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Continue

Continue is an open-source IDE extension for building your own AI code assistant with custom models, context providers, and slash commands.

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TL;DR

Continue is an open-source IDE extension for building your own AI code assistant with custom models, context providers, and slash commands.

Level 1

Continue is an open-source IDE extension for building your own AI code assistant with custom models, context providers, and slash commands. Works in VS Code and JetBrains.

Level 2

Continue is an open-source IDE extension for building your own AI code assistant with custom models, context providers, and slash commands. Works in VS Code and JetBrains. Built by Continue · proprietary · category: assistive. Supported models: multiple. BenchGecko tracks Continue's GitHub stars, SWE-bench scores, and adoption over time on /agent/continue.

Level 3

Continue is an open-source IDE extension for building your own AI code assistant with custom models, context providers, and slash commands. Works in VS Code and JetBrains. Continue is classified as a assistive agent with proprietary licensing. The tool integrates with major models. Evaluation on SWE-bench Verified and other coding benchmarks is tracked on BenchGecko's agent leaderboard. Adoption signals (GitHub stars, package downloads, community mentions) are snapshotted daily.

The takeaway for you
If you are a
Researcher
  • ·Continue: assistive agent, proprietary
  • ·Built by Continue · supports multiple models
  • ·Tracked on BenchGecko /agent/continue with SWE-bench scores + GitHub stars
If you are a
Builder
  • ·Continue is an open-source IDE extension for building your own AI code assistant with custom models, context providers, and slash commands
  • ·Proprietary · check source for install
  • ·Compare adoption vs alternatives on /agents
If you are a
Investor
  • ·Continue is Continue's bet on agent UX
  • ·Category: assistive
  • ·GitHub stars + SWE-bench tracked as commercial signal
If you are a
Curious · Normie
  • ·Continue is an AI that helps you code
  • ·continue is an open-source ide extension for building your own ai code assistant with custom models, context providers, and slash commands
  • ·Compare with Claude Code, Cursor, Codex · see /agents
Gecko's take

Continue is one of 25+ agents BenchGecko tracks. Compare GitHub stars and SWE-bench scores across the full list on /agents.

Continue is an open-source IDE extension for building your own AI code assistant with custom models, context providers, and slash commands. Works in VS Code and JetBrains.