Continue vs. Kimi Code CLI

Feature	Continue	Kimi Code CLI

Tagline	The open-source AI code assistant	Kimi Code CLI is your next intelligent CLI agent
Website	https://continue.dev	https://kimi.com/code
Language	typescript	python
Release Date	August 21, 2025	October 21, 2025
Last Updated	April 28, 2026	April 28, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	No	Yes
Git Integration	basic	basic
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	No
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	No
Image / Multimodal Input	No	Yes
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	VS Code, JetBrains IDEs	VS Code, Zed, JetBrains
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	No
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	Model-dependent	1M (K2.5)
Supported Models	Claude Opus / Sonnet / Haiku, GPT-5 / pro / mini, Gemini, Mistral, DeepSeek, Qwen, Llama, Local models for Ollama	All the Kimi supported models including Kimi K2.5, K2, optional BYOK.
Pricing Model	Freemium	Freemium
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (BYOK) / $10/mo	Free / ~$19/mo
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Source Code	https://github.com/continuedev/continue	https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli
Development State	active	active