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ContinuevsOllama

OSS VS Code plugin — bring your own LLM versus Run LLMs locally via simple CLI/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 Ollama when…

  • You want to run LLMs locally on your machine
  • Privacy or offline use cases require local models
  • You're testing open-source models without API costs

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Field
Continue
Ollama
Category
Coding Assistants
LLM Infrastructure
Type
Open Source
Open Source
Free Tier
✓ Yes
✓ Yes
Pricing Plans
GitHub Stars
20,000
90,000
Health
80 Active
80 Active

Continue

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

Ollama

Dead-simple local LLM serving. Pull and run models like Docker images. Compatible with the OpenAI API format.

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OllamaMCP SDK (TypeScript)

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ContinueLlamaIndexllama.cppvLLMLLaVAMoondream

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