Capability · Framework — agents

Phind

Phind is a developer-focused AI answer engine: every response cites the sources it pulled from, so it behaves like a technical search engine with an LLM front-end. The company has also released the Phind-70B and Phind-CodeLlama-34B models, fine-tuned for reasoning over code and technical docs, and ships a VS Code extension that pulls Phind directly into the editor.

Framework facts

Category: agents
Language: Proprietary / Model weights on HF
License: Proprietary SaaS (some models Llama-2/Llama-3 community license)

Install

# Web: https://phind.com
# VS Code: install 'Phind' from the Marketplace

Quickstart

// VS Code: Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+P → 'Phind: Ask' → type question.
// Or use the web UI — results always cite URLs you can click through to.

Alternatives

Perplexity — broader consumer search
Kagi Assistant
You.com

Frequently asked questions

Phind or ChatGPT for coding questions?

Phind's edge is citations — useful when you want to verify an answer or dig into a library's docs. ChatGPT is still stronger for long-form multi-file code generation. Many engineers use both.

Are Phind's models open source?

Some are — Phind-CodeLlama-34B and Phind-70B checkpoints are on Hugging Face under the underlying base model's license. The web service uses proprietary routing and retrieval.

Sources

Phind home — accessed 2026-04-20
Phind models on HF — accessed 2026-04-20