Continued—the open-source AI coding assistant and extensible agent platform, has officially reached its v1.0.0 Community Release. Designed specifically for researchers and developers using Helmholtz infrastructure (Blablador) alongside local, offline AI models (Ollama), the platform now includes major milestones for open collaboration, IDE compatibility, and widespread adoption (2,000+ installs on VS Code Marketplace and 600+ on Open VSX).
Proven Community Adoption: Now powering 2,600+ combined installations across VS Code, VSCodium, and Open VSX environments.
Public GitHub Repository: The source code is now fully open and available in the public domain for review, issues, and contributions.
Open VSX & Eclipse Theia Support: In addition to VS Code, Continued v1.0.0 is live on the Open VSX Registry, enabling native 1-click installation inside VSCodium, Eclipse Theia, and Cursor.
Community & Discussions Hub: A GitHub Discussions channel and a formal Contribution Guide (CONTRIBUTING.md) are live to gather user feedback, feature requests, and community-contributed plugins.
v1.0.0 Extensible Agent & Plugin System: Users can build, edit, share, or delete custom plugins locally (.continued/plugins/) directly within the sidebar UI—allowing researchers to hook private datasets, specialized prompt sets, and analysis scripts directly into the agent's workflow without external frameworks like LangChain.
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Best regards,
Ata
Ata Ul Haleem
Phone: +49 160 92236676
E-Mail: a.haleem@fz-juelich.de