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Open-source IDE coding assistant you can point at local or cloud model providers.

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Overview

Free plan
Yes
Open source
Yes
Last verified
2026-08-10 00:00:00
Pricing checked
2026-08-10 00:00:00

What it does

Continue is an open-source coding assistant that embeds chat and autocomplete into IDEs while letting teams choose which model endpoints to use.

Best uses

Custom model routing, privacy-sensitive setups with local models, and developers who want editable assistant configuration instead of a closed plugin.

Key capabilities

VS Code and JetBrains extensions; bring-your-own-model workflows; open-source core for customization.

Considerations

You own more of the reliability stack—API keys, model quality, and context config are your responsibility.

Best uses

Choose Continue when flexibility and open-source control matter more than a turnkey managed assistant.

Key features

  • Chat — Conversational prompting and multi-turn dialogue with an AI assistant.
  • Code Completion — Suggests or completes source code while editing in a development environment.
  • Code Generation — Generates larger code snippets, functions, or projects from natural-language prompts.
  • Custom Models — Supports fine-tuned, private, or organization-specific models.
  • Repository Context — Uses repository or codebase context when answering or generating code.

Platforms

JetBrains VS Code

Pricing

Plan Price Billing Notes
Open-source / free Free month Core project is free to use
Hub / paid offerings — month Optional paid Continue offerings if used

Pricing last checked: 2026-08-10.

Pricing summaries are editorial notes from cited sources and can change. Confirm on the vendor’s site before purchasing.

Free plan, API & open source

Free plan
Yes
API
Not confirmed
Open source
Yes

Strengths

Provider-agnostic design and transparent, hackable tooling.

Limitations

Less polished hand-holding than fully managed products; setup time is higher.

Suited for

Power users and platform teams building an internal AI coding stack.

Company

Continue

Continue develops an open-source coding assistant that plugs into IDEs and can connect to many model providers. Engineering teams use it when they want customizable, local-or-cloud AI coding workflows.

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