Understand the project
Practical overview
When it fits
Use Twinny when AI assistance needs to stay in the VS Code workflow and the developer or team wants control over the model backend, including local, hosted and shared-gateway arrangements.
Who it is for
- Developers working in Visual Studio Code.
- Teams sharing model infrastructure through a gateway.
- Developers who want to use local, hosted or hybrid model backends.
Documented uses
- Suggest code while typing.
- Describe and review inline code changes.
- Ask questions about a codebase with attached workspace context.
- Review working trees, branches or GitHub pull requests.
- Create commit messages from staged changes.
Before you choose
Requirements & limits
The repository describes Twinny as free, open source and MIT licensed, with no sign-in and no telemetry. The team gateway README states that it is free for five developers, with paid licensing for additional seats and selected features, plus a documented 30-day trial.
- Visual Studio Code 1.93 or newer is required for the documented getting-started flow.
- Model infrastructure is a central choice: Twinny supports local servers, paired devices, hosted APIs and a team gateway.
- The workspace index and chat attachments provide repository context beyond the active file.
- The team gateway adds shared administration and usage views; the README distinguishes separately licensed policy, recording and plugin features.
- The project is TypeScript-based, public and MIT licensed.
Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.
Evidence and transparency
Sources & review
Source record details
- Source availability
- Active
- Sources checked
- 30 September 2026
- Original website title
- twinnydotdev/twinny · Official homepage title · retained in its source language