Continue CLIvsWrongStack
Generated from the two spec rows. Green marks the better value where a spec has a clear direction. Everything else is just different.
Continue CLI
Continue · Terminal agent
#24OSSMCP
Panel
6.41 spec wins
- Reliability
- 6.2
- Usefulness
- 6.3
- Cost
- 8.0
- Longevity
- 5.2
“It installs by piping a URL straight into your shell, then politely asks permission before it touches a single file.”
WrongStack
WrongStack · Terminal agent
#85OSSMCP
Panel
6.42 spec wins
- Reliability
- 5.7
- Usefulness
- 6.8
- Cost
- 7.7
- Longevity
- 5.3
“It ships six different user interfaces, so there is now a wrong way to run it to suit every mood.”
Spec by spec
| Spec | Continue CLI | WrongStack |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | ||
| Category | Terminal agent | Terminal agent |
| Runs | local | local |
| Platforms | macos, linux, windows | macos, linux, windows |
| Context window | not documented | not documented |
| Protocols | ||
| MCP client | Yes | Yes |
| MCP server | No | No |
| Capabilities | ||
| Runs terminal commands | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-file edits | Yes | Yes |
| Git operations | Yes | Yes |
| Browser control | No | YesBrowser and end-to-end testing are among the 61 first-party built-in tools listed in the comparison table. |
| Sandboxed execution | NoThe docs describe running the CLI inside a Docker container, not sandboxing the agent in one. | No |
| Multi-agent orchestration | No | Yes |
| Headless / CI mode | Yes | YesA single-shot non-interactive query mode is documented; there is no dedicated CI action. |
| Models | ||
| Backbone | any provider configured in config.yaml, Anthropic | ~140 providers via models.dev, Anthropic, OpenAI, GitHub Copilot, Ollama, vLLM, LM Studio |
| Bring your own model | Yes | Yes |
| Local models | YesThe CLI reads the same ~/.continue/config.yaml provider schema as the IDE extensions, including a custom apiBase, so any local server can be configured; the CLI pages defer to that reference rather than naming Ollama or LM Studio. | YesOne-command presets exist for Ollama, vLLM and LM Studio, and any custom base URL can be used to run fully on localhost. |
| Cost | ||
| Pricing model | byok | byok |
| Starts at | $0/mo | $0/mo |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Bring your own key | Yes | Yes |
| Openness | ||
| Open source | Yes | Yes |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| GitHub stars | 36,090 | 358 |
Which one would each critic pick
| Critic | Continue CLI | WrongStack | Pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Juez | — | — | not enough reviews |
| El Amigo | 6.8 | 6.3 | Continue CLI — Pick it if you already keep a config.yaml full of assistants and want them in a shell; pick Crush if you are choosing a terminal agent with no history here. |
| El Crítico | 6.3 | 5.3 | Continue CLI — Tool safety here is a command-line flag: one auto switch turns the gate off, and the row records no container isolation behind it. |
| El Profesor | 6.5 | 6.8 | WrongStack — Tasks are gated on atomic verification before advancing, and a policy layer classifies each risky choice as automatic, denied or escalated, which are two different control mechanisms. |
| La Inversora | 5.3 | 5.8 | WrongStack — 277 stars for a project rebuilding an entire category single-handedly under a permissive licence: extraordinary engineering ambition attached to no commercial structure at all. |
| La Jefa | 6.0 | 6.0 | no preference |
| El Hacker | 7.8 | 8.3 | WrongStack — MIT, roughly 140 providers pulled live from a public catalogue, presets for three local serving stacks, and a flag that boots the kernel fully offline with the extras switched off. |
Picks are derived from each critic's own scores. Humans vote on matchups on the duels page.