Continue is the leading open-source AI code assistant for VS Code and JetBrains IDEs: a fully customizable assistant that works with any large language model, from frontier cloud APIs to local models running entirely on your own machine.
Continue gives you chat, autocomplete, edit, and agent modes inside the editor you already use, without locking you into a single model vendor. Bring your own API keys for Claude, GPT, Gemini, Mistral, and other providers, or run models locally with Ollama or LM Studio for fully private, offline coding. The Continue Hub lets teams share assistants, prompts, rules, and MCP tools, and its Checks feature turns natural-language rules into AI review gates that run in CI, right next to your code.
Because the core is open source and model-agnostic, Continue has become a popular foundation for organizations that must keep code inside their own infrastructure: it supports air-gapped setups with local models, custom context providers for internal documentation, and fine-grained control over which models each team may use.
The Solo plan is completely free: the full extension with every mode included, and you only pay your model provider ā or nothing at all with local models. An optional Models add-on bundles premium model access for a flat $20/month, Teams costs $10 per developer/month for shared Hub configuration and governance, and Enterprise pricing is custom.
Continue is ideal for developers who want model freedom and privacy instead of vendor lock-in, and for teams that want to standardize how AI assistance is configured, shared, and checked across an organization.