guIDE
Local-first AI IDE for serious development: run agents on your own hardware, with cloud optional.
At a glance
Free + paid · Source review 2026-11-04- Price & billing
Free $0 forever verified: full IDE with editor, file explorer, and terminal, local LLM inference on GPU and CPU, 69 built-in MCP tools, browser automation, code runner, voice input, Git integration, and GraySoft Cloud access on a fair-use free tier. Paid tiers are page observations in $ without a named currency, so no paid-tier charge fact is recorded: Pro $5 per month with 500 cloud AI messages a day and a 14-day free trial, and Unlimited $10 per month with unlimited cloud AI messages and a 14-day free trial, both at one flat rate with no per-token billing.
- Free allowance
Free $0 forever verified: full IDE with editor, file explorer, and terminal, local LLM inference on GPU and CPU, 69 built-in MCP tools, browser automation, code runner, voice input, Git integration, and GraySoft Cloud access on a fair-use free tier. Paid tiers are page observations in $ without a named currency, so no paid-tier charge fact is recorded: Pro $5 per month with 500 cloud AI messages a day and a 14-day free trial, and Unlimited $10 per month with unlimited cloud AI messages and a 14-day free trial, both at one flat rate with no per-token billing.
- Best suited to
Developers who want a local-first AI IDE where code and context stay on their own machine unless they opt into cloud; users who want a full agent stack offline by default, including local GGUF inference, an ask-plan-agent loop, editor, terminal, Git, browser automation, and voice input; users who want cheap flat-rate cloud AI access, with a free desktop IDE and Pro at $5 a month as stated on the pricing page.
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What to know before choosing
Good fit
Developers who want a local-first AI IDE where code and context stay on their own machine unless they opt into cloud; users who want a full agent stack offline by default, including local GGUF inference, an ask-plan-agent loop, editor, terminal, Git, browser automation, and voice input; users who want cheap flat-rate cloud AI access, with a free desktop IDE and Pro at $5 a month as stated on the pricing page.
Limits and trade-offs
Pro caps cloud AI messages at 500 a day, so heavier cloud users need Unlimited; cloud access is charged at one flat rate with no per-token billing, so it does not fit users who want pure per-token billing; local GGUF inference runs on the own CUDA or CPU hardware, so users without capable hardware must use cloud tiers.
Plans and free allowances
Free $0 forever verified: full IDE with editor, file explorer, and terminal, local LLM inference on GPU and CPU, 69 built-in MCP tools, browser automation, code runner, voice input, Git integration, and GraySoft Cloud access on a fair-use free tier. Paid tiers are page observations in $ without a named currency, so no paid-tier charge fact is recorded: Pro $5 per month with 500 cloud AI messages a day and a 14-day free trial, and Unlimited $10 per month with unlimited cloud AI messages and a 14-day free trial, both at one flat rate with no per-token billing.
Evidence
Official studio page ↗ (reviewed 2026-11-04), Official product page ↗ (reviewed 2026-11-04), Official pricing page ↗ (reviewed 2026-11-04)
Official published documentation reviewed; not a product test
Dates: Last reviewed 2026-11-04. Last reviewed is the latest source or editorial review date; it is not a content-change date.
A closer look at guIDE
guIDE by GraySoft is a local-first AI IDE for serious development: run agents on your own hardware with local GGUF models, keep code and context on your machine unless you opt into cloud, and use a full stack of editor, terminal, Git, browser automation, and voice input, with a free desktop IDE and flat-rate cloud tiers.
Editorial guidance based on published documentation. The workflow below is a suggested starting point, not a measured product result.
When to choose guIDE
- Developers who want a local-first AI IDE where code and context stay on their own machine unless they opt into cloud.
- Users who want a full agent stack offline by default: local GGUF inference, an ask-plan-agent loop, editor, terminal, Git, browser automation, and voice input.
- Users who want cheap flat-rate cloud AI access, with a free desktop IDE and Pro at $5 a month as stated on the pricing page.
When to choose something else
- Users who want unlimited cloud AI messages without paying for Unlimited, since Pro caps cloud AI messages at 500 a day.
- Users who want pure per-token cloud billing, since guIDE cloud access is charged at one flat rate with no per-token billing.
- Users whose hardware cannot run local models, since local GGUF inference runs on the user's own CUDA or CPU hardware, and cloud tiers are the alternative.
A practical starting workflow
- Download guIDE for free and run it on your own hardware.
- Run local GGUF models on CUDA or CPU with llama.cpp, with no API keys required to start, or opt into GraySoft Cloud or BYOK providers for hosted models.
- Use the ask-plan-agent loop with native filesystem, terminal, and Git tools, reviewing diffs before applying them.
Check before committing
- Paid plan amounts are shown in $ without a named currency, so no paid-tier charge fact is recorded; only the Free $0 tier is recorded as a fact.
- The product page states 26 BYOK providers for optional cloud, while the pricing page footer states 17 cloud AI providers; both counts are described as shown, not merged.
Common questions
What does local-first mean for guIDE?
guIDE is a local-first AI IDE: run agents on your own hardware, and code and context stay on the machine unless the user opts into cloud, which is optional and never required.
What models can guIDE run?
Run GGUF models on CUDA or CPU with llama.cpp, with no API keys required to start, and optionally use GraySoft Cloud or BYOK providers for hosted models.
What does the guIDE Free tier include?
The Free tier includes the full IDE with editor, file explorer, and terminal, local LLM inference on GPU and CPU, 69 built-in MCP tools, browser automation, a code runner, voice input, Git integration, and GraySoft Cloud access on a fair-use free tier.
What do the guIDE paid tiers cost?
Pro costs $5 per month with 500 cloud AI messages a day and a 14-day free trial, while Unlimited costs $10 per month with unlimited cloud AI messages and a 14-day free trial, both at one flat rate with no per-token billing.
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