About Continue.dev
Continue is an open-source autopilot for software development. Connect any LLM and use it for code generation, refactoring, and documentation.
Key Features
- Open source
- Any LLM backend
- VS Code and JetBrains
- Tab completion
- Inline editing
- Self-hostable
Continue is the open-source alternative to proprietary AI coding assistants. It lets you connect any LLM — OpenAI, Anthropic, local models via Ollama, or any OpenAI-compatible API — and use it directly in VS Code or JetBrains. You get tab completion, inline editing, and a chat sidebar, all configurable to your preferred model and context settings. Because it is open source, teams can audit the code, self-host the backend, and customize the experience. Continue has become popular among developers who want AI assistance without vendor lock-in or who need to use specific models for compliance reasons.