Why guIDE exists

I was hitting rate limits on my $20/month Cursor subscription at 2am, mid-debug, with a deadline. The AI chat told me I'd used too many “premium” requests and to try again later.

That's when I decided to build guIDE.

The Problem

The current generation of AI coding tools — Cursor, Windsurf, GitHub Copilot — all share the same model: pay a monthly subscription, send your code to their servers, and hope you don't hit your usage cap at the worst possible time.

Rate limits are real. Hit your “fast request” quota and you're throttled to slower models or locked out entirely. For developers working long hours on real projects, this isn't a minor inconvenience — it's a workflow-breaking interruption.

And privacy? Every keystroke, every file, every prompt goes through someone else's infrastructure. If you're working on proprietary code, a government project, or anything under NDA, that's a non-starter.

Why Not Continue.dev or an Extension?

Continue.dev and similar tools are VS Code extensions that bolt AI onto an existing editor. They're useful, but they're limited by what the extension API allows. They can't control the browser, can't manage files natively, can't run code in 50+ languages, can't do hardware-aware model selection.

guIDE isn't an extension. It's a complete IDE built from the ground up with AI as a first-class citizen. Every tool — file management, browser automation, git operations, web search, persistent memory, code execution — is integrated directly into the AI's toolkit. 69 tools, zero configuration.

The Solution

guIDE runs large language models directly on your GPU or CPU. No rate limits. No throttling. No “try again in 30 minutes.” Your hardware, your AI, your rules.

Want cloud providers too? guIDE supports 17 providers including Google Gemini, OpenAI, Anthropic, SambaNova, Cerebras, OpenRouter, xAI, Groq, Together, Fireworks, NVIDIA, Cohere, Mistral, Hugging Face, and more — with automatic fallback if one provider is down. Use local models for privacy, cloud models for capability, or both.

Free to download and use. Pro plans available for more cloud AI messages.

Built for Real Work

guIDE isn't a toy or a demo. It's designed for developers who want AI assistance without compromising on privacy, control, or reliability. Whether you're debugging a production issue at 3am, prototyping an idea, or automating a repetitive task, guIDE provides the tools to get it done — without waiting for a rate limit to reset.

Pocket guIDE — The Web Version

Not everyone has a powerful GPU or wants to install desktop software. That's why we built Pocket guIDE — the full agentic AI experience running directly in your browser.

Pocket guIDE gives you 6 cloud AI models, 19 agent tools including Playwright browser automation, a Monaco code editor, file management, command execution, web search, and voice input — all without downloading a thing. Think of it as ChatGPT, but it's actually an agent that creates files, runs commands, and browses the web for you.

It's free to start with 10 MB of storage, no account required. Sign in with your GraySoft account to sync sessions across devices and unlock additional storage.