Is Continue Still Maintained? Live GitHub Status
Continue is an open-source AI code assistant for VS Code and JetBrains IDEs.
Short answer: Only in maintenance mode. Health score 25/100. Checked 18 Oct 2026.
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What the numbers say
Continue’s main branch received 3 commits in the last 91 days, against 3,912 in the same 91 days a year earlier (−100%). Its README carries a notice that the project is in maintenance mode or no longer actively developed. It has 36,249 stars on GitHub.
Continue security practices and adoption
Latest release
GitHub release and contributor data
- Versionv2.0.0-vscode
- Published19 Jun 2026
- Contributors393
Scorecard checks security practices such as code review, branch protection and pinned dependencies; it does not find bugs, and a low score does not mean the software is unsafe. Dependents and download counts show reach, not quality. Sources: GitHub, read 18 Oct 2026, 14:33 UTC.
Health score breakdown
| Part | Points | Based on |
|---|---|---|
| Activity | 7.6 / 35 | 3 commits in the last 91 days (full marks at 600) |
| Trend | 0.0 / 20 | 0% of last year’s pace (full marks at 100%) |
| Recency | 7.0 / 15 | last commit 89 days ago |
| Releases | 7.0 / 10 | latest GitHub release 121 days ago |
| Community | 3.8 / 20 | 2 pull requests merged in the last 91 days (full marks at 300) |
Open issues and pull requests: 866. A maintenance notice in the README caps the score at 25. The score summarises maintenance signals only, not quality or security. How the score works
Continue: common questions
Is Continue still maintained?
Only in maintenance mode. The Continue README says the project is no longer actively developed. It received 3 commits in the last 91 days (checked 18 October 2026). Its health score is 25 out of 100.
What is the latest Continue release?
The latest GitHub release of Continue is v2.0.0-vscode, published on 19 June 2026.
How many people contribute to Continue?
GitHub lists 393 contributors for Continue. 2 pull requests were merged in the last 91 days.
What licence does Continue use?
GitHub identifies the Continue licence as Apache-2.0. Read the licence file before commercial use.
How is the health score calculated?
It adds five parts from public GitHub data: commit activity over 91 days (35 points), the trend against the same period last year (20), how recent the last commit is (15), how recent the last release is (10) and merged pull requests (20). Archived projects score 0; a maintenance notice caps the score at 25. It measures maintenance signals only, not code quality or security.
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Daily snapshots
| Date (UTC) | Stars | Commits, last 91 days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Oct 2026 | 36,235 | 3 | Maintenance mode |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 36,235 | 3 | Maintenance mode |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 36,228 | 3 | Maintenance mode |
One snapshot is stored per day, starting 16 October 2026. No status change has been recorded for Continue since then.
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How this is measured: commits on the repository’s default branch counted through the GitHub API, the last 91 days against the same 91 days a year earlier; archived flag and licence from the repository; README checked daily for maintenance notices. Commit counts measure activity, not quality, and we have not tested this tool ourselves for this page.