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how to run Qwen3-Coder in VS Code — a private, free Copilot in 15 minutes (2026)

Serve the model with Ollama or LM Studio, connect Continue or Cline, and you've got a local AI coding assistant inside VS Code — no subscription, no code leaving your machine.

Lena Fischer · Aug 5 · 10 min

how to get a free, private AI coding assistant in VS Code — no Copilot subscription, no cloud

Point your editor at a model on your own machine and get autocomplete, chat, and even an agent that edits files — free, unlimited, and with your code never leaving your PC. Here's the setup.

Lena Fischer · Aug 3 · 10 min