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Open-source AI code assistant for any IDE

22.0K stars 300 contributors Since 2023
Website → GitHub

AI coding assistant supporting any LLM and any IDE with code completion, chat, refactoring and custom context providers.

License
Apache-2.0
Min RAM
256 MB
Min CPUs
1 core
Scaling
single_node
Complexity
beginner
Performance
lightweight
Self-hostable
K8s native
Offline
Pricing
fully free
Docs quality
good
Vendor lock-in
none

Use cases

  • Private AI coding assistant with local models
  • Custom context providers for company codebase
  • Multi-model code assistance in VS Code/JetBrains

Anti-patterns / when NOT to use

  • Quality depends on chosen LLM
  • Needs separate LLM server
  • Less polished than GitHub Copilot UX

Compare with alternatives

Replaces / alternatives to

  • GitHub Copilot
  • Cursor AI

Technical specs

Language
TypeScript
API type
SDK
Protocols
HTTP
Deployment
npm

Community

GitHub stars 22.0K
Contributors 300
Commit frequency daily
Plugin ecosystem none
Backing Continue Dev
Funding vc_backed

Release

Latest version
Last release
Since 2023

Best fit

Team size
solosmallmediumenterprise
Industries
development

Tags

  • ai-coding
  • code-completion
  • ide-extension
  • privacy-first
  • local-models