Continue vs. Zot

Feature	Continue	Zot

Tagline	The open-source AI code assistant	Yet another coding agent harness.
Website	https://continue.dev	https://zot.sh
Language	typescript	go
Release Date	August 21, 2025	April 18, 2026
Last Updated	June 16, 2026	September 4, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	No
Multi-Agent Support	No	Yes
Git Integration	basic	low
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	No
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	No	Yes
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	VS Code, JetBrains IDEs	None
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	Model-dependent	Model dependent
Supported Models	Claude Opus / Sonnet / Haiku, GPT-5 / pro / mini, Gemini, Mistral, DeepSeek, Qwen, Llama, Local models for Ollama	Models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Kimi, DeepSeek, Google Gemini/Vertex, GitHub Copilot, Bedrock, Azure and 300+ models from OpenRouter.
Pricing Model	Freemium	Free
Free Tier	Yes	No
Price Range	Free (BYOK) / $10/mo	$0
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Open Source (MIT)
Source Code	https://github.com/continuedev/continue	https://github.com/patriceckhart/zot
Development State	inactive	active