Continue.dev

Open-source AI code assistant for VS Code and JetBrains

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About Continue.dev

Continue is an open-source AI code assistant for VS Code and JetBrains. It provides code completion, chat, and custom commands while letting you choose your own model — local or cloud. Designed to be the open-source alternative to Copilot.

Features

✦Code completion
✦Chat
✦Multi-model
✦Custom commands
✦Context providers

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • +Open-source Copilot alternative
  • +Works with any model
  • +Custom commands and context
  • +VS Code + JetBrains support
  • +Privacy-friendly

Cons

  • −Less polished than Copilot
  • −Setup required for best experience
  • −Completion quality depends on model
  • −Smaller community

Platforms

macOSLinuxWindows

Tags

#coding#open-source#vscode#jetbrains

Related AI Concepts

Open Source

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