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An open-source coding assistant that lives in your editor and talks to local or cloud models

Best for coding-assistant · vscode · local-llm

Toolora score90/100

Our own editorial score, not public reviews.

Strengths

  • Editor chat
  • Autocomplete

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you need contracts, SSO, or a named vendor SLA

Continue is an editor coding assistant. Chat and autocomplete in VS Code or JetBrains, pointed at local or cloud models — a pipeline, not a dashboard dump.

Key features

  • Editor chat
  • Autocomplete
  • Local and cloud models
  • VS Code and JetBrains

Why it is on Toolora

We list Continue for people who need coding-assistant · vscode · local-llm. Skip it if you need contracts, SSO, or a named vendor SLA.

Closest alternatives on Toolora: Cline, GPT4All, Jan.

Also covers vscode.

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