Continue vs. GitHub Copilot CLI

Feature	Continue	GitHub Copilot CLI

Tagline	The open-source AI code assistant	The power of GitHub Copilot in your terminal
Website	https://continue.dev	https://github.com/features/copilot/cli
Language	typescript	typescript
Release Date	August 21, 2025	September 24, 2025
Last Updated	April 28, 2026	April 28, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	AI Lab
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	No	Yes
Git Integration	basic	deep
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	No
Image / Multimodal Input	No	Yes
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	VS Code, JetBrains IDEs	VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, JetBrains, Neovim, Visual Studio, Xcode
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	No
Context Window	Model-dependent	Auto-managed
Supported Models	Claude Opus / Sonnet / Haiku, GPT-5 / pro / mini, Gemini, Mistral, DeepSeek, Qwen, Llama, Local models for Ollama	Multi-provider (GitHub-managed) and local models
Pricing Model	Freemium	freemium, usage-based
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (BYOK) / $10/mo	Free / $10-39/mo
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Source Available (Proprietary)
Source Code	https://github.com/continuedev/continue	https://github.com/github/copilot-cli
Development State	active	active