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Open-source AI code assistant and CI checks for VS Code and JetBrains with any model.

Anthropic's agentic coding tool for the terminal, IDEs and web; the most used coding agent at work in 2026.

OpenAI's open-source coding agent for the terminal and IDEs, with cloud tasks; written in Rust.

Open-source, provider-agnostic terminal coding agent with a polished TUI and client/server design.

Head to head

Metric	Continue	Claude Code	OpenAI Codex	OpenCode
Stars	36.5k	155k	133k	226k
Weekly downloads	n/a	16.4M	26M	3.4M
Download growth	n/a	-24%	+37%	+50%
Popularity score	83/100	91/100	92/100	88/100
Forks	5.6k	24.9k	21.1k	30.6k
Open issues	865	17k	26.6k	4.2k
Last commit	6d ago	1d ago	6d ago	today
Latest version	n/a	2.1.322	0.167.2	1.19.5
License	Apache-2.0	n/a	Apache-2.0	MIT
First released	2023	2025	2025	2025
Signals	None	TrendingPopular	Trending	Trending
Listed in	AI & Machine Learning › AI Coding Agents & Assistants	AI & Machine Learning › AI Coding Agents & Assistants	AI & Machine Learning › AI Coding Agents & Assistants	AI & Machine Learning › AI Coding Agents & Assistants

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