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CodeGeeX

AI Coding

CodeGeeX is a free AI coding assistant from Zhipu AI, powered by the CodeGeeX2 multilingual code model. It offers code generation and completion, comment generation, code translation, and in-IDE Q&A via VS Code and JetBrains plugins, and is completely free for individual developers.

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Best for individual developers, students, and budget-limited teams wanting a free, Chinese-friendly AI coding assistant; not for those unwilling to review AI-generated code.

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CategoryAI Coding
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What is CodeGeeX

CodeGeeX is a free AI coding assistant from Zhipu AI, powered by the CodeGeeX2 multilingual code model. It offers code generation and completion, comment generation, code translation, and in-IDE Q&A via VS Code and JetBrains plugins, and is completely free for individual developers.

Key features of CodeGeeX

  • Generate business code from natural-language comments with automatic continuation
  • Auto-add line-level comments to legacy code for readability
  • Translate code semantically between Python, Java, Go, and more
  • Ask the AI inside the IDE to diagnose errors and explain API usage

Good for

  • Completely free for individual developers as a Copilot alternative
  • Full feature set: completion, comments, translation, and Q&A
  • VS Code and JetBrains plugins with friendly Chinese-language support

Watch out

  • Generation quality varies with task complexity and needs human review
  • Depends on cloud model services, so offline use is unavailable
  • Enterprise privatization and compliance needs require separate evaluation

How to use CodeGeeX

  1. Install the CodeGeeX plugin from the VS Code or JetBrains marketplace
  2. Register and log in to enable all features
  3. Write natural-language comments to generate or complete code
  4. Select existing code for comment generation or translation
  5. Ask the in-plugin Q&A whenever you are stuck

Who CodeGeeX is for

Difficulty: Intermediate

  • Generate business code from natural-language comments with automatic continuation
  • Auto-add line-level comments to legacy code for readability
  • Translate code semantically between Python, Java, Go, and more
  • Ask the AI inside the IDE to diagnose errors and explain API usage

FAQ

Is CodeGeeX free?

Yes. CodeGeeX is completely free for individual developers, as stated on the source page.

What model powers CodeGeeX?

The CodeGeeX2 multilingual code generation model, built by adding code pretraining to the ChatGLM2 architecture.

Which languages does CodeGeeX support?

Dozens of common languages including Python, Java, C++, JavaScript, and Go, with cross-language code translation.

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