- Install Continue — Install from the VS Code or JetBrains marketplace.
- Configure your LLM — Open config.json (click the gear icon) and add your preferred model provider (Anthropic, OpenAI, Ollama, Gemini, etc.).
- Chat about code — Press Cmd+L to open chat. Highlight code and ask questions, or use @codebase to search your project.
↻
⚡ Code Assistants
Continue.dev
by Continue
An open-source AI code assistant for VS Code and JetBrains. Connect any LLM (local or cloud) and customize everything. Free, private, and extensible.
open-sourceany LLMlocalVS Codeprivacy
Quick Start
How-To Guides
1Install Ollama and run a model locally. In Continue's config.json, add a provider with type "ollama" and set the model name. Continue routes requests to your local model — zero data leaves your machine.
Tool Info
- Company
- Continue
- Category
- ⚡ Code Assistants
- How-to Guides
- 1
Tags
open-sourceany LLMlocalVS Codeprivacy
Related Tools
Q
code assistantAmazon Q Developer
Amazon Web Services
AWS's AI coding assistant with deep integration into AWS services. Helps write, debug, and transform code. Free tier available in VS Code and JetBrains.
AWScloudfree tier
View details →
⬢
code assistantCodeium
Codeium
A free AI code assistant supporting 70+ languages and 40+ editors. Offers autocomplete, chat, and search. No usage limits on the free tier.
freemulti-editor70+ languages
View details →
◉
code assistantGitHub Copilot
GitHub / Microsoft
The most widely used AI code assistant. Integrates into VS Code, JetBrains, Neovim, and more. Offers inline suggestions, chat, multi-file edits, and code review.
VS CodeJetBrainsinline
View details →Featured