Kite (Discontinued)
Kite (Discontinued)
What is Kite (Discontinued)?
Kite is sunset, use it as history and migrate to a maintained copilot
Key Capabilities
What makes Kite (Discontinued) powerful
Local Context
Older builds indexed open files and projects to suggest next tokens and API calls inside your editor.
Completion Engine
Token level completions targeted Python and later languages with pragmatic hints and docs.
Product Lessons
Case studies and community posts discuss monetization and accuracy challenges for dev tools.
Modern Copilots
Adopt maintained assistants with security updates enterprise controls and editor coverage.
Professional Integration
These capabilities work together to provide a comprehensive AI solution that integrates seamlessly into professional workflows. Each feature is designed with enterprise-grade reliability and performance.
Key Features
What makes Kite (Discontinued) stand out
- 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
- Community notes on migration to active copilots
- Historical lessons on developer tool monetization
Use Cases
How Kite (Discontinued) can help you
- 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
- Reference open sourced pieces if relevant to research
- Compare latency accuracy and UX versus current tools
Perfect For
engineering managers developer advocates and students studying the history of AI coding assistants and planning migrations to supported tools
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Kite supported in 2025?
Can I still download installers safely?
What should teams do with legacy usage?
Are any parts open sourced?
What are current replacements to consider?
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