Continue

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Open-source AI code assistant for VS Code and JetBrains with bring-your-own-model flexibility

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Open-source coding agentAcquired by CursorPioneer in AI developer tooling

Completely free

Founded 2023

Self-hostable

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Use Cases for Developers

Continue is purpose-built for developers and is best suited for the following scenarios:

AI-assisted code generation: Leverage Continue as a coding agent to accelerate development workflows
Open-source integration: Because Continue is fully open-source, teams can self-host, fork, or extend it to fit custom toolchains and environments
AI tooling research & development: As a pioneer in AI developer tooling, Continue serves as a reference implementation for teams building or evaluating coding agents
Cursor ecosystem: Following its acquisition by Cursor, Continue may integrate with or complement Cursor's broader suite of AI development tools

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