Feature Parity Reference for Cody Clients

This document compares Cody's features and capabilities across different clients.

Here's a feature parity matrix that compares the capabilities of Cody Clients across different platforms like VS Code, JetBrains, Neovim, and Sourcegraph.com (Web UI).

Chat

Feature	VS Code	JetBrains	Neovim	Web
Talk to Cody	✓	✓	✓	✓
Chat history	✓	x	x	✓
Stop chat generating	✓	✓	x	✓
Edit sent messages	✓	x	x	✓
Slash (`/`) commands	✓	x	x	x
Show context files	✓	✓	✓	✓
Custom commands	✓	x	x	x
Clear chat history	✓	✓	x	✓
LLM Selection	✓	✓	x	x
Enhanced Context Selection	✓	x	x	x

LLM selection is only supported for Cody Pro plan. On Cody Free you get the Claude 2.0 as the default LLM.

Code Autocomplete

Feature	VS Code	JetBrains	Neovim	Web
Single-line autocompletion	✓	✓	✓	x
Single-line, multi-part autocompletion	✓	✓	✓	x
Multi-line, inline autocompletion	✓	✓	✓	x
Enable/Disable by language	✓	✓	✓	x
Customize autocomplete colors	x	✓	✓	x
Cycle through multiple completion suggestions	✓	✓	✓	x

Code Context

Feature	VS Code	JetBrains	Neovim	Web
Multi-repo context	x	x	x	✓
Repo selection for context	✓	✓	x	✓
Local repo context	✓	x	x	x
Embeddings	✓	x	✓	✓

Please refer to the tier-wise context fetchng mechanism and context scope docs for detailed breakdown.

Commands

Feature	VS Code	JetBrains	Neovim	Web
Generate `docstring`	✓	x	✓	✓
Generate unit test	✓	✓	✓	✓
Explain code	✓	✓	✓	✓
Smell code	✓	✓	✓	✓
Ask a question	✓	x	✓	✓
Reset chat	✓	x	x	x
Task instruction	x	x	✓	x
Restart Cody/Sourcegraph	x	x	✓	x
Toggle chat window	x	x	✓	x
Improve variable names	x	x	x	✓