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Open-source IDE and terminal agents with autocomplete, role-based model configuration, and source-controlled AI checks.
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- Best for
- Teams that want configurable VS Code, JetBrains, CLI, and CI workflows backed by their own model choices.
- Avoid if
- You prefer one bundled model service with fixed pricing and minimal configuration.
01 / Editorial view
Where it fits
Strengths
- Autocomplete, edit, chat, and agent modes
- Wide cloud and local model support
- Shared configuration across IDE, CLI, and CI
Limitations
- Model setup and quality vary by role and provider
- Current public team pricing is not explicit enough to normalize
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
Open-source IDE extensions and CLI; model-provider costs are separate.
Team
Team platform pricing is not normalized because no current public price table was found.
Enterprise
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Model and CI infrastructure costs depend on the selected providers and deployment.
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
- Continue’s optional usage analytics can be disabled; 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 IDE extension quick start ↗Checked Jul 31, 2026classification.interfaces, capabilities
- Continue CLI quick start ↗Checked Jul 31, 2026classification, capabilities, privacy.enterprise_controls
- Continue model configuration ↗Checked Jul 31, 2026models, deployment.self_hosted
- Continue repository ↗Checked Jul 31, 2026deployment, classification, capabilities.background_agent
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