Continue was a model-agnostic open-source AI coding assistant for VS Code and JetBrains that helped developers connect local or cloud LLMs to chat, autocomplete, edit, and agent-style workflows.
As of 18 June 2026, the official Continue site states that Continue has been acquired by Cursor. Because the standalone product is no longer positioned as an independently operating coding assistant, aicoolies now keeps this page as a historical/graveyard reference rather than an active recommendation.
Teams that previously evaluated Continue for BYOK, local-model, or privacy-driven coding workflows should re-check Cursor’s current roadmap and compare active alternatives such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cline, Aider, and self-hosted coding-agent options before standardizing on a replacement.
