VSCode IDE Open Source Continue AI Code Assistant Great Alternative to Gemini,ChatGPT & Claude
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Jul 9, 2025
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Uh hello guys, welcome to this video. So
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in this video, I'll show you a VS code
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open-source AI code assistant which will
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be a great alternative to chat GPT or
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cloud AI or Google Germany as well. So
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if you go to the extensions tab, just
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write here continue. This is the AI code
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assistant which is available for
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completely free and use it. You can use
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it unlimited number of times. So there
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is no restriction right here. It is
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completely open-source. So this is their
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official website as well. If I show you
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continue.dev.
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So if you visit them, you can see if you
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click the pricing here,
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they do offer this free plan here which
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is more than enough for you.
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So they offer this VS code extension
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right here. Simply install this and uh
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as you are coding uh this will give you
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suggestions autocomplete
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and you can even ask a question as well.
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So once it is enabled it will be
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if you go to the file here
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it will add this option right here. If
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you see continue simply click on that
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and this is the actual thing here. So
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here you need to login
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first of all. So
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login with your account here if you're
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doing it for the very first time. So I
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will sign up with my Google account
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and then it will redirect you back to
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the VS code on login successful.
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So now here you can select the models
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here
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or you can ask anything here. Let's
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suppose make me
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make a calculator in HTML CSS.
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You can add a model here.
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So all such models are there. If you see
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if you drag down
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Gemini, Anthropic, Claude here, you can
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see all these models are there.
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Deep.
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So here you just need to add the API key
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right here of each model. So go to the
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respective
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website to paste this uh
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it also provides you the hola model as
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well. So you just need to paste the API
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key and then you can get started. So
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this is a nice little open-source
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alternative that you can use inside VS
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Core. Also check out my website
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freemediattools.com
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uh which contains thousands of tools.
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