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guIDE — Product Hunt Listing

Name

guIDE

Tagline

The AI-native IDE that runs entirely on your machine.

(alt options — pick one)

  • "VS Code was built before AI. guIDE wasn't."
  • "Local LLM + 52 autonomous tools + full IDE. Zero cloud required."
  • "The IDE where the AI actually owns a computer."

Topics / Tags

Developer Tools · Productivity · Artificial Intelligence · Open Source · Desktop App

Description

guIDE is a desktop IDE built from the ground up for the AI era — not a VS Code fork with an AI extension bolted on.

Your code runs locally. Your models run locally. Nothing leaves your machine unless you want it to.

What makes it different from Cursor / Copilot / Windsurf:

Cloud IDEs (Cursor, Copilot) guIDE
Your code Sent to cloud servers Never leaves your machine
Local LLM Not supported node-llama-cpp with CUDA/Vulkan GPU acceleration
Agent tooling Limited, cloud-gated 52 MCP tools the AI uses autonomously
Cost $10–20/month, forever Free with local models
Offline Never Fully offline — airplane, classified, or just private

The IDE itself:

  • Monaco editor (VS Code's engine) — syntax highlighting, multi-cursor, IntelliSense, git blame, split editor
  • Integrated terminal (node-pty + xterm.js)
  • File explorer with drag & drop from Windows Explorer
  • Code runner for 50+ languages (F5 to run)
  • 8 themes, 364 file icons, Mermaid diagrams in chat

The AI layer:

  • Load any GGUF model — Qwen, Llama, DeepSeek, Mistral — with one click
  • CUDA & Vulkan GPU acceleration auto-detected
  • RAG-powered codebase indexing — the AI knows your whole project, not just open files
  • Persistent memory across sessions
  • Agentic mode: up to 100 autonomous iterations with multi-agent support
  • Thinking model support (DeepSeek R1, Qwen R1) with collapsible reasoning display

52 autonomous agent tools:

  • File ops: read, write, edit, delete, rename, grep, glob search, diff
  • Browser automation: navigate, click, type, screenshot, evaluate JS, extract data
  • Terminal: run any command, watch output
  • Memory: read/write persistent notes across sessions
  • Git: status, diff, commit, branch
  • System: read environment, get file metadata

9 cloud providers pre-configured (Gemini 2.5, Groq, OpenRouter, Cerebras, SambaNova, Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI, APIFreeLLM) with automatic failover — use cloud for speed, local for privacy, or both.

Built by a solo developer. Source available on GitHub. Windows build available now, Mac/Linux in progress.

Note: The Chrome extension (Side guIDE) is not yet publicly available — coming soon.

First Comment (Hunter's post)

Hey Product Hunt 👋

I built guIDE because I got frustrated paying $20/month for Copilot while it sent my code to Azure, gave me limited tools, and still couldn't run offline.

So I started from zero. guIDE is a full IDE — Monaco editor, integrated terminal, file explorer, code runner for 50+ languages — with AI woven into every part of it, not stapled on top.

The AI can actually do things, not just suggest them. 52 MCP tools. It reads files, writes code, runs terminal commands, controls a browser, searches the web, and remembers context across sessions — all autonomously, all locally.

Local inference runs on your GPU via node-llama-cpp. With a Qwen 3 32B model, it's fast enough to be genuinely useful. With Gemini 2.5 Flash (free tier, pre-configured), it's instant.

No subscription. No telemetry. No cloud dependency unless you choose it.

Would love to hear what you think — especially from anyone who's been searching for a Cursor alternative that doesn't phone home.

Screenshots to use (from marketingmaterials/)

  • graysoft-screenshot-1.png — hero shot
  • graysoft-screenshot-2.png
  • graysoft-screenshot-3.png
  • graysoft-screenshot-4.png
  • graysoft-ide-chat.png — AI chat panel
  • graysoft-ide-tools.png — tools in action

Links needed before submitting

  • Website / landing page URL (graysoft.dev?)
  • GitHub repo URL
  • Download link (direct .exe or GitHub Releases)
  • Twitter / X handle for maker profile
  • Thumbnail image (240x240 product icon)

Chrome Extension Decline — What Happened & Fix

The Chrome Web Store almost certainly rejected Side guIDE for one or more of these reasons:

Most likely cause: Missing privacy policy URL

The CWS requires a privacy policy page linked in the Developer Dashboard for any extension that uses activeTab, scripting, cookies, or <all_urls>. This is the most common "forgot a box."

Fix: Create a simple privacy policy page (can be a single HTML page at graysoft.dev/side-guide-privacy) and paste its URL into the "Privacy practices" field in the CWS dashboard before resubmitting.

Second most likely: Broad permission justification

<all_urls> + cookies + scripting + downloads together require a written justification in the "Permission justification" field explaining why each one is needed.

Fix for each permission:

  • <all_urls> → "The agent must read and interact with any page the user navigates to in order to research, extract data, and automate forms on user-requested sites."
  • cookies → "Required to maintain session state when the agent navigates across pages on behalf of the user."
  • scripting → "Core capability — injects content scripts to snapshot page accessibility tree, click elements, and fill forms."
  • downloads → "Saves user-requested research reports and data exports as local files."

Third possibility: Single-purpose policy

Chrome requires extensions to have a "single purpose." An AI agent that does research, form-filling, AND data extraction can trigger a review.

Fix: Frame the purpose as one thing: "AI browser assistant that automates browser tasks on demand." Everything else is a feature of that one purpose.