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Continue.dev vs pr-viz
Open-source IDE assistant with checks, not a PR map visualiser.
Continue.devOpen-source AI code assistant and checks for your IDE and CIWhich to pick
Pick Continue.dev if you want…
- Open-source AI code assistant for IDEs and CI
- IDE AI assistant & CI checks
Pick pr-viz if you want…
- Self-hosted PR review maps
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- What it is
- Continue.dev:Continue.dev is an open-source AI coding assistant that adds code suggestions and checks to IDEs and CI pipelines.
- pr-viz:Free IDE skill that creates an interactive two-zone review map for GitHub pull requests.
- Best for
- Continue.dev:Open-source AI code assistant for IDEs and CI
- pr-viz:Self-hosted PR review maps
- Who it’s for
- Continue.dev:Developers who want AI assistance in their editor and CI without vendor lock-in
- pr-viz:Developers and teams needing self-hosted PR review visualisation.
- Pricing
- Continue.dev:Open source
- pr-viz:Free
- Open source
- Continue.dev:Yes, 36,079 GitHub stars
- pr-viz:Yes, 0 GitHub stars
- Works with
- Continue.dev:—
- pr-viz:VS Code, Cursor, Claude Code, Windsurf, GitHub
Continue.dev features
- AI code suggestions. Provides context-aware code completions and suggestions while you type.
- Automated code checks. Runs AI-driven linting and quality checks as part of your CI workflow.
- Open-source foundation. The full codebase is freely available for anyone to inspect, modify, or extend.
- IDE integration. Hooks into popular editors to surface assistance directly in the development environment.
pr-viz features
- Two-zone review map. Shows needs-review vs AI-accepted sections of a PR.
- Self-hosted & air-gapped. Runs on your own Docker host with no internet required.
- IDE integration. Triggered from Cursor, Claude Code, VS Code, Windsurf via /pr-viz command.
- Comment posting as you. Posts AI-generated comments to GitHub using your credentials.
- Human-readable AI notes. Provides short explanations and fixes for highlighted issues.
- PR walkthrough. Animated spoken summary of verdict, issues, and failing checks.
Continue.dev vs pr-viz FAQ
Is Continue.dev or pr-viz free?+
Yes, both are free, and Continue.dev is open source.
Is Continue.dev or pr-viz open source?+
Yes, both are open source: Continue.dev (continuedev/continue on GitHub, Apache-2.0 license) and pr-viz (krzysztofgibert/pr-viz-skill on GitHub, MIT license).
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