Minuet AI is an open-source (GPL-3.0) inline-completion engine for Neovim that lets you plug in whichever model you already pay for — or a local one via Ollama/Llama.cpp — instead of locking you to a single vendor. It renders completions through your existing frontend (nvim-cmp, blink.cmp, or built-in virtual text) and supports live provider/model switching via :Minuet change_provider / :Minuet change_model. The maintainer emphasizes there is "no proprietary binary running in the background" (vendor claim) — completions are issued over plain HTTP with your API key, which is attractive if you want to audit exactly what leaves your editor. Buyers evaluating it against Copilot/Codeium should weigh the BYOK cost/latency trade-off: you own the provider bill and the key management, in exchange for provider flexibility and transparency.
Minuet AI
Multi-provider AI code completion as-you-type for Neovim
Neovim plugin that streams inline code completions from your choice of LLM (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Codestral, Ollama, Llama.cpp, and more), with no proprietary background binary.
Pricing
Free and open source (GPL-3.0). No cost for the plugin itself; bring your own LLM API key (pay only your provider) — or run a local model (Ollama / Llama.cpp) at zero API cost.
Platforms
Neovim plugin — requires Neovim 0.10+ (0.11+ for the built-in completion frontend). Frontend-agnostic (nvim-cmp, blink.cmp, virtual text). Cross-platform; uses built-in `vim.system` (no plenary dependency).
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