Hi, I'm interested in trying out Xcode Assist to help with things like complicated refactors or writing tests cases. The ChatGPT and Claude options both share your code with third parties, which is not acceptable for my use case.
Has anyone used a fully local model for Xcode Assist? I see that you can select one in the Apple Intelligence section of Xcode's Preferences screen, but don't really know where to start.
Are there local models that work well with Xcode Assist and that truly keep your source code private?
Answering my own question: I was able to do this by downloading LM Studio and installing a Devstral model from Mistral. Just start the server for that model and then set up a local model in Xcode. It's a local model, and works even with wifi turned off. I found the model didn't work nearly as well at understanding even medium-sized codebases and making changes. It was better suited for writing small snippets of code or maybe analyzing a single file.