Continue
by Continue.dev
Open-source AI code assistant for VS Code and JetBrains. Customisable, BYO model, built for enterprise.
Agents
Continue
Added 17 May 2026
Overview
Continue is an open-source AI coding assistant that runs in VS Code and JetBrains IDEs. It handles autocomplete, chat, edit, and agent-style actions, with first-class support for swapping model providers, hosting your own embeddings, and shipping custom commands to a team via a shared config. Enterprises pick Continue when they need an AI assistant they can actually configure.
Best for
Best for
Teams that need control over models, prompts, and data residency
Use cases
- Drop into JetBrains without abandoning the IDE for Cursor
- Self-host models and embeddings for compliance-sensitive teams
- Ship a shared team config with custom slash commands and context providers
- Mix Anthropic, OpenAI, local Ollama, and Azure in one editor
Notes
Why it matters
Continue is the answer for the regulated bank, the law firm, or the agency that cannot send code to a third-party editor. Configurable beats opinionated when compliance is the gating constraint.
How teams use it in production
A platform team ships a shared .continue/config.json to the org with the
approved models, the approved providers, and a curated set of slash commands.
Engineers get a consistent assistant without bespoke per-seat setup.
What to watch
Continue's hub is a live experiment in shareable AI dev tooling. If it lands, it becomes the package manager for prompts.
Pros
- Strong JetBrains support, rare in this category
- Configurable to a degree the closed-source tools do not match
- Self-hosted embeddings option for sensitive codebases
- Active hub of custom recipes the team can share
Cons
- More setup than a one-click installer
- UX is solid but not as polished as Cursor
- Self-hosted path means owning more infra
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