Cline

What it is

Autonomous coding agent available as a VS Code/JetBrains extension, CLI, SDK and (since Sept 2026) a desktop app.

GitHub repo ↗ · cline.bot ↗ · @cline ↗

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Install

• npm i -g cline
• VS Code Marketplace / JetBrains Marketplace
• npm install @cline/sdk

raw.githubusercontent.com/cline/cline/HEAD/README.md ↗ · checked Oct 16, 2026

Models

OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, OpenRouter, Vercel AI Gateway, Azure/Vertex, Cerebras/Groq, Ollama/LM Studio, any OpenAI-compatible API.

raw.githubusercontent.com/cline/cline/HEAD/README.md ↗ · checked Oct 16, 2026

Cost

Free for individuals; pay for inference at cost or BYOK. Enterprise tier for teams (price not listed).

cline.bot/pricing ↗ · checked Oct 16, 2026

Features

• .clinerules project rules raw.githubusercontent.com/cline/cline/HEAD/README.md ↗
• MCP support; terminal execution with live output raw.githubusercontent.com/cline/cline/HEAD/README.md ↗
• Cline Desktop with free open-weight models via ClinePass (third-party report) x.com/stretchcloud/status/2099666257217790431 ↗ · user report

Use cases

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K2S@k2sbhai

Built an interactive 3D mechanical honeybee in three.js from one prompt with Step 5 Preview

Complaints and issues

• "genuinely curious what the abuse pattern was" ↗@bangtanscenez · Oct 5, 2026
• "put out free samples at costco and someone brought a wheelbarrow" ↗@garageweights · Oct 5, 2026
• Token burn on local models: "an agent harness burn 20,000 tokens before writing a single line of code" ↗@Aaleks_crypt · Oct 4, 2026
• "You advertise 'Kimi Free,' yet we run through three messages and the quota is already used up." ↗@velsinhax · Sep 19, 2026
• Impossible token count in context window ↗Apr 6, 2026 · GitHub issue
• Browser automation fails with base64 image URL error ↗Mar 20, 2026 · GitHub issue
• Switching Plan to Act clears unsent prompt text ↗Feb 21, 2026 · GitHub issue

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