Continue coding agent is dead. Alternatives?

Posted by roscas on Saturday August 22, 2026 @06:40AM
from the self-post dept.

It was nice to use on vscode with offline Ollama but today notices it is not updated anymore. So, alternatives you use?

From github:

"Note: The continuedev/continue repository is no longer actively maintained and is read-only for all users."

From continue.dev:

"Continue has joined Cursor Continue was acquired by Cursor. Our mission was always to ensure developers are amplified, not automated, and that commitment carries on in the work ahead.

It was an honor to build with the Continue community. Thank you to each and every one of you who helped us create a pioneering open-source coding agent.

What we built together pushed the boundaries of what AI developer tooling could be, and our open-source codebase remains freely available as a foundation for others."

( 4 comments | 3 points | on HN )

Re:Continue coding agent is dead. Alternatives? by codingdave on Saturday August 22, 2026 @07:16AM (#49398555)

There is the obvious alternative of still using it, including creating your own fork. They removed telemetry and auth, according to that same page.

I'm also curious what other alternatives exist, so would be interested in what others answers come in. Just keep in mind that "not maintained" is not the same as "cannot be used"

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Continue coding agent is dead. Alternatives? by paretolaw on Saturday August 22, 2026 @10:55AM (#49400423)

Hi agent, please maintain this fork :)

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Continue coding agent is dead. Alternatives? by thexa4 on Saturday August 22, 2026 @08:18PM (#49405102)

I am running local models but noticed that Copilot didn't work with them correctly. To fix that I made a llama copilot extension that fixes some problems like Copilot throwing away thinking traces: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=delft-so...

Getting pretty good results now with the Qwen models on my mac.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Continue coding agent is dead. Alternatives? by bahaAbunojaim on Saturday August 29, 2026 @03:07PM (#49492412)

You can check out Mysti which supports ollama, I wrote it few months ago but planning to release an update soon

https://github.com/DeepMyst/Mysti

[ Parent | on HN ]