Continue

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Status

Continue is finished, not slowing: the repository is read-only, the last release is v2.1.0-vscode on 2026-06-19, and the newest commit on the default branch is 2026-07-21.

“## Final 2.0.0 Release · We polished Continue and did a final 2.0.0 release of the VS Code extension, CLI, and JetBrains plugin.”

github.com/continuedev/continue · github_repo.last_commit_at · read 8 Oct 2026

Continue is an AI assistant that installs into an editor: Open-source plugin to create custom AI copilots in VS Code or JetBrains. Its repository continuedev/continue carries 36,154 stars and 393 contributors, and is licensed Apache-2.0. The latest stable release is v2.0.0-vscode, published 19 Jun 2026. npm served 5,292 downloads of @continuedev/cli in the week we read.

Stars: 36,154; Verified 8 Oct 2026
Last commit: 21 Jul 2026; 79 days old when we read it; Verified 8 Oct 2026
License: Apache-2.0; Verified 8 Oct 2026
Latest stable release: v2.0.0-vscode; published 19 Jun 2026; Verified 8 Oct 2026
Contributors: 393; Verified 8 Oct 2026
npm downloads: 5,292 a week; @continuedev/cli; Verified 8 Oct 2026
VS Code installs: 4,297,289; Continue.continue; Verified 8 Oct 2026
Repository: continuedev/continue; TypeScript; Verified 8 Oct 2026

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What Continue is

Continue has stopped: its own README marks the repository read-only for all users after a final 2.0.0 release of the VS Code extension, the CLI and the JetBrains plugin.

“> _Note: The `continuedev/continue` repository is no longer actively maintained and is read-only for all users._”

github.com/continuedev/continue

What Continue costs

Continue costs nothing and no longer sells anything: the final release pulled authentication out of the product.

“This included removing anonymous telemetry, pulling out authentication, squashing bugs, and more.”

github.com/continuedev/continue

Use Continue when

Read a complete Apache-2.0 implementation of an IDE coding agent: the VS Code extension, the CLI and the JetBrains plugin are all in one tree.

“Continue is a coding agent available as a [CLI](#cli), [VS Code extension](#vs-code), and [JetBrains plugin](#jetbrains).”

github.com/continuedev/continue

Run an editor agent that phones nobody: the final release removed anonymous telemetry and pulled out authentication.

“This included removing anonymous telemetry, pulling out authentication, squashing bugs, and more.”

github.com/continuedev/continue

Not the right fit for

Anyone who needs a maintained editor agent should pick Qwen Code, which ships VS Code, Zed and JetBrains integrations and shipped a release this month.

“| **IDE** | — | [VS Code](https://qwenlm.github.io/qwen-code-docs/en/users/integration-vscode/), [Zed](https://qwenlm.github.io/qwen-code-docs/en/users/integration-zed/), [JetBrains](https://qwenlm.github.io/qwen-code-docs/en/users/integration-jetbrains/) |”

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What Continue is bad at

No fix will ever land: the repository is read-only, so any bug you hit is a bug you carry or fork.

“> _Note: The `continuedev/continue` repository is no longer actively maintained and is read-only for all users._”

github.com/continuedev/continue

A known crash ships with it: copy and paste failing and the VS Code extension host crashing on `.sh` files is open with 77 comments and can no longer be fixed upstream.

“Intermittent Copy/Paste Not Working and Extension Host Crashes in VSCode [specifically for `.sh` files]”

github.com/continuedev/continue

The JetBrains plugin is deprecated by its own authors, who point users at the CLI instead.

“> _Note: We recommend using the Continue CLI instead of the JetBrains plugin._”

github.com/continuedev/continue

Technical details

Category: AI Assistant · IDE Plugin
Repository: continuedev/continue
Default branch: main
Primary language: TypeScript
Repository created: 24 May 2023
Newest commit on the default branch: 21 Jul 2026
GitHub topics: agent, ai, cli, developer-tools, open-source
Registries checked: npm:@continuedev/cli,continue, homebrew:continue, vscode_marketplace:Continue.continue
Website check: https://github.com/continuedev/continue answered HTTP 200

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How we check this page

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What we do not publish. No score out of five and no star rating. Every other claim here traces to a source, and a number we could not justify would undermine the ones that can.
This tool. Every claim carries the URL it came from and a verbatim quote from that URL, read on 2026-08-19.