CodiumAI vs Codium (Open Source): They Are NOT the Same

The confusion explained If you have searched for "CodiumAI" and found yourself looking at an open-source code editor, or searched for "Codium" the editor and landed on an AI testing tool, you are not alone. This is one of the most common naming confusions in the developer tools space, and it has caused genuine frustration for users of both products. Here is the short version: CodiumAI and Codium (VSCodium) are completely different products from completely different organizations. They share a word in their names and absolutely nothing else. CodiumAI was a commercial AI startup that has since rebranded to Qodo . Codium - properly known as VSCodium - is a community-maintained open-source build of Visual Studio Code. This post clears up the confusion once and for all. What is CodiumAI (now Qodo)? CodiumAI was an AI-powered code quality company founded in 2022 by Itamar Friedman and Dedy Kredo. The company's original product was an IDE extension that used AI to generate meaningful unit tes