---
title: "an open-source alternative to GitHub Copilot server"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/an-open-source-alternative-to-github-copilot-server-rtlgq3jgi
source_url: https://github.com/fauxpilot/fauxpilot
type: article
source: "Pointer"
published: 2023-03-26T02:16:43.677Z
updated: 2024-04-15T08:36:18.632Z
tags: ["open-source", "github", "nvidia"]
reading_time: 1
upvotes: 100
comments: 4
language: en
---

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# an open-source alternative to GitHub Copilot server

**[Pointer](https://daily.dev/sources/pointer)** · 1 min read · 100 upvotes · 4 comments

## Summary

This post discusses building a locally hosted alternative to GitHub Copilot using the SalesForce CodeGen models inside NVIDIA's Triton Inference Server with the FasterTransformer backend.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://github.com/fauxpilot/fauxpilot>

## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@aksel** · 0 upvotes

> I'm an open source enthusiast and the founder of stackfoss .com, Q&A community focused on OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE. I'm happy to see people working on open source.good job

**@ranjandsingh** · 0 upvotes

> Fun way to experiment with custom server  looks quite interesting

**@aksel** · 0 upvotes

> FauxPilot: A Locally Hosted Alternative to GitHub Copilot
> https://www.stackfoss.com/topic/144/fauxpilot-a-locally-hosted-alternative-to-github-copilot

**@carlosshm99** · 0 upvotes

> Very interesting

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