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fractionmizukage97/continuedev

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TLDR

Claims to be a pre-activated build of the Continue.dev VS Code AI coding extension with no limits, but contains no code, only a README pointing to an external download. The real Continue.dev is already free.

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    What it claims
      Pre-activated VS Code extension
      No subscription required
      No usage limits
    Reality
      No source code present
      External download link only
      Continue.dev is already free
    Risk
      Unverified external download
      Common malware pattern
    Alternatives
      Official VS Code marketplace
      Continue.dev website
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USE CASE 1

This repository has no legitimate use case, anyone looking for Continue.dev should install it directly from the official VS Code marketplace where it is free.

Getting it running

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No code in this repository, it links to an unverified external download. Use the official Continue.dev extension from the VS Code marketplace instead.

In plain English

This repository presents itself as a "pre-activated full build" of Continue.dev for Windows, claiming to remove subscription requirements, usage limits, and feature gates. Continue.dev is an open-source AI coding assistant extension for VS Code that connects to large language models to help with code completion and chat. It is already free and open-source, so the "pre-activated" framing here is misleading. The repository contains no actual code. It is a README file that lists features, system requirements, and installation steps, then points to an external download link hosted on Telegra.ph rather than providing any files in the repository itself. This pattern, where a repository consists only of a download link to an external site with no source code, is commonly associated with software distribution schemes that may carry risks unrelated to the software they claim to distribute. Anyone looking for the actual Continue.dev extension should find it directly through the official VS Code marketplace or the Continue.dev website, where it is available free of charge as a legitimate open-source project. This repository does not appear to be affiliated with the Continue.dev project.

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Prompt 1
How do I install the real Continue.dev extension from the VS Code marketplace and connect it to a local language model like Ollama?
Prompt 2
What is the difference between Continue.dev and GitHub Copilot, and how do I configure Continue.dev for free with an open-source model?
Prompt 3
I installed Continue.dev from the VS Code marketplace. How do I configure it to use a specific model like Claude or GPT-4o?
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