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Imbue vs GIDE

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Imbue compared with GIDE
DetailImbue logo ImbueGIDE logo GIDE
What it doesTools that work for you, not the company that built them The coding agent that runs on your machine
StageEstablished Not given
Founded2021 Not given
Based inUS US
Pricing modelNot given Freemium
PricingNot given Developer: $19.99/month or $199.99/year with 30-day free trial. Business: $99.99/month per seat or $995/year with 30-day free trial. Enterprise: Custom pricing.
Key features
  • Code review with confidence scoring and deduplication
  • GitHub Actions integration for PR reviews
  • Agent conversation history analysis
  • Bring your own API key for Claude, GPT, Gemini
  • Plan-gate and write-gate safety controls
  • Universal AST refactoring across 21 languages
  • Persistent project memory and skill files
  • Full MCP (Model Context Protocol) client
  • Terminal CLI with same agent and memory
  • Local OpenAI-compatible API endpoint
  • Local JSONL audit log for compliance
What makes it different
  • Software that works for you, not the company that built it
  • Open agent ecosystem that users can understand, modify, and verify
  • Catches coding agent mistakes by reading conversation history
  • Zero telemetry and no account required
  • Works with local models and multiple AI providers
  • Runs fully offline with no per-token costs, unlike cloud coding tools that bill by the token
  • Safety-first with plan-gate and write-gate controls before any file is changed
  • Model-agnostic: same editor and safety controls whether using local or cloud models
  • Works entirely on your machine with no code leaving your device in local mode
  • Whole-codebase semantic awareness for accurate edits across multiple files
Free planNot given Not given
Open sourceNot given Not given
PlatformsNot given Not given
Public APINot given Not given
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)63 −1 (down) since last check18 +1 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)173
Citation Flow (Majestic)4226
Referring domains (Majestic)118754

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