Continue vs OpenHands CLI

Feature	Continue	OpenHands CLI

Tagline	The open-source AI code assistant	Lightweight OpenHands CLI as a standalone AI coding agent
Website	https://continue.dev	https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands
Language	typescript	python
Release Date	August 21, 2025	October 18, 2025
Last Updated	June 16, 2026	August 19, 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	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	No	No
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	VS Code, JetBrains IDEs	Zed, Toad, VS Code, JetBrains IDEs
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	No
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	Model-dependent	Model-dependent
Terminal Bench		#59 · 51.9% ±2.9 (Terminal-Bench 2.0) ²
Supported Models	Claude Opus / Sonnet / Haiku, GPT-5 / pro / mini, Gemini, Mistral, DeepSeek, Qwen, Llama, Local models for Ollama	Models from multiple providers including, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI. Compatible with 400+ OpenRouter models.
Pricing Model	Freemium	BYOK
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (BYOK) / $10/mo	Free (BYOK)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Open Source (MIT)
Source Code	https://github.com/continuedev/continue	https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands
Development State	inactive	active