{"slug": "continue-coding-agent-is-dead-alternatives", "title": "Continue coding agent is dead. Alternatives?", "summary": "Continue, the open-source coding agent for VS Code, has been acquired by Cursor and its repository is now read-only, with the company stating it is no longer actively maintained. The acquisition ends active development of the tool, which supported offline use with Ollama, leaving developers to seek alternatives.", "body_md": "It was nice to use on vscode with offline Ollama but today notices it is not updated anymore. So, alternatives you use?\n\nFrom github:\n\n\"Note: The continuedev/continue repository is no longer actively maintained and is read-only for all users.\"\n\nFrom continue.dev:\n\n\"Continue has joined Cursor Continue was acquired by Cursor.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.\n\nIt 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.\n\nWhat 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.\"\n\nComments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49398366](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49398366)\n\nPoints: 2\n\n# Comments: 0", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/continue-coding-agent-is-dead-alternatives", "canonical_source": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49398366", "published_at": "2026-08-22 10:40:13+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-22 11:14:14.856794+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "developer-tools", "generative-ai"], "entities": ["Continue", "Cursor", "VS Code", "Ollama", "GitHub"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/continue-coding-agent-is-dead-alternatives", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/continue-coding-agent-is-dead-alternatives.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/continue-coding-agent-is-dead-alternatives.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/continue-coding-agent-is-dead-alternatives.jsonld"}}