Continue
Open-source AI code assistant for VS Code and JetBrains
Continue is an open-source AI coding assistant that adds autocomplete, chat, and agent features to VS Code and JetBrains IDEs. It can connect to local models through Ollama or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint.
Key features
- IDE autocomplete and chat
- Works with local models
- Custom context providers
- Agent mode
Strengths
- Released under the Apache-2.0 license
- Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
- Mature project with 35.4k GitHub stars
- Written in TypeScript
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