Kite (Discontinued) vs AskCodi
Compare coding AI Tools
Kite (Discontinued)
Former AI code completion assistant for editors like VS Code and PyCharm. The company ended development and support and published a farewell note.
AskCodi
AI coding assistant that helps developers write code faster with intelligent code generation, autocomplete, explanations, and debugging across multiple programming languages. Supports Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, PHP, SQL, and more with IDE integrations.
Feature Tags Comparison
Only in Kite (Discontinued)
Shared
Only in AskCodi
Key Features
Kite (Discontinued)
- • Legacy editor plugins for popular IDEs during active years
- • Local context indexing to improve token suggestions
- • Early language model work for Python and more
- • Documentation lookups and API hinting in editor
- • Telemetry options and privacy settings historically
- • Official shutdown and end of support by the founder
AskCodi
- • Multi-language code generation (50+ languages) | Intelligent code autocomplete | Code explanation and documentation | Test case generation | Bug detection and debugging | SQL query builder | Frontend code generation | API endpoint creation | VS Code and IDE extensions | Natural language to code | Code optimization suggestions | Multiple AI models support
Use Cases
Kite (Discontinued)
- → Audit machines and remove old plugins to avoid confusion
- → Review legacy repos created during Kite usage periods
- → Educate teams on evolution toward modern copilots
- → Map migration to maintained assistants with security fixes
- → Discuss pricing and PMF lessons in internal tech talks
- → Document editor integration approaches that worked and failed
AskCodi
- → Rapid prototyping
- → Learning new programming languages
- → Writing boilerplate code
- → Debugging complex issues
- → Generating test cases
- → SQL query writing
Perfect For
Kite (Discontinued)
engineering managers developer advocates and students studying the history of AI coding assistants and planning migrations to supported tools
AskCodi
software developers, full-stack engineers, data scientists, students learning to code, and development teams looking to accelerate coding workflows
Capabilities
Kite (Discontinued)
AskCodi
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