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Continue.dev is an open-source AI coding assistant that runs inside VS Code and JetBrains IDEs, plus a CLI. Its main selling point was model-agnostic autonomy: you plugged in whatever model you wanted (OpenAI, Anthropic, local models via Ollama, and others) and got chat, inline autocomplete, and codebase-aware edits without being locked to one vendor.
The important context now is that Continue is effectively end-of-life as a standalone product. Around mid-June 2026, Cursor (Anysphere, the legal owner) acqui-hired the Continue team, and the homepage now simply states that Continue has been acquired by Cursor. The final release, v2.0.0 (with v2.0.0-vscode shipping around June 19, 2026), is the last one; the GitHub repository has been switched to read-only.
Capability-wise nothing has technically been removed from the released builds: you still get the same chat, autocomplete, context providers, and multi-model configuration. But there will be no further updates, bug fixes, or vendor support, and the team's ideas and effort are folding into Cursor's commercial stack going forward.
On pricing, the open-source IDE extensions and CLI remain free under Apache 2.0 - your only real cost was ever the model-provider API tokens (or $0 if you run local models). The former Continue Hub paid plans - Solo (free), Teams (~$20 per seat/month including $10 in model credits per seat), and Enterprise (custom, with SSO/BYO-keys/SLA) - are no longer purchasable. Recurring billing has been disabled and existing subscribers will not be re-charged.
The biggest limitation is the shutdown itself. Continue Hub cloud data is being deleted after July 15, 2026, so anyone with configs or assistants stored there needs to export before that deadline. An unmaintained, read-only codebase also means security and compatibility issues won't be addressed over time.
Who is it still for: people who want a genuinely free, local, open-source coding assistant and are comfortable self-managing an archived project. Anyone wanting an actively supported, forward-looking tool should look at Cursor or another maintained alternative.
- Fully open source under Apache 2.0; the VS Code/JetBrains extensions and CLI remain free to use
- Model-agnostic - connect any LLM including fully local models, so you can run at zero API cost and keep code on-device
- The final v2.0.0 builds still include chat, inline autocomplete, and codebase-aware context providers
- No forced vendor lock-in; the source code stays available even though the repo is archived
- Existing subscribers won't be re-charged since recurring billing was disabled
- Discontinued as a standalone product after the June 2026 Cursor acqui-hire; v2.0.0 is the final release
- GitHub repo is now read-only - no further updates, bug fixes, or vendor support
- Continue Hub cloud data is deleted after July 15, 2026, forcing an export deadline
- Former paid Hub plans (Teams ~$20/seat/mo, Enterprise) can no longer be purchased
- Unmaintained code will accumulate security and IDE-compatibility risks over time
Choose Continue if…
- You want a free, open-source coding assistant and are fine using an archived, unmaintained tool
- You prefer running fully local models with zero API spend and on-device code
- You already have Continue set up and just need it to keep working as-is
- You need to export your Continue Hub data before the July 15, 2026 deletion
- You value the Apache 2.0 code as a base to self-host or fork
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