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Phind

AI search engine purpose-built for developer questions.

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About Phind

Phind is Perplexity for code — a search engine optimized for technical questions. Returns answers with code snippets and cited Stack Overflow / GitHub sources. Pro tier adds Phind-405B (their own fine-tuned model) and a VS Code extension that knows your project.

Key features

  • Code-aware search with citations
  • Phind-405B model (fine-tuned for code)
  • VS Code agent (Pro)
  • Pair-programming mode
  • Multi-step problem decomposition

Pros & limitations

Pros

  • Replaces Stack Overflow for many devs
  • Cited answers — verifiable
  • Strong on niche / legacy frameworks

Limitations

  • Less integrated than Cursor for editing
  • Free model lags Pro substantially
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