Cline
Open-source autonomous coding agent that lives in your IDE and can edit files, run terminal commands, and use the browser.
What is Cline?
Cline is an open-source AI coding agent that runs as a VS Code (and compatible editor) extension. It can read and edit your codebase, execute terminal commands, browse the web for documentation, and iterate on its own output with your approval at each step. It supports plugging in different model providers, including Claude and local models, giving developers control over cost and capability.
Key features
- Open-source and self-hostable
- Bring-your-own-model support
- Terminal and browser tool use
- Human-in-the-loop approval steps
Pricing
FreemiumFree and open-source; you pay only for the underlying model API calls you connect.
Verify on the official pricing page →Cline use cases
- 1Autonomous multi-file coding tasks
- 2Debugging and refactoring existing codebases
- 3Running and reading terminal output as part of a task
Who is Cline for?
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