Best Practices to Start with Vibe Coding? Best Local Apps for Agentic Vibe Coding?
Posted by Iory1998@reddit | LocalLLaMA | View on Reddit | 16 comments
DISCLAIMER: I am not a programmer nor do I have experience coding.
I've been thinking about a small app running on gradio for some time now, and I want to try tweaking some extension for ComfyUI. And perhaps, I can hopefully learn coding in the process.
Lately, I've been testing Deepseek v4 models on the company's website, and it's the best model I've ever tested. The API pricing is dirt cheap, and I already use local models for small tasks. I am thinking about learn how to use agentic coding frameworks to vibe code.
Could you share your experience with me and refer me to the best open-source agentic coding apps I can run locally? I have installed Cline months ago with VS Code, but I am not sure if it's good for me.
Also, I read somewhere here that MiniMax offers free access to their API. How good the MiniMax models compared to Deepseek v4? What can you advise me.
Thanks!
TBMonkey@reddit
I've been using Cline/Roo fairly regularly for a while (not a programmer but a amateur hobbyist). It's nice, but I'm watching this thread to get some ideas. I hear Pi and opencode a lot.
Bulky_Blood_7362@reddit
opencode is pretty good
Iory1998@reddit (OP)
What's your experience with it?
zipperlein@reddit
Pretty good out-of-the-box experience and really great at being customizeable. Also OpenCode being not a extension for VSCode and having a discret global config location, means u can just tell it to write agents/skills/tools or add mcps for example. Always good to double-check the result ofc. I wouldn't run it on my day-to-day maschine though. I'd advise to use it in a container/VM enviroment so it cannot mess up the rest of your system.
Iory1998@reddit (OP)
Can't I just give it access to one drive partition or a specific folder?
Bulky_Blood_7362@reddit
You can. You can also use the web/mobile version with "opencode serve --mdns" (mdns for using through phone wifi)
zipperlein@reddit
U could technically use a seperate user, but I would not rely on it and it's pretty complicated afaik. Virtual Box for example is a really easy solution compared to what you are suggesting. Dual-boot is also a option.
zipperlein@reddit
I am using OpenCode, I think it's pretty straightforward. CLI is a bit uncomfortable first maybe, but it pretty easy to get used to. Highly reccomend something like Git, so u can revert to a previous state if the LLM broke something.
Iory1998@reddit (OP)
But, all my files stay local right? I do not need to post anything of GitHub?
zipperlein@reddit
Yes, it's possible to work with local repos only. But u can use private repos on Github for free or self-host sth Gitlab, Gitea, ....
Diligent_Animator326@reddit
Git and GitHub are 2 different things. You do not need to interact with GitHub in any way nor do you need an account to use Git. You should 100% use Git.
jacek2023@reddit
I moved from opencode to pi, it works better with local models
Prestigious-Chair282@reddit
Iory1998@reddit (OP)
Thanks but you're not a moderator to tell me what's this sub is about.
It's not because I asked about vibe coding that makes me ineligible to post. I use local LLM, and vibe coding or coding with local LLM is certainly part of this sub. I know, I've been posting on this sub since it's creation in 2023. Chill out!
Suspicious_Body50@reddit
agreed buddy needs to cool it... sounds like he is made we can code with AI now and i use Local LLMs to do this every single day
Iory1998@reddit (OP)
Exactly! Worse, He (he must be a he) has degrading attitude, like "you don't know how to code, you're not human go somewhere else you dumb piece of ****"