Continue
Open-source CLI and IDE tool for source-controlled AI code review checks enforceable in CI.
About
Continue began as an open source coding agent platform spanning a CLI, a VS Code extension, and a JetBrains plugin, with agents definable as markdown files in a repository and runnable locally or as GitHub status checks that review pull requests for quality, security, and compliance. The project supported many model providers, from cloud APIs to local models. Its main GitHub repository has since been made read-only: the final 2.0.0 release removed telemetry and authentication features, and the maintainers position the Apache 2.0 licensed codebase as a foundation for community-driven development rather than an actively maintained product. The CLI remains installable from npm and the extensions are still listed on the VS Code Marketplace, OpenVSX, and the JetBrains plugin repository. Developers evaluating it today typically treat it as a reference implementation of an IDE-integrated coding agent or fork it as a starting point for their own tooling.
Should you use Continue?
Pick it when
Pick Continue when you want a forkable Apache-2.0 starting point for source-controlled review agents that run as GitHub status checks in CI, and you are willing to maintain the code yourself now that upstream is read-only.
Look elsewhere when
Skip it if you need an actively maintained tool with fixes and new model support, since the repository is read-only. Cline runs headless in CI and is under active development, and Claude Code reviews pull requests on GitHub when tagged.
Alternatives to Continue
- Cline
Actively developed Apache-2.0 agent that also runs headless in CI, so you get fixes, though its CI use is general headless runs rather than markdown-defined checks.
- Claude Code
Reviews pull requests when tagged with @claude on GitHub and is actively supported, but proprietary and on a paid Anthropic plan instead of a free fork.
- Kilo Code
Actively developed MIT agent for VS Code, JetBrains, and a CLI, so fixes and new models keep coming, but its paid gateway and hosting make it freemium.
- Grok Build
Runs headless for scripting and CI under Apache-2.0 with ongoing upstream releases, though it defaults to the xAI API and accepts no outside contributions.
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Details
- Category
- AI Code Assistants
- Price
- Free
- Platform
- Hybrid
- Difficulty
- Easy (2/5)
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Added
- May 7, 2026
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