🧠💻 Local LLM Integration in VSCodium — Supported or Any Workarounds?

[aaronthefullstackengineer]

Hi everyone! 👋
I’m looking to integrate local LLMs into VSCodium for offline, privacy-focused AI code assistance.

Specifically:

🔗 Does VSCodium support connecting to AI assistants that run locally (e.g., Ollama, LM Studio, Tabby, or other local endpoints)?

🧩 Are there open-source extensions that allow using a local REST API, OpenAI-compatible API, or self-hosted model server?

🚧 Are there any restrictions in VSCodium due to Microsoft service removals that affect AI integrations?

If it’s not natively supported, I’d appreciate:

🧠 Suggested workarounds

🛠️ Custom configs, forks, or recommended extensions that make this possible

Goal:
Privacy-friendly, AI-assisted coding in VSCodium — without sending code to external servers. 🔒

Thanks in advance! 🙏