SideCar
The facts below are what the maker publishes about SideCar, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From SideCar's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Free forever · MIT license · VS Code extension |
The facts
Each one read from SideCar's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Agent features
- It provides an autonomous agent loop with 87 built-in tools, including file operations, shell, Git, web search, database queries, and code profiling.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Chat assistance
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Codebase indexing
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Code completion
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Code context
- Smart Context uses AST-based extraction for JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Rust, Go, and Java/Kotlin.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Coding agent
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Data handling
- The maker says SideCar does not run its own telemetry and that local-model use keeps data on the user's machine.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Editing controls
- Review and Audit modes buffer writes for approval, and Shadow Workspaces run changes in an ephemeral Git worktree.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Documented backends include Ollama, Anthropic, OpenAI, OpenRouter, Groq, Fireworks AI, Google Gemini, AWS Bedrock, GitHub Copilot, Kickstand, and OpenAI-compatible servers.checked 11 Oct 2026
- License
- SideCar is open source under the MIT License.checked 11 Oct 2026
- MCP
- SideCar supports MCP client and server functionality over stdio, HTTP, and SSE transports.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Notable limit
- SideCar is VS Code-only, according to the maker.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Requirements
- SideCar requires Visual Studio Code 1.116.0 or later; Ollama is required only for local models.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security
- The extension scans for secrets and vulnerability patterns, and stores API keys in VS Code SecretStorage rather than settings.json.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security limits
- The maker says shell execution is not reliably sandboxed and users should treat the agent as having the privileges of their shell.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The maker directs bug reports and feature requests to GitHub Issues and private security reports to email or GitHub's vulnerability disclosure flow.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Supported IDEs
- Visual Studio Codechecked 22 Sep 2026
- Terminal access
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- What it does
- SideCar is a local-first AI coding assistant for VS Code that reads and edits files, runs tests, and iterates on changes.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Who it is for
- The maker describes SideCar as an AI coding assistant for people using VS Code, with local Ollama models or optional cloud backends.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
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