Visual Studio Code vs Kilo Code vs Continue vs Liminary

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

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Visual Studio Code
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Liminary
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Visual Studio Code
code.visualstudio.com
Visual Studio Code is a free, open source code editor that runs on Windows, macOS and Linux and now includes built-in AI agents.
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Competitor Kilo Code
kilocode.ai
Kilo Code is an open source AI agent Visual Studio (VS) Code extension that focuses on enhancing the efficiency of coding. The tool can generate code, automate tasks, and offer practical suggestions.
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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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Competitor Liminary
liminary.io
Ever open a browser tab to find something you saved three months ago, only to spend ten minutes hunting through bookmarks
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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1.9Kvisits/mo
410.4Kvisits/mo
23.3Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▼ 42.3%
▼ 16.6%
▼ 18.4%
6-month growth
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-94.4%
-24.4%
-10.4%
Global rank web
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#4,668,091
#106,338
#1,028,276
Avg. last 3 months
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10.5K
539.2K
24.3K
Bounce rate lower is better
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34%
48%
37%
Pages / visit
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2.4
2.4
2.0
Visit duration
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19s
1m 44s
51s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
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Visual Studio CodeKilo CodeContinueLiminary
0193.8K387.7K581.5K775.3KKilo Code · 744.7KKilo Code · 164KKilo Code · 48.6KKilo Code · 16KKilo Code · 33.5KKilo Code · 14.4KKilo Code · 10.5KKilo Code · 26.4KKilo Code · 3.2KKilo Code · 1.9KContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KLiminary · 37.2KLiminary · 16KLiminary · 26KLiminary · 18.1KLiminary · 28.2KLiminary · 21.2KLiminary · 28.5KLiminary · 23.3K1K10K100K1MKilo Code · 744.7KKilo Code · 164KKilo Code · 48.6KKilo Code · 16KKilo Code · 33.5KKilo Code · 14.4KKilo Code · 10.5KKilo Code · 26.4KKilo Code · 3.2KKilo Code · 1.9KContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KLiminary · 37.2KLiminary · 16KLiminary · 26KLiminary · 18.1KLiminary · 28.2KLiminary · 21.2KLiminary · 28.5KLiminary · 23.3KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
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Freemium
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Freemium
Starting price
Free
$20per month · free tier available
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$29per month · free tier available
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Explorer FreePro $29/moTeam $50/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
DocumentsTextWeb pages
Output
Code
Code
Code
Text
Skill level
Advanced
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Categories
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Education & LearningAI Knowledge Management
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
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Coding in VS Code
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Code analysis
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Development
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Digital information management
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Note taking
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