Sidekick by Yugin Tech
Your AI coding sidekick that never leaves your side
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Your AI coding sidekick that never leaves your side
20 followers
Sidekick is an AI coding assistant that runs locally. Write and fix code without cloud uploads. Features file access, terminal integration, and multiple AI providers for secure development.
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Hey Product Hunt! 👋
Why I built Sidekick:
I've always dreamed of creating the ultimate AI agent tool - one that can handle everything from research to coding to DevOps, streamlining the entire journey from idea to deployment. Right now, Sidekick focuses on coding, but this is just the foundation. My vision is to build a comprehensive platform where AI can manage the complete development lifecycle.
What really drove me to build this was seeing how existing tools like Cursor, Claude Code, and Windsurf all require you to send your code to the cloud and how agents hallucinate .
What makes Sidekick unique:
Unlike competitors who either fork VS Code (Cursor, Windsurf) or live only in the terminal (Claude Code), Sidekick runs entirely locally while supporting multiple AI providers. You get:
✅ True privacy - your code never leaves your machine
✅ Multi-AI flexibility - OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, and local models like Ollama
✅ Full development environment - integrated editor, terminal, file explorer, and preview
✅ Agent tuning capabilities - I'm working on fine-tuning agents for more accurate responses
✅ Accessible to everyone - even non-developers can use it to build and deploy applications
Honestly? Taking the first step toward my bigger vision. This launch represents the beginning of something much larger. I'm proud that I didn't just talk about building a privacy-first AI coding assistant - I actually built it and shipped it.
There's still a long way to go to reach my ultimate goal of a full AI agent platform, but every journey starts with a single step. Right now, I'm actively collecting feedback from early users to shape the future roadmap.
I'd love to hear what features you'd want to see next as we work toward that complete idea-to-deployment AI agent experience!
@yugintech Is Sidekick open source?
@gracebates No, Sidekick isn't open source - it's a proprietary platform. But all your data stays on your machine and we don't process or collect anything - messages and history go directly to the LLM provider.
It is amazing. Is there a bit of a learning curve when it comes to integrating Sidekick with existing terminal workflows?
@gracebates It comes with a built-in terminal where you can use all your familiar commands, git workflows, and scripts - no learning curve needed!
How do you tackle the challenge of keeping the AI models updated if everything is running locally? @yugintech Are there any automatic updates?
Hi @reneegunter ,
The AI models and app updates come from our servers so we can integrate new models and keep improving the experience. Everything else stays local!
Feels tight 🛠️ A steady pair of hands for the dev grind 🤖💻