Continue

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)

core features withheld

no — Apache-2.0 across the whole monorepo, no ee/ or enterprise directory

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). Continue has since been acquired by Cursor; the vendor states the open-source codebase remains freely available, and no pricing page is linked any more.

• https://api.github.com/repos/continuedev/continue/contents/ recorded 2026-08-13

  Repository root listing. The tree is actions, binary, core, docs, eval, extensions, gui, manual-testing-sandbox, media, packages, scripts, skills, sync - there is no `ee/`, no `enterprise/`, and no second license. `extensions/` holds cli, intellij and vscode; `packages/` holds config-types, config-yaml, continue-sdk, fetch, llm-info, openai-adapters and terminal-security. The repo license endpoint returns Apache-2.0.

• https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/continuedev/continue@main/core/control-plane/mdm/mdm.ts recorded 2026-09-29

  The license-key validator is ordinary published source in this file: `validateLicenseKey` verifies a signed payload whose `LicenseKeyData` declares only `customerId`, `createdAt` and `expiresAt`, with `apiUrl` in the unsigned data, and the key is read from MDM locations such as "/Library/Managed Preferences/dev.continue.app.plist" and "HKLM\\Software\\Continue\\MDM".

• https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/continuedev/continue@main/LICENSE recorded 2026-09-29

  The root LICENSE file is the "Apache License" "Version 2.0, January 2004" text.

• https://github.com/continuedev/continue recorded 2026-08-13

  Apache-2.0; public source; AI code assistant (chat/edit/autocomplete + agent)

• https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Continue.continue recorded 2026-09-29

  The listing is titled "Continue - open-source AI code agent", its License section reads "Apache 2.0 © 2023-2025 Continue Dev, Inc.", and the page metadata carries "GitHubLink":"https://github.com/continuedev/continue.git".

• https://www.continue.dev/ recorded 2026-09-29

  The vendor site says "Continue was acquired by" Cursor and that "our open-source codebase remains freely available as a foundation for others". Searched the body for pricing, self-host and on-prem links: none.

Adoption is measured by VS Code Marketplace installs of the Continue extension. The JetBrains plugin and CLI are not counted alongside that figure, and GitHub stars serve only as corroboration of the same signal.

• https://github.com/continuedev/continue recorded 2026-08-13

  33.5k stars (corroborating)

• https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Continue.continue recorded 2026-08-13

  3,209,395 installs

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://docs.continue.dev/ recorded 2026-09-29

  The docs home page is titled "Open source AI code assistant for VS Code and JetBrains" with Features entries for Agent, Chat, Autocomplete and Edit.

• https://docs.continue.dev/customize/model-providers/overview recorded 2026-09-29

  The provider overview says "Continue supports a wide range of AI model providers to power different features like chat, code editing, autocompletion, and embeddings." and lists Anthropic, OpenAI, Ollama, Google Gemini, LM Studio and llama.cpp.

• https://docs.continue.dev/faqs recorded 2026-09-29

  The FAQ has an "Images Not Uploading" entry that says "Ensure your model actually supports vision" and an "Indexing issues" entry about rebuilding the codebase index.

• https://docs.continue.dev/ide-extensions/agent/how-it-works recorded 2026-09-29

  The agent page lists built-in tools including "All other write/execute tools for modifying the codebase".

• https://docs.continue.dev/ide-extensions/autocomplete/how-it-works recorded 2026-09-29

  The autocomplete page says "Continue uses a number of retrieval methods to find relevant snippets from your codebase to include in the prompt." under a "Context Retrieval from Your Codebase" heading.

• https://github.com/continuedev/continue recorded 2026-08-13

  model-agnostic AI code assistant feature set

• https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Continue.continue recorded 2026-09-29

  The listing header describes "The leading open-source AI code agent" and the Features section shows VS Code "Agent", "Chat", "Edit" and "Autocomplete" entries; the page metadata carries "GitHubLink":"https://github.com/continuedev/continue.git".