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Void
Open-source VS Code fork AI editor (YC-backed) with agent mode, any-provider and local-model support; team paused it to explore new ideas and has now deprecated it, pointing users to community forks.
voideditor.com/Quiet
README said work 'paused' (commit 2026-01-12), then 'Void is now deprecated and no longer accepting contributions' with repo archived after last push 2026-06-02; last GitHub release v1.3.4 on 2025-04-15. voideditor.com still offers a beta download. (checked 2026-10-25)
In Coding agents
Where it stands apart
- Is it actively maintained? dormant, sunsetting, or archived (5% of 21 others)
- How is it mainly sustained? company or startup with a free product (no revenue yet) (0% of 21 others)
- Do you need an account to use it? no account (10% of 20 others)
- Where do you primarily use it? its own editor or desktop app (24% of 21 others)
- Does it read project instructions from AGENTS.md? no (10% of 21 others)
What it shares with most of the community
- How is the main thing licensed? permissive open source (MIT/Apache/BSD) (52% of 21 others)
- Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? yes (52% of 21 others)
- Who is it for? developers (95% of 21 others)
- How does finished work usually come back to you? edits in your local working tree while you watch (52% of 21 others)
- Whose models can you use? Pick the first that applies. any provider or endpoint you configure (your own key, custom URL, or local model) (67% of 21 others)
- Is pointing it at a model running on your own machine (e.g. Ollama, LM Studio) a documented setup? yes, documented (67% of 21 others)
- Where do the commands it runs execute by default? on your machine with your user's permissions (86% of 21 others)
- Can users add their own tools through MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers? yes (95% of 21 others)
- When you first set it up, how do you pay for the models it uses by default? with your own API key or local model (the tool itself is free) (52% of 21 others)
Nearest neighbors
- Continue 76% of 17 shared answers match
- Roo Code 75% of 16 shared answers match
- Aider 65% of 17 shared answers match
Every answer
| Question | Answer | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Is it actively maintained? | stands apart dormant, sunsetting, or archived Archived; README: 'Void is deprecated'. | source 2026-10-25 |
| How is the main thing licensed? | permissive open source (MIT/Apache/BSD) Apache-2.0. | source 2026-10-25 |
| How is it mainly sustained? | stands apart company or startup with a free product (no revenue yet) Glass Devtools, Inc. free open-source editor; now deprecated; no revenue seen. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? | yes Messages go directly to providers; Ollama for private LLMs. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Do you need an account to use it? | stands apart no account Connects directly to any provider; no private backend. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Who is it for? | developers | source 2026-10-25 |
| Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? | MCP (Model Context Protocol) MCP is the only shared standard it uses; .voidrules is its own. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Where do you primarily use it? | stands apart its own editor or desktop app | source 2026-10-25 |
| How does finished work usually come back to you? | edits in your local working tree while you watch | source 2026-10-25 |
| Whose models can you use? Pick the first that applies. | any provider or endpoint you configure (your own key, custom URL, or local model) | source 2026-10-25 |
| Is pointing it at a model running on your own machine (e.g. Ollama, LM Studio) a documented setup? | yes, documented Ollama listed under Private LLMs. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Out of the box, does it ask you before editing files or running shell commands? | asks before edits and before commands defaultGlobalSettings.autoApprove is {} for edits, terminal and MCP tools. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Where do the commands it runs execute by default? | on your machine with your user's permissions | source 2026-10-25 |
| Can users add their own tools through MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers? | yes 'MCP tools' approval type; mcpServiceTypes.ts. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Does it read project instructions from AGENTS.md? | stands apart no Reads .voidrules only. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Does it use the Agent Client Protocol (ACP) for agent-editor connections? | no | source 2026-10-25 |
| When you first set it up, how do you pay for the models it uses by default? | with your own API key or local model (the tool itself is free) | source 2026-10-25 |
Sources
This page was derived from:
- GitHub · github.com/voideditor/void · read 2026-10-25
- GitHub · raw.githubusercontent.com/voideditor/void/main/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/convertToLLMMessageService.ts · read 2026-10-25
- GitHub · raw.githubusercontent.com/voideditor/void/main/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/common/toolsServiceTypes.ts · read 2026-10-25
- GitHub · raw.githubusercontent.com/voideditor/void/main/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/common/voidSettingsTypes.ts · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · voideditor.com/ · read 2026-10-25
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