Continue.dev vs Anthropic MCP

FeatureContinue.devAnthropic MCP
CategoryCoding AssistantsAI Development
PricingFree (open-source)Free (open standard)
GitHub Stars20,00045,000
PlatformsmacOS, Linux, WindowsmacOS, Linux, Windows
Features
  • ✓ Code completion
  • ✓ Chat
  • ✓ Multi-model
  • ✓ Custom commands
  • ✓ Context providers
  • ✓ Universal tool protocol
  • ✓ Server/client architecture
  • ✓ Stdio and SSE transport
  • ✓ TypeScript + Python SDKs
  • ✓ Growing ecosystem
Tags
codingopen-sourcevscodejetbrains
open-sourceprotocoltoolsintegrationstandard