Rubberduck: ChatGPT for Visual Studio Code

 

AI chat in the Visual Studio Code side bar. Rubberduck can generate code, edit code, explain code, generate tests, find bugs, diagnose errors, and more. You can even add your own conversation templates.

 

Quick Install

You can install Rubberduck from the

• Visual Studio Code Marketplace
• Open VSX Registry

Rubberduck requires an OpenAI API key. You can get an OpenAI API key from platform.openai.com/account/api-keys (you'll need to sign up for an account).

Features

AI Chat | Generate Code | Edit Code | Explain Code | Generate Tests | Find Bugs | Diagnose Errors | Custom Conversations

AI Chat

Chat with Rubberduck about your code and software development topics. Rubberduck knows the editor selection at the time of conversation start.

Generate Code

Instruct Rubberduck to generate code for you.

Edit Code

Change the selected code by instructing Rubberduck to create an edit.

Explain Code

Ask Rubberduck to explain the selected code.

Generate Tests

Generate test cases for the selected code.

Find Bugs

Find potential defects in your code.

Diagnose Errors

Let Rubberduck identify error causes and suggest fixes to fix compiler and linter errors faster.

Custom Conversations

You can define your own conversation templates. See the Rubberduck Template docs for more information.

Here is an example of a drunken pirate describing your code:

Configuration Options

• rubberduck.syntaxHighlighting.useVisualStudioCodeColors: Use the Visual Studio Code Theme colors for syntax highlighting in the diff viewer. Might not work with all themes. Default is false.

Built With

• ModelFusion - AI library
• Prism.js - Syntax highlighting
• React - UI rendering

Contributors

Running it locally & Contributing

Contributing Guide

Read our contributing guide to learn about our development process, how to propose bugfixes and improvements, and how to build and test your changes.

Good First Issues

To help you get your feet wet and become familiar with our contribution process, we have a list of good first issues that contains things with a relatively limited scope. This is a great place to get started!