Ever wished you could have an AI coding assistant without sharing your code with the cloud? That's exactly what drove me to build my own lightweight IDE with DeepSeek integration.
As someone working with an older PC, I needed something that wouldn't drain my system resources while still giving me the power of AI assistance. The result?
A simple but powerful desktop application that runs Deep Seek completely offline. It keeps your code private, runs smoothly on modest hardware, and still gives you all the AI help you need – from debugging to code suggestions.
Setting it up is straightforward:
Install Ollama
Grab your preferred Deep Seek model (I recommend starting with the 1.5B parameter version for older machines)
… and you're ready to code.
The IDE gives you a clean interface with a file explorer, a terminal, and an AI assistant that understands using context of your open files.
Check out the repo here: https://github.com/lukejbyrne/deepseek-ide/
And the video here:
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