What it does
An open-source AI code assistant for VS Code and JetBrains. Connects to any LLM provider (including self-hosted models) and provides code completion, chat, and editing capabilities with full control over where your code is sent.
Security relevance
Continue's key security advantage is model provider flexibility — you can point it at self-hosted models (via Ollama or similar) to keep all code on-premises. This makes it the strongest option for organisations with strict data sovereignty requirements where no code can leave the network.
When to use it
Use when data sovereignty requires self-hosted models for code assistance. Requires IDE extension setup, model provider configuration, and potentially self-hosted model infrastructure. The guided setup varies significantly depending on whether you use cloud or self-hosted models.
OWASP coverage
Risks addressed — mapped to both OWASP Top 10 standards. 1 in LLM, 1 in Agentic.
The raw record
What Yuntona stores. Single source of truth — fork it on GitHub.
name: Continue slug: continue type: Mixed category: AI Code Assistants url: https://www.continue.dev reviewed: 2026-04 added: 2026-04 updated: 2026-04 risks: llm: [LLM06] asi: [ASI05] complexity: Guided Setup pricing: — audience: Builder lifecycle: [develop] tags: [Code, IDE, Open Source]