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Open-source, model-agnostic coding assistant and agent.
An open-source AI coding assistant for VS Code and JetBrains, plus a CLI, that works with any model — hosted or local — and lets teams share custom assistants, rules and checks.
- Vendor
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- Category
- Coding assistants
- Pricing
- Open source
- Open source
- Yes
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Platforms
- VS Code, JetBrains, CLI
- Launched
- 2023
- Website
- continue.dev
Features
- Any model, including local
- Custom assistants
- Agent mode
Best for
- Coding
Works with
- Claude Sonnet 5.5 — Anthropic. Anthropic’s mid-tier Claude for everyday building, debugging and documents.
- Qwen3.6 35B A3B — Alibaba (Qwen). Open MoE with just 3B active parameters — popular for local inference.
More coding assistants
- Claude Code — Anthropic. Agentic coding in your terminal, IDE and browser.
- GitHub Copilot — GitHub (Microsoft). The most widely deployed AI pair programmer.
- Cursor — Anysphere. The AI-native code editor.
- Codex — OpenAI. OpenAI’s cloud and CLI coding agent.
- Cline — Cline. Open-source autonomous coding agent for VS Code.
- Windsurf — Cognition. Agentic IDE with the Cascade agent.
- Google Antigravity — Google. Agent-first IDE with a manager view for orchestrating many agents.
- Lovable — Lovable. Build apps by chatting with AI.