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FauxPilot
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FauxPilot
Free
Open-source software; requires Docker, docker compose >= 1.28, NVIDIA GPU with Compute Capability >= 6.0, nvidia-docker, curl and zstd
Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com
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- API integration
- Clients can connect through an OpenAI-compatible API, though the full API is not implemented, or through a REST endpoint.github.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- The server is started with Docker Compose after a setup script downloads and converts the selected model.github.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Documentation status
- The wiki says it is intended to collect usage, troubleshooting, and extension documentation and notes that its contents are limited.github.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Editor integration
- The documentation describes configuring the official VS Code Copilot plugin to use a locally hosted FauxPilot server.github.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Hardware
- The project requires an NVIDIA GPU with Compute Capability 6.0 or higher, and documented model VRAM needs range from 2GB to 32GB.github.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Integration limits
- The documentation says some Copilot plugin functionality may be subtly broken, returned probabilities are partly fake, and tokenizer differences can cause overlong requests.github.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The project describes itself as a locally hosted Copilot alternative and provides setup instructions for operating a server and connecting clients.github.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- License
- The repository provides the software under the MIT License, free of charge and without restriction on use, copying, modification, distribution, or sale, subject to its conditions.github.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Model choices
- The setup documentation lists CodeGen models from 350M to 16B parameters, in mono-language Python-only and multi-language variants.github.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Models
- It uses Salesforce CodeGen models with NVIDIA Triton Inference Server and the FasterTransformer backend.github.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- FauxPilot is an open-source, locally hosted alternative to the GitHub Copilot server.github.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Support
- The README points users to the wiki and discussion forum for questions and says there is no formal support or warranty.github.com · read 5 Oct 2026
