CodeGeeX

What CodeGeeX is

CodeGeeX is an intelligent programming assistant from Zhipu AI. It provides code generation and completion, automatic comments, cross-language translation, question answering, unit test generation, review and fix suggestions, refactoring and documentation generation, with plugins for VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, Visual Studio and Vim.

The site states it is free for individual users.

What you can do with it

• Complete and generate code in the editor
• Translate code from one language to another
• Generate unit tests and comments
• Produce README and project documentation

Who it is for

• Developers wanting completion and Q&A support
• Teams on multilingual codebases
• Individual users looking for a free assistant

What to watch out for

• Generated code needs review; suggestions can be outdated or insecure
• Code sent to a hosted service leaves your machine; check the terms before using it on proprietary source
• Cross-language translation often needs manual correction
• Confirm current availability and terms, since product naming and packaging have changed over time