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Cline

Cline is an open-source autonomous coding agent that runs inside VS Code. Reads and edits files, executes commands, browses the web, and works through complex tasks step by step with human approval.

by Cline·Fully open·Apache-2.0·Launched Jul 2024
Capability
no benchmarks
GitHub stars
60.2k
Harness
ReAct loop
Hybrid tools
Environments
1
IDE

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Brain · Harness · Tools · Environment

Brains
Which LLM powers it
claude-sonnet-4-6gpt-5
Harness
The loop pattern
ReAct loop
Tools
How it acts on the world
Hybrid
Environments
Where it lives
IDE

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What is Cline?

Cline is an open-source autonomous coding agent that runs inside VS Code. Reads and edits files, executes commands, browses the web, and works through complex tasks step by step with human approval.

What model powers Cline?

Cline runs on claude-sonnet-4-6 and gpt-5. It uses a react loop pattern with hybrid tools.

Is Cline open-source?

Yes · Cline is fully open-source under the Apache-2.0 license. The harness, tools, and loop code are all public on GitHub at cline/cline.

How popular is Cline?

Cline has 60,154 stars on GitHub across 288 contributors.

Brains used

GitHub stats

Repocline/cline
Stars60,154
Contributors288
Created2024-07-06
Last commit2026-04-11
How we score
Methodology

Composite capability · momentum formula · data sources.

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