Continue
by Continue Dev, Inc.
📖 What is Continue?
Continue is an open-source AI coding extension for VS Code and JetBrains. It allows developers to connect any commercial or local open-weights model (Ollama, vLLM, LM Studio, Claude, OpenAI) to create a custom AI copilot environment.
💡 Why It Matters
Continue is the leading open-source alternative to GitHub Copilot, giving privacy-conscious developers and enterprise teams total control over model routing and data privacy.
🎯 Workplace Use Cases
- Connecting local LLMs (Llama 3, DeepSeek-Coder) via Ollama for 100% offline code completion
- Routing complex refactoring tasks to Claude 3.5 Sonnet while using fast local models for autocomplete
- Building custom prompt shortcuts for team-specific documentation and code style guides
- Running fully air-gapped coding environments for sensitive government or financial projects
🚀 How to Use It
Install the Continue extension in VS Code, configure your config.json with your preferred local or API model keys, and press Cmd+I or Cmd+L.
✨ Key Features
- Open-source modular architecture (MIT License)
- Supports local model runtimes (Ollama, LM Studio, vLLM)
- Flexible model routing (use different models for autocomplete, chat, and editing)
- Full codebase indexing via local embeddings
💳 Pricing & Plans
Free Tier: 100% free and open-source extension. You only pay for self-hosted compute or third-party API keys.
✓ Pricing verified as of 2026-03-01