BlackBox IDE is the developer environment that runs AI locally, keeps your code private, and never phones home. Co-code with intelligence that lives on your machine.
v2.4.0 · macOS / Linux / Windows · MIT-licensed runtime
Every keystroke stays on your hardware. Every suggestion comes from models you control. No cloud dependency, no usage caps, no surprise bills.
Ollama-powered code completion and refactoring that runs entirely on your machine. Supports 16 models including CodeLlama, DeepSeek Coder, and StarCoder2. Suggestions in under 200ms on Apple Silicon.
No analytics, no usage tracking, no code leaving your network. BlackBox IDE has no call-home mechanism. Audit the source yourself — the runtime is fully inspectable. Your intellectual property stays yours.
Built-in terminal, Git integration with Gitea-first support, project-scoped memory that persists across sessions, and a plugin system that respects your privacy. Extensions run sandboxed with no network access by default.
Spawn up to 4 AI agents that collaborate on different parts of your codebase simultaneously. Each agent has its own context window and memory. Coordinate complex refactors across hundreds of files without losing track.
Deploy BlackBox across your entire engineering team with a single configuration file. Shared model cache reduces disk usage by 80%. Centralized settings with per-developer overrides. Works air-gapped.
Deep support for Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Shell, and 40 more languages. Semantic code navigation, cross-file refactoring, and inline documentation generation powered by local tree-sitter parsing.
BlackBox handles monorepos with millions of lines. Incremental indexing means you never wait. The AI understands your project structure, dependencies, and conventions because it reads your code locally — not through an API.
< 200ms AI suggestions · < 50ms file switching · < 2s project indexing (100k files)
VS Code extensions supported · vim keybindings · LSP protocol · DAP debugging
One plan. Everything included. No usage limits.