Question 1

What is Pendant?

Accepted Answer

Pendant is an AI agent extension for VS Code and VSCodium, powered by Pi. It gives you a focused sidebar for chat, tool output, context, sessions, and model controls.

Question 2

Do I need Pi installed first?

Accepted Answer

No. Pendant bundles a local Pi runtime by default, and you can still point it at an external Pi or oh-my-pi installation.

Question 3

Does my code go through an extension service?

Accepted Answer

No. Pendant does not proxy your workspace through a hosted service. It passes selected context to your local Pi runtime, and model traffic is determined by your Pi and model-provider configuration.

Question 4

Is dictation cloud based?

Accepted Answer

No. Dictation is fully local: it uses native Rust and Swift helpers with whisper.cpp to run local Whisper model files. Audio is never sent to a server.