---
title: "The Best Alternative to GitHub Copilot: Continue.dev + Free AI"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-best-alternative-to-github-copilot-continue-dev-free-ai-zu3vspoaw
source_url: https://pub.towardsai.net/the-best-alternative-to-github-copilot-continue-dev-free-ai-65e2d4415f1e
type: article
source: "Towards AI"
published: 2024-06-14T13:25:22.176Z
updated: 2024-10-05T16:54:59.935Z
tags: ["ai", "github", "vscode", "ollama"]
reading_time: 4
upvotes: 34
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# The Best Alternative to GitHub Copilot: Continue.dev + Free AI

**[Towards AI](https://daily.dev/sources/tai)** · 4 min read · 34 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Learn about GitHub Copilot, an AI code completion tool, and its alternative Continue.dev. Discover how to set up Continue.dev with the Groq API key and explore the option of setting up a local LLM server with Ollama. Save money from a GitHub Copilot subscription and use free AI services for code completion.

## Full article

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