Aider vs Continue

Side-by-side comparison of Aider and Continue: pricing, features, API access, and community ratings.

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	Aider AI pair programming in your terminal — code smarter with LLMs Visit	Continue Open-source AI code assistant for VS Code and JetBrains with bring-your-own-model flexibility Visit
Category	Coding & development	Coding & development
Pricing	Free	Free
Starting price	Free	Free
Free tier
Audience	Technical	Technical
API available
Open source
Self-hostable
Model provider	Anthropic, OpenAI, DeepSeek, and others
Founded		2023
Headquarters		US
Key strengths	·Supports 100+ languages and connects to virtually any LLM (cloud or local) ·Whole-codebase mapping enables accurate, context-aware edits in large projects ·Native Git integration with automatic, meaningful commit messages ·Runs entirely in the terminal — no cloud service or account required	·Open-source coding agent ·Acquired by Cursor ·Pioneer in AI developer tooling