WhatA fully open-source code editor and dev toolchain that guarantees zero AI telemetry, zero AI attribution injection, and complete developer sovereignty over their code and commits.
SignalDevelopers are furious that their primary code editor is silently injecting AI co-authorship claims into their git commits without consent, even when AI features are explicitly disabled — this represents a fundamental breach of trust between tool and user.
Why NowThe enshittification of VS Code and GitHub by Microsoft's AI monetization push has created a once-in-a-decade window where millions of developers are actively reconsidering their editor choice, similar to the Atom-to-VS-Code migration.
Market30M+ professional developers globally; competitors like Zed, Neovim, and Helix exist but none have positioned specifically as the anti-enshittification choice with enterprise compliance guarantees. Enterprise teams worried about IP contamination would pay $20-50/seat/month.
MoatOpen-source community governance model (like Linux Foundation) creates trust moat that no corporate-backed editor can replicate; plugin ecosystem and extension compatibility create switching costs once adopted.
VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usageView discussion ↗ · Article ↗ · 1,315 pts · May 2, 2026
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