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ContinuevsLiteLLM

OSS VS Code plugin — bring your own LLM versus Universal LLM proxy — 100+ models, one API

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Choose Continue when…

  • •You want open-source, self-hostable AI completions
  • •You bring your own LLM or use local models
  • •You're locked into JetBrains or VS Code

Choose LiteLLM when…

  • •You want a unified API across 100+ LLM providers
  • •You're switching between providers or running A/B tests
  • •You need fallbacks and load balancing across models

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Continue
LiteLLM
Category
Coding Assistants
LLM Infrastructure
Type
Open Source
Open Source
Free Tier
✓ Yes
✓ Yes
Pricing Plans
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Enterprise: Custom
GitHub Stars
⭐ 20,000
⭐ 16,000
Health
●80 — Active
●75 — Active

Continue

Open-source VS Code and JetBrains extension. Connect any LLM via ollama, LiteLLM, or cloud APIs. Fully customizable.

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LiteLLM

OSS proxy that normalizes 100+ LLMs to the OpenAI format. Add routing, fallbacks, caching, and cost tracking in one layer.

Website ↗GitHub ↗

Shared Connections1 tools both integrate with

Ollama

Only Continue (2)

LiteLLMMCP SDK (TypeScript)

Only LiteLLM (31)

ContinueAiderClaude CodeOpenHandsPlandexCrewAILangGraphSemantic KernelLangChainCohere API

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