Continue by Continue Dev, Inc. (acquired by Cursor)
Pulse Score
52 / 100
Not ranked
Downloads, last 7 days
5,292
down 10.8% vs previous week
Downloads, last 30 days
18.8K
up 22.6% vs previous 30 days
VS Code installs
4.3M
3.3 / 5 from 202 ratings
GitHub stars
36.1K
about +14 a day
Latest release
2.0.0-vscode
3mo ago
Price
Free (OSS)
checked Oct 5, 2026
Overview
Open-source coding agent delivered as a VS Code extension, JetBrains plugin and CLI (`cn`). continue.dev now says it was acquired by Cursor, and the GitHub repo is read-only and no longer actively maintained after a final 2.0.0 release.
Status: continue.dev states Continue was acquired by Cursor; the open-source repo is read-only and 'no longer actively maintained' after the final 2.0.0 release on 2026-06-19 (acquisition date not stated).
Continue was downloaded 5,292 times from npm in the week ending Oct 4, 2026, down 10.8% on the week before and up 22.6% over the last 30 days compared with the 30 before. Its VS Code extension has 4.3M installs and average 3.3 out of 5 across 202 marketplace ratings. The GitHub repository has 36.1K stars, 444 of them added in the last 30 days. The latest stable release is 2.0.0-vscode, published Jun 19, 2026. It was mentioned in 1 Hacker News posts and comments over the last 30 days.
Recent developments
- 2026-06-19: final 2.0.0 release of the VS Code extension, CLI and JetBrains plugin; repo read-only
Continue usage and attention over time
Download the raw daily series: continue.csv
Install Continue
| npm | npm install -g @continuedev/cli |
|---|---|
| VS Code | code --install-extension Continue.continue |
These commands use the packages tracked on this page. The vendor may recommend a different installer; see the official documentation.
Key facts
| Maker | Continue Dev, Inc. (acquired by Cursor) |
|---|---|
| Type | VS Code extension + terminal agent |
| First released | May 2023 |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Interfaces | IDE extension, CLI |
| Models | Multiple providers via user-configured API keys |
| Bring your own API key | Yes |
| Main language | TypeScript |
| Open issues and PRs | 832 |
| Open VSX downloads | 1,664,251 (includes updates) |
Pricing
Extensions and CLI are free and open source; the login flow was retired and continue.dev/pricing no longer exists, so no paid plan is currently offered.
, checked Oct 5, 2026. Prices change often; confirm before you buy.
Pulse Score breakdown
Adoption66
Community65
Attention0
Momentum61
Each component is scored 0 to 100 from public signals; a dash means no data for it. Methodology.
What changed: recent Continue releases
- Stable release of the Continue VS Code extension (final release): removes the CLI-install banner and Generate Rule feature, switches onboarding and the new-config template to explicit model…
- Stable release of the Continue VS Code extension (final release): removes the CLI-install banner and Generate Rule feature, switches onboarding and the new-config template to explicit model…
- fix: ensure config.yaml exists and is populated when accessed
- chore: jb-67-vs-38
- chore(deps-dev): bump happy-dom from 20.0.2 to 20.8.9 in /extensions/cli
- chore(deps): bump handlebars from 4.7.8 to 4.7.9 in /core
- chore(deps-dev): bump handlebars from 4.7.8 to 4.7.9 in /packages/llm-info
- chore(deps-dev): bump handlebars from 4.7.8 to 4.7.9 in /packages/config-yaml
- chore: jb-66-vs-37
- fix: remove Ollama template-based tool support gate
- fix: add ModelDescription type to binary test callbacks
- Fix StringIndexOutOfBoundsException in readRangeInFile
- fix: resolve critical and high security vulnerabilities
- chore: jetbrains 65, vs code 36
- fix(openai-adapter): map maxtokens to maxcompletiontokens for DeepSeek reasoner
- fix: harden JetBrains remote config sync to prevent IDE freezes
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Continue FAQ
How much does Continue cost?
Extensions and CLI are free and open source; the login flow was retired and continue.dev/pricing no longer exists, so no paid plan is currently offered.
Is Continue open source?
Yes. Continue is open source, released under the Apache-2.0 license.
How popular is Continue?
Continue was downloaded 5,292 times from npm in the week ending Oct 4, 2026, down 10.8% on the week before and up 22.6% over the last 30 days compared with the 30 before. Its VS Code extension has 4.3M installs and average 3.3 out of 5 across 202 marketplace ratings. The GitHub repository has 36.1K stars, 444 of them added in the last 30 days.
What is the latest version of Continue?
The latest stable release we track is 2.0.0-vscode, published on Jun 19, 2026.
What are the alternatives to Continue?
The closest alternatives in the same category by Pulse Score are OpenAI Codex, Claude Code, Pi, OpenCode.
Where these numbers come from
npm: @continuedev/cli. GitHub: continuedev/continue. VS Code Marketplace: Continue.continue. Site rank: continue.dev on the Tranco list. See data sources for how each one is collected.
Product facts and pricing were checked against: continue.dev, github.com, registry.npmjs.org, marketplace.visualstudio.com, open-vsx.org.