Continue is an open-source coding agent available in three forms: a CLI, a VS Code extension, and a JetBrains plugin. It was one of the earlier open-source entrants in AI developer tooling, positioned as a configurable, customizable coding assistant with documentation covering configuration and customization at docs.continue.dev.
The project has reached end of life: the repository is read-only and no longer actively maintained. The team shipped a final 2.0.0 release of all three surfaces before winding down, which removed anonymous telemetry, pulled out authentication, and fixed remaining bugs. The maintainers recommend the CLI over the JetBrains plugin, and frame the codebase as a foundation others can build on rather than an actively evolving product — relevant context for anyone evaluating it today.
