IDE extension · discontinued
Continue
A discontinued open-source IDE and terminal coding agent retained to document its final release and migration context.
Visit Continue ↗Checked Oct 04, 2026 · review due Dec 07, 2026
- Best for
- Existing Continue users maintaining a final 2.0 installation or planning a controlled migration.
- Avoid if
- You are selecting a maintained coding agent; Continue is no longer actively developed.
01 / Editorial view
Where it fits
Strengths
- Autocomplete, edit, chat, and agent modes
- Wide cloud and local model support
- Final clients remain available under Apache-2.0
Limitations
- The maintainers state that the repository is no longer actively maintained and is read-only
- Hosted team services are no longer represented as a current offering
02 / Workflow
Surfaces and capabilities
- Autocomplete
- Yes
- Chat
- Yes
- Agent
- Yes
- Background agent
- Yes
- Review
- Yes
- Testing
- Yes
Editors
Visual Studio Code, JetBrains IDEs
Operating systems
macOS, Windows, Linux
Repository hosts
GitHub
Languages
Language-agnostic
Bring your own key
Yes
Bring your own model
Yes
03 / Cost and deployment
What it costs to run
Individual
The final open-source IDE extensions and CLI remain available; model-provider costs are separate.
Team
Unknown
Enterprise
Unknown
Continue joined Cursor and shipped a final 2.0.0 release; its maintainers describe the repository as no longer actively maintained and read-only.
04 / Privacy
Data handling
- Code processing
- The IDE extension and CLI send selected context to the configured model provider; local and self-hosted providers are supported.
- Indexing
- Embedding providers can be configured for codebase retrieval.
- Retention
- Unknown
- Training policy
- The final 2.0.0 release removed anonymous telemetry; the configured model provider’s policy applies to model requests.
- Enterprise controls
- Source-controlled configuration, Self-hosted models, Tool permission policies, Headless CI mode
05 / Evidence
Primary sources
- Continue final-release and maintenance notice ↗Checked Oct 04, 2026identity.status, privacy.training_policy, pricing.notes
- Continue joins Cursor ↗Checked Oct 04, 2026pricing.notes
- Continue IDE extension quick start ↗Checked Sep 08, 2026classification.interfaces, capabilities
- Continue CLI quick start ↗Checked Sep 08, 2026classification, capabilities, privacy.enterprise_controls
- Continue model configuration ↗Checked Sep 08, 2026models, deployment.self_hosted
- Continue repository ↗Checked Sep 08, 2026identity.status, deployment, classification, compatibility, capabilities.background_agent, pricing
Changelog
What changed
- Continue ends active development after final 2.0.0 releaseOct 04, 2026Continue's maintainers state that the repository is no longer actively maintained after its final 2.0.0 release. The profile remains available for migration context.
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