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the six Ws · specification
W1
Who
Maintained by smallcloudai as an open-source self-hostable platform.
W2
What
A self-hosted assistant with completion, chat, and an agent that edits code and runs tools.
W3
Where
Runs self-hosted via Docker with VS Code and JetBrains plugins.
W4
When
Reach for it when you want on-prem AI coding with optional fine-tuning.
W5
Why
Full self-hosting and fine-tuning keep proprietary code in-house.
W6
With
The self-hosted server (Docker/GPU) or cloud, plus IDE plugins.
W7
Watch
Company-backed open-source; the agent edits code and runs tools, deployable fully on-prem. BSD-3-Clause licensed, mature.