Continue
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At a glance
Open-source AI code assistant extension for VS Code and JetBrains, acquired by Cursor with standalone development wound down.
ai-coding open-source ide-extension
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Category
- Coding & Developer Tools
- Business model
- Open (open weights/source)
- Availability
- Global
- Launched
- 2023
Overview
Continue is an open-source AI code assistant extension for VS Code and JetBrains that lets developers use and customize their own models. It supports autocomplete, chat, and edits, and can connect to local or hosted models of the user's choice. The extension is free and open source.
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Key features
- Autocomplete, chat, and inline edits in VS Code and JetBrains
- Bring-your-own-model, including local models
- Customizable context and prompts
- Open-source and self-hostable
Use cases
- Coding assistance with a self-chosen or local model
- Privacy-focused development without a fixed vendor
- Customizing assistant behavior per project
Pricing
The extension is free and open source; costs come only from any hosted models a developer chooses to connect.
Record details
Provenance, dates and links are kept here so the main sections stay about the product itself.
Links, dates and provenance
- Record updated
- 2026-09-10
- Founded
- 2023
- Headquarters
- US
- Canonical URL
- https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/continue/
Selection profile
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- Tasks it fits
- Writing new code Editing an existing codebase Reviewing diffs and pull requests
Derived from the record: category "coding".
Suggest a correction - How you use it
- Editor extension
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Suggest a correction - Runs on
- VS Code JetBrains IDEs
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Suggest a correction - Where it runs
- Not recorded
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- Not recorded
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- Global
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- Not recorded
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Suggest a correction - Licence
- Apache-2.0
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Suggest a correction - Commercial use
- Permitted
Recorded licence allows commercial use (copyleft obligations may still apply).
Suggest a correction - Interface languages
- Not recorded
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- Open source Free Free allowance: Yes Subscription required: No
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Where each value comes from
- Tasks it fits
- Our inference
- How you use it
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- Runs on
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- Where it runs
- Our inference
- Works offline
- Our inference
- Official service region
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- Public API
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- Licence
- Our inference
- Commercial use
- Our inference
- Interface languages
- Unknown
Frequently asked questions
Is Continue open source?
Yes. Continue is an open-source coding-assistant extension for VS Code and JetBrains.
Can Continue use local models?
Yes. Continue supports bring-your-own-model, including local models via tools like Ollama.
Is Continue free?
Yes. The extension is free; you only pay for any hosted model APIs you connect.
What does Continue not record?
Its homepage was fetched, but no same-site page could be confirmed as documentation or pricing, so plan pricing, service regions and supported languages remain unconfirmed.
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This record was last reviewed on 2026-09-10.
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