Continue.dev
Integration · Open-source AI extension with full model and provider flexibility
At a glance
| Pricing | Free |
| Setup effort | Low |
| Released | 2023 |
| Open source | Yes |
| Interface | In-editor |
| Privacy | Configurable |
| Model choice | BYO model |
| Context handling | Indexed RAG |
| Compatibility | VS Code, JetBrains |
| Capabilities | Inline completion, Chat, Multi-file edits, Agent mode |
What Continue.dev does
Inline completion, Chat, Multi-file edits, Agent mode
Best for
Open-source AI extension with full model and provider flexibility
Works well with
LLM Provider / Model
Agent / Orchestration
Conflicts & caveats
- Continue.dev only supports VS Code and JetBrains — your IDE is Cursor.
- Replit has its own built-in AI Agent — external integrations like Continue.dev cannot run inside the Replit web IDE.
- Continue.dev does not officially support Xcode. Use GitHub Copilot for Xcode or Direct API.
- Continue.dev has limited or no official Android Studio support. Use GitHub Copilot or JetBrains AI Assistant.
- Continue.dev does not officially support RStudio — use direct API calls or the rstudio.cloud Copilot integration.
- Continue.dev does not officially support Spyder — use the direct API.
- Cursor Mobile only runs Cursor-managed agents and background tasks — local-only integrations like Continue.dev cannot run on the phone.
- Continue.dev does not officially support Eclipse — Copilot, Tabnine, and Codeium are the main supported options.
- Continue.dev does not officially support Apache NetBeans — Copilot and Tabnine are the main supported options.
- @codebase (Cursor) only works with Cursor built-in integration (yours is Continue.dev).
- Windsurf codebase indexing only works with Windsurf Cascade integration (yours is Continue.dev).
- Aider architect mode requires the Aider integration (yours is Continue.dev).
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