Cline vs Continue.dev vs OpenCode
Three agents you run on your own API keys. None charges a seat fee, so the cost is whatever inference you use, and the choice is really about where you want the agent to live.
All 3 checked against the vendor's own pricing page · checked Sep 2026
These tools sit in different categories in our directory, which reflects where each is strongest rather than a filing error.
Which should you pick?
Continue is the only one of the three with JetBrains support and inline autocomplete, so it is the pick if you are not in VS Code or you want completion rather than an agent. Cline is VS Code and agentic: it plans, edits across files and asks before acting, under Apache-2.0 with about 67k stars. OpenCode is terminal-first and works with 75+ model providers, which makes it the most portable of the three and the easiest to drop into an existing shell workflow. One caution on OpenCode: the project moved, and the old opencode-ai repository is archived at 13.7k stars while the live one carries over 200k, so check the current repository before judging it by star count. All three avoid subscriptions entirely, which means the real cost comparison is your model bill, not theirs.
| Visit Cline | Visit Continue.dev | Visit OpenCode | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it costs | |||
| Pricing | Open source | Open source | Open source |
| Pricing details | Free under Apache-2.0 with no subscription or seat fee; you pay only for model inference, either bring your own key or buy credits. Enterprise is contact-only. | No longer sold. Cursor acquired Continue in 2026 and shut the hosted service down, deleting user data. The open-source extension remains free on GitHub and you supply your own model API keys. | Free and MIT licensed. Optional Zen credits buy access to models OpenCode has benchmarked for coding. Enterprise is per-seat and contact-only. |
| Price range | Usage based, no flat monthly planChecked 2026-09-19 | No pricing page foundChecked 2026-10-08 | Usage based, no flat monthly planChecked 2026-09-19 |
| Free option | Free tier | No free option | Free tier |
| Plans |
| Not available |
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| What it is | |||
| What it does | An Apache-2.0 coding agent for VS Code that runs on your own API keys, so there is no subscription and no seat fee, just the inference you actually use. | Open-source AI coding assistant for VS Code and JetBrains. Cursor acquired Continue in 2026 and closed the hosted service, but the extension is still on GitHub. | An open source coding agent that runs in your terminal, editor or as a desktop app, and works with 75+ model providers instead of locking you to a single one. |
| The details | |||
| GitHub stars | 66,747stars | 35,541stars | 204,043stars |
| Language | TypeScript | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| License | Apache License 2.0 | Apache License 2.0 | MIT License |
| Last commit | 23 Aug 2026 | 19 Aug 2026 | 4 Sept 2026 |
| Tags | code-generationsoftware-engineeringopen-sourcedebugging | coding-assistantide-extensioncode-completionopen-sourceai-coding | code-generationsoftware-engineeringopen-sourcedebugging |
What it costs
- Pricing
- Open source
- Pricing details
- Free under Apache-2.0 with no subscription or seat fee; you pay only for model inference, either bring your own key or buy credits. Enterprise is contact-only.
- Price range
- Usage based, no flat monthly planChecked 2026-09-19
- Free option
- Free tier
- Plans
- Open Source$0/mo
- EnterpriseContact sales
What it is
- What it does
- An Apache-2.0 coding agent for VS Code that runs on your own API keys, so there is no subscription and no seat fee, just the inference you actually use.
The details
- GitHub stars
- 66,747stars
- Language
- TypeScript
- License
- Apache License 2.0
- Last commit
- 23 Aug 2026
- Tags
- code-generationsoftware-engineeringopen-sourcedebugging
What it costs
- Pricing
- Open source
- Pricing details
- No longer sold. Cursor acquired Continue in 2026 and shut the hosted service down, deleting user data. The open-source extension remains free on GitHub and you supply your own model API keys.
- Price range
- No pricing page foundChecked 2026-10-08
- Free option
- No free option
- Plans
- Not available
What it is
- What it does
- Open-source AI coding assistant for VS Code and JetBrains. Cursor acquired Continue in 2026 and closed the hosted service, but the extension is still on GitHub.
The details
- GitHub stars
- 35,541stars
- Language
- TypeScript
- License
- Apache License 2.0
- Last commit
- 19 Aug 2026
- Tags
- coding-assistantide-extensioncode-completionopen-sourceai-coding
What it costs
- Pricing
- Open source
- Pricing details
- Free and MIT licensed. Optional Zen credits buy access to models OpenCode has benchmarked for coding. Enterprise is per-seat and contact-only.
- Price range
- Usage based, no flat monthly planChecked 2026-09-19
- Free option
- Free tier
- Plans
- Open Source$0/mo
- Zen (Pay as you go)Not listed
What it is
- What it does
- An open source coding agent that runs in your terminal, editor or as a desktop app, and works with 75+ model providers instead of locking you to a single one.
The details
- GitHub stars
- 204,043stars
- Language
- TypeScript
- License
- MIT License
- Last commit
- 4 Sept 2026
- Tags
- code-generationsoftware-engineeringopen-sourcedebugging
Read the full reviews
What each one is actually like to use, tested by hand rather than summarised from the vendor’s own page.
