- It chooses files to read automatically on each message — unlike Cursor’s composer feature. It also reads a lot more than Cursor's @codebase command.
- It takes 0 clicks — Codebuff just edits your files directly (you can always peek at the git diffs to see what it’s doing).
- It has full access to your existing tools, scripts, and packages — Codebuff can install packages, run terminal commands and tests, etc.
- It is portable to any development environment
We use OpenAI and Anthropic, so unfortunately we have to abide by their policies. But we only grab snippets of your code at any given point, so your codebase isn't seen by any entity in its entirety. We're also considering open-sourcing, so that might be a stronger privacy guarantee.
I should note that my cofounder James uses both and gets plenty of value by combining them. Myself, I'm more of a plain VSCode guy (Zed-curious, I'll admit). But because Codebuff lives in your terminal, it fits in anywhere you need.
Alright. That gives me some directional signal. I will be interested if you make it open source. We have massive and critical code base so I am always wary of giving access to 3Ps.
Codebuff is a bit simpler and requires less input from the user since you just chat and it does multi-file edits/runs commands. It's also more powerful since it pulls more files as context.
I think you just need to try it to see the difference. You can feel how much easier it is haha.
We don't store your codebase, and have a similar policy to Cursor, in that our server is mostly a thin wrapper that forwards requests to LLM providers.
The PearAI debacle is another story, but mostly they copied the open source project Continue.dev without giving proper attribution.
brandonchen|1 year ago
- It chooses files to read automatically on each message — unlike Cursor’s composer feature. It also reads a lot more than Cursor's @codebase command. - It takes 0 clicks — Codebuff just edits your files directly (you can always peek at the git diffs to see what it’s doing). - It has full access to your existing tools, scripts, and packages — Codebuff can install packages, run terminal commands and tests, etc. - It is portable to any development environment
We use OpenAI and Anthropic, so unfortunately we have to abide by their policies. But we only grab snippets of your code at any given point, so your codebase isn't seen by any entity in its entirety. We're also considering open-sourcing, so that might be a stronger privacy guarantee.
I should note that my cofounder James uses both and gets plenty of value by combining them. Myself, I'm more of a plain VSCode guy (Zed-curious, I'll admit). But because Codebuff lives in your terminal, it fits in anywhere you need.
No comment on our batchmates
hubris24|1 year ago
jahooma|1 year ago
I think you just need to try it to see the difference. You can feel how much easier it is haha.
We don't store your codebase, and have a similar policy to Cursor, in that our server is mostly a thin wrapper that forwards requests to LLM providers.
The PearAI debacle is another story, but mostly they copied the open source project Continue.dev without giving proper attribution.
hubris24|1 year ago