Continue

Open-source coding agent and developer tool for editor, terminal, and model workflows

Overview

Continue is an open-source developer tool and coding agent project. Its homepage says the project was acquired by Cursor while its open-source codebase remains available as a foundation for developers. Continue was built to help developers work with AI coding assistance and agent workflows across their development environments.

Key features

Open-source coding-agent codebase
Developer AI assistance
Agent workflow foundation
Editor and development-tool integration
Community-maintained project

Use cases

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Last updated 2026-09-16