Feature Parity Reference for Cody Clients
This document compares Cody's features and capabilities across different clients and platforms like VS Code, JetBrains, and Sourcegraph.com (Web UI).
Chat
| Feature | VS Code | JetBrains | Visual Studio | Eclipse | Web | CLI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat with Cody | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Chat history | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
| Clear chat history | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
| Edit sent messages | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
| SmartApply/Execute | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Show context files | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
| @-file | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
| @-symbol | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
| Ollama support (experimental) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
| LLM Selection | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
| Context Selection | ||||||
| Single-repo context | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
| Multi-repo context | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ (public code only) | ❌ |
| Local context | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
| OpenCtx context providers (experimental) | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Prompts | ||||||
| Access to prompts and Prompt library | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
| Promoted Prompts | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ |
Code Autocomplete
| Feature | VS Code | JetBrains |
|---|---|---|
| Single and multi-line autocompletion | ✅ | ✅ |
| Cycle through multiple completion suggestions | ✅ | ✅ |
| Accept suggestions word-by-word | ✅ | ❌ |
| Ollama support (experimental) | ✅ | ❌ |
Few exceptions that apply to Cody Pro and Cody Enterprise users: