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Leading#5 in Open sourcehigh confidence
Popular open-source autopilot (~35k★) for VS Code and JetBrains, letting teams build and share custom AI code assistants and rules.Our read
Why it ranks #5
~35.1k GitHub stars and placement in the cited OSS ranking make Continue the leading open-source option for teams that want configurable assistants inside both VS Code and JetBrains.Here is the catch
setup is more involved than turnkey commercial assistants
experience quality varies with model and configuration
team deployment and model hosting can require real operations work
Does this well
strong cross-editor support including JetBrains
highly configurable for private models and team rules
open-source foundation avoids single-provider lock-in
Pricing
Checked by hand on 2026-07-23. Prices in this category change often — if this looks wrong, it probably is.
Key features
VS Code and JetBrains agentscustom models, rules and toolsshared team configurationsautocomplete, chat and edit modes
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- 3gooseBlock's open-source on-machine agent (~52k★): a general-purpose local coding agent that runs tasks end-to-end via any LLM and MCP extensions.
- 4AiderThe most mature, battle-tested terminal pair-programmer (~47k★, 4M+ installs): deep Git integration with auto-commits.
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