GitHub Copilot vs Continue

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GitHub Copilot
IDE Extension
Description
AI pair programmer that suggests code completions in your editor
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Continue
IDE Extension
GitHub Stars
31,501
Forks
4,191
Open Issues
915
Description
Open-source AI code assistant for VS Code and JetBrains
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Side-by-Side Metrics

Metric GitHub Copilot Continue
GitHub Stars 0 31,501 Leader
GitHub Forks 0 4,191 Leader
Open Issues 0 915 Leader
Community Mentions 0 4,597 Leader

Community Sentiment

No sentiment data for GitHub Copilot
Continue (4,597 mentions)
1% positive 0% negative 99% neutral

Pricing

GitHub Copilot
  • Free: Free
Continue
No pricing data available

GitHub Copilot offers a free tier

Summary

GitHub Copilot and Continue serve different segments of the AI development ecosystem. Visit their individual tool pages for detailed metrics.

Historical Comparison

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About This Data

This comparison uses real adoption metrics collected daily from NPM, PyPI, GitHub, benchmark leaderboards, and pricing data sources. Download counts reflect cumulative totals and weekly/monthly snapshots from the most recent scraper run. All data is publicly verifiable.

Latest data collection: (scrapers run daily)

Sources: NPM Registry API, PyPI API, GitHub API, SWE-bench, Official Pricing Pages

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