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Continue vs Superset
Continue has 35,958 GitHub stars, 5,404 forks, 951 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Superset has 14,403 stars, 1,285 forks, 666 open issues and last shipped today. Continue leads on adoption by 150% (35,958 vs 14,403 stars). Continue is written in TypeScript under Apache-2.0; Superset is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence. Continue has attracted 15% as many forks as stars, Superset 9%. Superset was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 3 topic tags (agent, cli, 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 | Superset | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 36K | ★ 14K |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Custom / other |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-19 | 2026-09-20 |
| Forks | ⑂ 5.4K | ⑂ 1.3K |
| 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 Superset if
- You want the Superset feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and Superset 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 Superset
Superset is an agentic IDE for orchestrating many coding agents in parallel on a developer machine. It lives in the AI assisted coding and developer tools ecosystem, and it is aimed at people who run CLI agents such as Claude Code, Codex, or any CLI agent. It can run any agent with the user's own subscription. The project treats each agent as a worker that can run in its own isolated git worktree, with its own branch, terminal, and environment.
read the full Superset overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Continue or Superset more popular?
Continue has 35,958 GitHub stars and Superset has 14,403. Continue has the larger community by that measure.
Are Continue and Superset free?
Both are open source. Continue is licensed under Apache-2.0, and Superset has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Continue and Superset?
Continue is written in TypeScript and Superset 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 Superset?
Choose Continue if you want the larger community (35,958 stars) or its Apache-2.0 licence terms. Choose Superset if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.