block of code and use the floating buttons to run your custom AI actions instantly, without typing in the chat.

Move between Chrome and your code editor

Visual Studio Code VS Code
Google Chrome Chrome
JetBrains IDEs JetBrains

Keep Ceres open in Chrome and your IDE at the same time. Your conversation and current draft update automatically, so you can move between the browser and your code without starting over.

Research in Chrome, code in your IDE

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Use the browser to explore pages and collect useful information, then continue the same conversation beside your project in Visual Studio Code or a JetBrains IDE.

Pick up where you left off

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Your active conversation and typed draft remain available in both places, without copying and pasting between windows.

Live synchronization requires the browser extension to have access to the same local project folder. Available with Visual Studio Code and supported JetBrains IDEs.

Ceres IDE voice typing with language settings

Use your favorite LLM in the code editor

Use GPT, Claude, Gemini, Mistral, Mercury, DeepSeek, Kimi, and other compatible models directly inside your code editor.

Bring your own API key

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Connect your favorite LLM inside your IDE, whether it is a frontier model or a budget model.

Designed for lightweight and budget-friendly models

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Ceres is specially designed for lightweight and budget-friendly models.

Ceres IDE diff review with reject and approve buttons

Supported models

Use the model you prefer when you want more power with your own API key.

GPT logoGPT
Claude logoClaude
Gemini logoGemini
DeepSeek logoDeepSeek
Mistral logoMistral
Mercury logoMercury
Kimi logoKimi

Speak to your code

Use your voice to rewrite selected code or create prompts ready to send.

Edit code with your voice

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Select a code block and describe the change. Ceres rewrites the selected code as you speak.

Voice-to-prompt

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Speak naturally to create a prompt you can review before sending.

Connect your mobile

Connect the Ceres mobile app to Visual Studio Code and control Ceres from your phone.

Continue from your phone

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Scan the QR code in Visual Studio Code to connect your phone and use Ceres remotely.

Mobile remote control is an experimental feature.

A light, budget-friendly coding assistant for your favorite IDE.

Fix issues and grow your project with your rules without keeping agents running in the background.

AI coding assistant

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AI code review tool

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Apply diff tool

Code suggestions tool

Coding agent UI

File context tool

Custom instructions tool

JetBrains AI plugin

OpenCode UI

Codex IDE tool

DeepSeek assistant

AI API key tool

OpenAI compatible tool

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