FauxPilot

5.5easy start · #51 of 54
in AI Code Generators

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Runs on api, Browser, Linux, self-hosted.

FauxPilot is ranked #51 of 54 in AI code generators on The Geeks Club. It runs on API, Browser extension, Linux, Self-hosted. There is a free plan.

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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 github.com · 5 Oct 2026

Compared on AI code generators

Code completion: Yes
Agent mode: No
IDE support: extension
Self-hosted option: Yes

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The record

Purpose: FauxPilot is an open-source, locally hosted alternative to the GitHub Copilot server.
Models: It uses Salesforce CodeGen models with NVIDIA Triton Inference Server and the FasterTransformer backend.
Model choices: The setup documentation lists CodeGen models from 350M to 16B parameters, in mono-language Python-only and multi-language variants.
Hardware: The project requires an NVIDIA GPU with Compute Capability 6.0 or higher, and documented model VRAM needs range from 2GB to 32GB.
Deployment: The server is started with Docker Compose after a setup script downloads and converts the selected model.
API integration: Clients can connect through an OpenAI-compatible API, though the full API is not implemented, or through a REST endpoint.
Editor integration: The documentation describes configuring the official VS Code Copilot plugin to use a locally hosted FauxPilot server.
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.
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.
Support: The README points users to the wiki and discussion forum for questions and says there is no formal support or warranty.
Intended users: The project describes itself as a locally hosted Copilot alternative and provides setup instructions for operating a server and connecting clients.
Documentation status: The wiki says it is intended to collect usage, troubleshooting, and extension documentation and notes that its contents are limited.
Price from: Free

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Sources

github.com/fauxpilot/fauxpilot· checked 5 Oct 2026
github.com/fauxpilot/fauxpilot/blob/main/documenta· checked 5 Oct 2026
github.com/fauxpilot/fauxpilot/blob/main/documenta· checked 5 Oct 2026
github.com/fauxpilot/fauxpilot/blob/main/LICENSE· checked 5 Oct 2026
github.com/fauxpilot/fauxpilot/wiki· checked 5 Oct 2026