Continue
Continue was an open source AI coding assistant, popular as a transparent alternative to proprietary tools like GitHub Copilot, that had pivoted toward an agent platform called Mission Control before its acquisition. Cursor acquired Continue around June 2026 in an acqui-hire deal, and Continue's hosted service was shut down, with users given until July 15, 2026 to export their data.
Facts checked on against the sources listed at the end of this page.
Discontinued. Cursor acquired Continue around June 2026. Continue's hosted service was shut down, recurring billing was disabled, and users had until July 15, 2026 to export their data. The final open source codebase (version 2.0.0) remains publicly available under the Apache 2.0 license for anyone to fork.
- Pricing
- Open sourcePaid from Not applicable; hosted service discontinued
- Open source
- YesApache-2.0
- GitHub stars
- 36,142
- Latest release
- v2.0.0-vscode3 months ago
A good fit for
- Developers who want to fork or study the final open source Continue codebase
- Researching the history of open source AI coding assistants and how Cursor consolidated the space through acquisitions
Not a good fit for
- Anyone looking for a currently supported, hosted AI coding assistant, since Continue's service has been shut down
- Teams needing ongoing vendor support or updates beyond the final community handoff release
Continue pricing
Continue's hosted service has been shut down following its acquisition by Cursor. The final open source codebase remains free to self-host under the Apache-2.0 license, but there is no supported hosted product.
Prices in USD, checked on 27 September 2026. Current prices on continue.dev.
Main features
- Open source codebase
- The final release remains publicly available under Apache-2.0 for anyone to fork and self-host.
- Mission Control (discontinued)
- Continue's later agent platform for running and managing coding agents, no longer operated as a hosted service.
- IDE integrations (discontinued)
- Previously available as VS Code and JetBrains extensions.
About Continue
Continue began as an open source VS Code and JetBrains extension for AI-assisted coding, positioned as a transparent alternative to proprietary tools, and later evolved into a broader agent platform called Mission Control with terminal, CI/CD and integration support.
Continue had raised approximately $5 million and reached around 34,300 GitHub stars before its acquisition, building a reputation in the open source AI coding assistant space.
Cursor (made by Anysphere) acquired Continue around June 2026, following earlier acquisitions of Supermaven and Graphite. Continue's hosted service was shut down with a data export deadline of July 15, 2026, and the team released a final 2.0.0 version with telemetry removed as a deliberate handoff to the open source community.
- Made by
- Continue (acquired by Cursor / Anysphere)
- Free plan
- The open source codebase remains free to self-host; the hosted service has been shut down
- Available on
- VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, Self-hosted (final open source release)
Usage and activity
Recent releases
- v2.0.0-vscode3 months ago
- v2.1.0-vscodePre-release, 3 months ago
- v1.2.24-vscode3 months ago
- v1.2.23-vscode3 months ago
- v1.3.40-vscodePre-release, 3 months ago
Continue alternatives
Questions about Continue
Is Continue still available?
No, Continue's hosted service was shut down after Cursor acquired it around June 2026. The final open source code remains available to fork.
What happened to Continue's data?
Users had until July 15, 2026 to export their data before it was deleted, and recurring billing was disabled.
Who acquired Continue?
Cursor (made by Anysphere), which had previously acquired Supermaven and Graphite.
Can I still use Continue's code?
Yes, the final 2.0.0 release remains publicly available under the Apache-2.0 license for self-hosting or forking.
Sources and links
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