Continue
TrendingOpen-source AI coding assistant you can customize with any model
👥 500K+ users💰 $22M Series A
✓ Last verified: April 2026
Continue is an open-source AI coding assistant for VS Code and JetBrains that lets you bring your own AI model, whether cloud-hosted or running locally. It offers chat, autocomplete, inline editing, and custom actions, all fully customizable and source-controlled for teams that need transparency and flexibility.
Our Ratings
7
Ease of Use
7
Output Quality
9
Value
5
Support
9
Versatility
Key Features
- ✓Fully open-source with source-controlled configuration
- ✓Bring your own model from any provider or run locally
- ✓Chat, autocomplete, inline edit, and custom actions in IDE
- ✓Model Context Protocol support for GitHub, Sentry, and Linear
- ✓On-premises data plane option for enterprise code privacy
Best For
- 👍 Teams wanting full control over their AI coding stack
- 👍 Privacy-conscious developers running local models
- 👍 Organizations needing source-controlled and auditable AI configuration
Limitations
- ⚠️ Requires setup and configuration compared to turnkey solutions
- ⚠️ Code suggestion quality may lag behind Cursor or Copilot
- ⚠️ Free tier requires managing your own API keys and costs
Integrations
VS CodeJetBrains IDEsOpenAIAnthropicOllama
Quick Facts
DifficultyIntermediate
Team sizeany
API accessNo
Mobile appNo
Data privacyhigh