Product / UX / UI & API

Continue

Open-source AI code assistant for VS Code and JetBrains IDEs offering inline completions, chat, and edit modes against any model (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Ollama, vLLM). Differentiates from Copilot by being model-agnostic and self-hostable, and from Cursor by living inside existing IDEs; YC-backed with ~$5M seed and ~33k GitHub stars.

Continue (continuedev/continue); VS Code extension v1.2.22 (Mar 2026), JetBrains plugin, and open source `cn` CLI. Open-source AI code assistant, chat + inline edit + autocomplete in the IDE, now also marketing 'AI code agent' (agent mode) and CI checks. Verified live on GitHub + VS Marketplace June 2026.

Openness

5 high confidence

5.0

license: Apache-2.0(OSI)
source: public(github.com/continuedev/continue)
clients: VSCode+JetBrains+CLI
hub: continue.dev(hosted config/model hub adjacent, core OSS)

Apache-2.0, full source public for the IDE extensions and CLI; no feature-gated core in the editor itself (a hosted Hub exists alongside but the assistant is OSS).

https://github.com/continuedev/continue recorded 2026-06-04
Apache-2.0; public source; AI code assistant (chat/edit/autocomplete + agent)
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Continue.continue recorded 2026-06-04
open source AI code agent extension listing

Adoption

4 high confidence

4.0

VS Code Marketplace shows ~3.21M installs of the Continue extension; plus JetBrains plugin and CLI installs on top. Install volume places it solidly in the 1-10M band. 33.5k GitHub stars corroborates only.

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Continue.continue recorded 2026-06-04
3,209,395 installs
https://github.com/continuedev/continue recorded 2026-06-04
33.5k stars (corroborating)

Capability

4 medium confidence

4.0

Leading open source in-IDE AI assistant; broad model-agnostic coverage with chat/edit/autocomplete/agent and codebase RAG. Strong feature breadth for an open editor assistant, just below the polished closed frontier (Copilot/Cursor).

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Continue.continue recorded 2026-06-04
agent, chat, edit, autocomplete features
https://github.com/continuedev/continue recorded 2026-06-04
model-agnostic AI code assistant feature set

Unchanged since 2026-06-24 (last edited, not re-checked)