Continue
**[Continue](https://continue.dev/docs) is the open-source library for accelerating software development with language models**
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## Getting Started
### Install for VS Code
Learn how to install locally in VS Code [here](https://continue.dev/docs/getting-started)
### GitHub Codespaces
Explore Continue in GitHub Codespaces [here](https://continue.dev/docs/getting-started) if you'd like to try without downloading for VS Code.
## How to contribute
Open a [new GitHub Issue](https://github.com/continuedev/continue/issues/new) or comment on [an existing one](https://github.com/continuedev/continue/issues). Let us know what you would like to contribute, and we will help you make it happen!
## Install from source
#### 1. Clone this repo
Recommended: Run this command to use SSH
```bash
git clone git@github.com:continuedev/continue.git
```
Alternative: Run this command to use HTTPS
```bash
git clone https://github.com/continuedev/continue
```
#### 2. Install Continue
Run this command to use the install script
```bash
cd continue/extension/scripts && python3 install_from_source.py
```
# Understanding the codebase
- [Continue Server README](./continuedev/README.md): learn about the core of Continue, which can be downloaded as a [PyPI package](https://pypi.org/project/continuedev/)
- [VS Code Extension README](./extension/README.md): learn about the capabilities of our extension—the first implementation of Continue's IDE Protocol—which makes it possible to use use Continue in VS Code and GitHub Codespaces
- [Continue GUI README](./extension/react-app/): learn about the React app that lets users interact with the server and is placed adjacent to the text editor in any suppported IDE
- [Schema README](./schema): learn about the JSON Schema types generated from Pydantic models, which we use across the `continuedev/` and `extension/` directories
- [Continue Docs README](./docs): learn how our [docs](https://continue.dev/docs) are written and built
- [How to debug the VS Code Extension README](./extension/src/README.md): learn how to set up the VS Code extension, so you can debug it
# License
[Apache 2.0 © 2023 Continue Dev, Inc.](./LICENSE)