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Kory Becker
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How I Replaced Copilot With a Free AI Model

A quick practical guide to switching from GitHub Copilot to Continue inside VS Code.

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I walk through how to switch from GitHub Copilot to Continue, a powerful VS Code extension that replicates Copilot’s features like autocomplete, chat-based coding, and multi-step agent actions.

The best part? You can pair Continue with any LLM you like including free hosted models like Mistral DevStral or Qwen3 Coder via OpenRouter. No quotas. No cost. Just code.

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