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No. 15 of 103 ·AI Coding Assistants

SideCar

Windows · Mac · Linux

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Freedom report

Three barsScore 7.2

Free tierA free tier is on its own pricing page
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely3 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

SideCar is ranked #15 of 103 in AI coding assistants on Freedom251. It runs on Windows, macOS, Linux. There is a free plan.

SideCar plans and pricing

Free Free Self-hosted VS Code extension · Local Ollama model support · No subscription github.com · 22 Sept 2026

Compared on AI coding assistants

Free plan: Yes
Code completion: Yes
Chat assistance: Yes
Coding agent: Yes
Supported IDEs: Visual Studio Code
Codebase indexing: Yes
Terminal access: Yes

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