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Continue vs Paseo
Continue has 35,946 GitHub stars, 5,395 forks, 951 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. Paseo has 17,595 stars, 1,993 forks, 677 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Continue leads on adoption by 104% (35,946 vs 17,595 stars). Continue is written in TypeScript under Apache-2.0; Paseo is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence. Continue has attracted 15% as many forks as stars, Paseo 11%. Paseo was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (developer-tools), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| Continue | Paseo | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 36K | ★ 18K |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Custom / other |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-16 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 5.4K | ⑂ 2.0K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Continue if
- You weight community size — 36K stars and counting
- You want the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Paseo if
- You want the Paseo feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and Paseo fits your workflow better
About Continue
Continue is an open source coding agent designed to assist developers directly within their IDE or terminal. It operates as a CLI tool, VS Code extension, and JetBrains plugin, enabling natural language interaction with codebases to generate, edit, and explain code. The project lives in the AI assisted developer tools ecosystem and is built with TypeScript under the Apache 2.0 license.
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About Paseo
Paseo is a developer tool for orchestrating coding agents from a phone, desktop, or terminal. It lives in the AI assisted coding ecosystem and presents one interface for Claude Code, Codex, Copilot, OpenCode, and Pi agents. The project centers on a local server called the daemon, which manages agents on the user's machine.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Continue or Paseo more popular?
Continue has 35,946 GitHub stars and Paseo has 17,595. Continue has the larger community by that measure.
Are Continue and Paseo free?
Both are open source. Continue is licensed under Apache-2.0, and Paseo has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Continue and Paseo?
Continue is written in TypeScript and Paseo in TypeScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Continue or Paseo?
Choose Continue if you want the larger community (35,946 stars) or its Apache-2.0 licence terms. Choose Paseo if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.