Continue
IntermediateOpen-source AI code assistant for VS Code and JetBrains.
Company
Continue Dev
Founded
2023
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Pricing Range
Free / open-source
Difficulty
intermediate
Target Audience
Developers who want an open-source, customizable AI code assistant with privacy options.
About
Continue is an open-source AI code assistant for VS Code and JetBrains. It brings AI chat, code editing, and debugging to your IDE with support for any LLM backend (OpenAI, Anthropic, local models). Users can customize context providers, slash commands, and retrieval settings. Privacy-focused with local model support.
Advantages
- 1Open-source
- 2Any LLM support
- 3IDE integration
- 4Customizable
- 5Privacy-focused
Pros & Cons
Pros
- +Open source
- +Any LLM support
- +Customizable
- +Privacy focused
Cons
- −Requires setup
- −LLM API costs
- −Smaller team
- −Not as polished
Use Cases
Custom AI workflow
Local model coding
Privacy-sensitive development
Research and experimentation
Custom tools building
Pricing
Free
$0
- All features
- Open-source
- Any LLM
Extensions & Plugins
Continue VS Code Extension
VS Code extension
Continue JetBrains Extension
JetBrains extension
Skills
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