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open-source coding agent. continue is open source, written primarily in TypeScript, released under Apache License 2.0. Its repository has 35.2K GitHub stars and 5.1K forks, and was last committed to within the last two weeks. Niched places it in AI coding assistants & agents.
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DeepSeek-native AI coding agent for your terminal. Engineered around prefix-cache stability — leave it running.
Visit ↗| Fact | continue | DeepSeek-Reasonix |
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| Official SDK installs, 30 days | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| SDK evidence captured | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| GitHub stars | 35.2K | 28.2K |
| Forks | 5.2K | 1.8K |
| Open issues | 950 | 1.3K |
| Last commit | yesterday | yesterday |
| Primary language | TypeScript | Go |
| License | Apache License 2.0 | MIT License |
| Open source | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing model | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Founded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Categories | AI coding assistants & agents | AI coding assistants & agents |
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