llama.cpp vs Cursor vs Continue

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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llama.cpp
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Cursor
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Continue
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Your tool llama.cpp
github.com
llama.cpp is an open-source inference engine that runs large language models and vision-language models on local hardware or in the cloud with minimal setup.
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Competitor Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
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Competitor Continue
continue.dev
Continue is an open-source AI coding agent that was built by a community of developers and has since been acquired by Cursor.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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4.5Mvisits/mo
410.4Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▲ 7.8%
▼ 16.6%
6-month growth
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-1.8%
-24.4%
Global rank web
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#15,584
#106,338
Avg. last 3 months
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4.4M
539.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
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57%
48%
Pages / visit
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2.4
2.4
Visit duration
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1m 36s
1m 44s
Traffic sources
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● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
llama.cppCursorContinue
01.2M2.3M3.5M4.6MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4K100K1M10MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
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Freemium
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Starting price
Free
$20per month · free tier available
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Capabilities input → output
Input
ImagesText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Text
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer Tools
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
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Code reviews
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Development
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Refactoring
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Terminal commands management
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