Alternatives to Continue

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Alternatives

Cursor: Full AI editor if you want the acquirer's product.
Cline: Another open agent-in-the-editor path.
Claude Code: Anthropic's official CLI if you live in the terminal.

Cursor

Development Tools

Anysphere's AI IDE: Individual $20, Pro $40, Teams $40/user. Cloud agents and Bugbot are billed on top of the seat.

#Cursor

1748000DR: 75AS: 78

Cline

Development Tools

Open-source VS Code/CLI/SDK coding agent. Enterprise custom. Not a Claude 3.5 Sonnet wrapper.

#Coding Agent

1567DR: 165AS: 162

Claude Code

Development Tools

Anthropic's agentic coding tool for terminal, IDE, desktop, and browser. Reads the repo, edits files, runs commands, and connects MCP, skills, and hooks.

#Claude

15900000DR: 95AS: 94