What Cline AI Agent does
Cline is an open-source coding agent for IDEs and terminals. It ships as a Node.js SDK, a CLI with headless mode and a Kanban board, and a VS Code extension with a JetBrains plugin. It reads project structure, creates and edits files across a codebase with reviewable diffs and checkpoints, and runs terminal commands while watching linter and compiler output. Plan mode proposes a strategy, and in Act mode each file edit and command needs approval unless auto-approve is on. Supported model providers include Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, AWS Bedrock, Ollama and LM Studio. Features include project rules in .clinerules files, MCP server support, multi-agent teams and cron-scheduled agents. The project is licensed under Apache 2.0.
How Cline AI Agent compares with its closest alternatives
4 of the 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Cline AI Agent does. None of the 5 offers an API; FalcoScan's records show none for Cline AI Agent. Cline AI Agent offers a VS Code extension. Of the alternatives, 1 offers a VS Code extension. Cline AI Agent was founded in 2024; the alternatives were founded between 2022 and 2024, 2 of them earlier. Cline AI Agent has no single headquarters on record; its alternatives with a known headquarters are in the United States and the United Kingdom.