Open Source Alternatives
Open source alternatives to Continue
Open source alternatives to Continue, ranked by GitHub stars and freshness.
7 open-source alternatives in the index, ranked by GitHub stars and freshness.
RooCode
Various
Roo Code gives you a whole dev team of AI agents in your code editor.
Best for: Teams and solo developers working on complex refactors or multi-file changes who want coordinated AI assistance in their editor
Cody
Community
Cody the coding ai assistant
Best for: Developers experimenting with local open-source coding assistants or seeking a minimal Python-based helper for code tasks.
Codeium
Codeium
Free AI autocomplete and chat across 40+ IDEs. The volume player in AI coding assistants, now sibling to Windsurf.
Best for: Individual devs who want free autocomplete, and enterprises needing self-hosted
Cursor
Anysphere
The AI-first code editor. Tab to autocomplete, Composer to multi-file refactor, Agents for the long-running stuff.
Best for: Teams who want IDE polish and agent power in one tool
Cursor
Community
Built to make you extraordinarily productive, Cursor is the best coding agent.
Best for: Developers who want to reduce time spent on boilerplate and routine coding work
Amazon Q
Various
Amazon Q is purpose-built AI for developers and teams. Write, debug, and build faster for your AWS environment.
Best for: AWS developers and teams looking to accelerate cloud-native development
Ghostwriter
Various
Update: Ghostwriter is out now! In 2018 when we announced Multiplayer Mode, we said it's the most significant evolution of Replit to date. For the first time, you could shar
Best for: Developers who want instant code suggestions and assistance within their IDE