Continue

IDE assistants

About Continue

Open-source assistant for VS Code and JetBrains that lets you plug in the models you choose, including local ones.

Continue is an open-source extension for VS Code and JetBrains IDEs that adds chat, autocomplete and inline edits. Its main difference from hosted assistants is that you configure the models yourself: a hosted API, a model on your company's servers, or a local model running through a tool such as Ollama.

That makes it a common choice for teams that want an assistant but need to control where code goes, or that want to test several models side by side. Configuration lives in files you can share across a team, including custom prompts and context sources such as docs or issue trackers.

Expect some setup work. Results depend heavily on which models you connect, so compare a few on your own codebase before standardizing.

Details

  • Free plan or free version

    Yes

  • Open source

    Yes

  • Can run on your own servers or machine

    Yes

  • Works in VS Code

    Yes

  • Works in JetBrains IDEs

    Yes

Listing written by CodeBan, checked 2026-11-03. Report a correction or request removal. Back to ide assistants.

More tools in ide assistants

GitHub Copilot

by GitHub

Code completion, chat and agent mode in VS Code, JetBrains IDEs and more, plus a coding agent that works from GitHub issues.

  • Free plan or free version
  • Works in VS Code
  • Works in JetBrains IDEs

Tabnine

Code assistant for IDEs focused on privacy, with options to run in your own cloud or on your own servers.

  • Can run on your own servers or machine
  • Works in VS Code
  • Works in JetBrains IDEs

Amazon Q Developer

by Amazon Web Services

AWS's coding assistant for IDEs and the command line, with chat, code suggestions and help with AWS services and upgrades.

  • Free plan or free version
  • Works in VS Code
  • Works in JetBrains IDEs

Cline

Open-source VS Code extension that acts as a coding agent, asking for your approval before it edits files or runs commands.

  • Free plan or free version
  • Open source
  • Works in VS Code

Augment Code

Coding assistant and agent aimed at large codebases, with chat and completions in VS Code and JetBrains IDEs.

  • Works in VS Code
  • Works in JetBrains IDEs