Continue alternative

An open-source Continue alternative for the terminal (2026)

In short: Continue is an open-source IDE extension. agentty brings the same open, multi-provider approach to the terminal as a single native binary with a sandbox by default.

Continue is a great open-source autocomplete/chat extension for your IDE. agentty is for developers who want an autonomous coding agent in the terminal.

How agentty compares

  • Terminal-first, editor-agnostic — standalone, or in Zed over ACP.
  • Single native binary — millisecond startup, no runtime to manage.
  • Multi-provider — Claude, OpenAI, Groq, OpenRouter, Cerebras, Ollama.
  • Sandboxed by default, SSH air-gap in one command.
  • Built-in retrieval over your repo.
  • Open source (MIT).

When to keep Continue

If you want inline IDE completions and chat inside your editor, Continue is excellent. For a terminal-native autonomous agent, choose agentty.

Install in one line

curl -fsSL https://agentty.org/install.sh | sh

Install in one line — a single static binary, no Node or Python.

curl -fsSL https://agentty.org/install.sh | sh
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