Mistral Code is an enterprise-grade AI coding assistant designed to enhance software engineering workflows with powerful AI models and robust integration capabilities. It combines cutting-edge coding models, in-IDE assistance, local deployment options, and enterprise-level tooling into a unified platform, enabling developers to significantly boost productivity while adhering to stringent IT and security requirements.
Built upon the proven open-source project Continue, Mistral Code introduces the controls, observability, and customization essential for large enterprises. It integrates seamlessly with popular development environments like JetBrains IDEs and VSCode, offering features like instant code completions, multi-step refactoring, and advanced coding assistance. The product supports deployment across cloud, reserved capacity, or air-gapped on-prem GPUs, ensuring flexibility and compliance for diverse enterprise needs.
Mistral Code addresses common limitations of mainstream AI copilots, such as restricted connectivity to proprietary repositories, limited customization, shallow task coverage, and fragmented service-level agreements (SLAs). It provides a vertically integrated solution that includes AI models, plugins, admin controls, and 24/7 support—all backed by a single provider. This approach ensures that every line of code remains within the enterprise boundary, enhancing security and control.
The platform is powered by four state-of-the-art models: Codestral for code autocomplete, Codestral Embed for code search and retrieval, Devstral for agentic coding, and Mistral Medium for chat assistance. These models support fine-tuning and post-training on private repositories, allowing enterprises to customize the AI to their specific needs. Mistral Code is proficient in over 80 programming languages and can analyze files, Git diffs, terminal outputs, and issues to help developers complete fully scoped tasks—from writing new modules to executing shell commands—all within configurable approval workflows.
For IT managers, Mistral Code offers a rich admin console with granular controls, observability, seat management, and usage analytics, ensuring visibility and accountability. The platform has been adopted by global enterprises, including Abanca, SNCF, and Capgemini, demonstrating its scalability and reliability in diverse industries.
Mistral Code builds on the contributions of the Continue community, enhancing the developer experience with features like multi-line editing, chat functionality, and enterprise-grade extras such as fine-grained RBAC, audit logging, and issue resolution metrics. Currently available in private beta, the platform is set to launch general availability soon, with plans to contribute back to the open-source ecosystem.
