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, Sourcegraph.com (Web UI), and Cody app.

Chat

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

Code Autocomplete

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

Code Context

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

Inline Chat

Feature	VS Code	JetBrains	Neovim
Questions	✓	x	✓
Fix-ups	✓	x	✓
Touch	✓	x	x

Commands

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

Connect to Cody app

Feature	VS Code	JetBrains	Neovim
Get context as back-end	✓	x	x
Indexing a repo	✓	x	x
Show indexing progress	✓	x	x