AI-powered coding assistant — chat with AI about your code, run agentic coding sessions, and review changes without leaving VS Code.
Features
- Chat sidebar — click the Fring icon in the activity bar, or press
Ctrl+Shift+L(Cmd+Shift+Lon macOS) to open the chat as an editor panel. - Agentic sessions — the assistant can read your project, propose changes, and show diffs for review.
- Add file context — click the + button in any editor's title bar to add the current file, or attach a selection straight from the editor.
- Sign in — run
Fring: Sign Infrom the command palette to connect your account and unlock model access.
Getting started
No setup needed — install the extension and open the chat. On first run, Fring automatically sets up its local server (a one-time download). If you use the Fring desktop app or have the Fring CLI installed, the extension connects through those instead.
Extension settings
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
neevcode.serverUrl |
Connect to a Fring server you run yourself (leave blank to auto-connect). |
neevcode.serverUsername |
Basic-auth username for that server (defaults to neevcode). |
neevcode.serverPassword |
Password for that server (required when serverUrl is set). |
neevcode.opencodePath |
Path to a Fring CLI binary to use for the local server (leave blank to auto-detect). |
Commands
| Command | Keybinding |
|---|---|
| Open Fring Chat | Ctrl+Shift+L / Cmd+Shift+L |
| Add File to Fring Chat | — |
| Fring: Sign In | — |
| Fring: Sign Out | — |
License
MIT.