Cline
Cline is an AI coding agent that works inside your code editor, terminal, or its own desktop app, making and checking changes to your project when you ask. It is for programmers who want an AI assistant that can edit files and run commands, with you approving each step.
Description written from the project's own page; checked by AI.
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The jobs it does, and the closed apps it replaces
AI coding assistants
Replaces fullyInstead of GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, Claude Code, OpenAI Codex app · Works inside VS Code; you pay for the AI
What's missing
Things people miss in Cline. Upvote what matters to you; it helps its team decide.
Facts
LicenseApache-2.0
Runs onWindows · Mac · Linux
KindFor developers
Stars on GitHub71k
Hosted onGitHub
ActivityChanged within the last year
Something wrong?
Wrong devices, a wrong description, or it isn't really open source? A mod reviews every suggestion.
What we couldn't confirm4
- Whether the desktop app, CLI, VS Code extension and SDK are all covered by the Apache-2.0 license, since the README's license line is for the whole repository but was not checked per folder.
- Whether the JetBrains plugin, which the README says is not open-sourced, is covered by the license at all.
- Feature-level comparisons with GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf and Claude Code, since the material does not describe those closed apps.
- Whether the project's Desktop App kind (native app) changes the kind from developer_tool; the README describes both a desktop app and developer-focused tools.