Cline
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An open-source coding agent with editor, terminal and desktop interfaces, configurable tool approvals and a choice of model providers. No lifecycle review is recorded for this listing. Its inclusion in the directory does not confirm current availability; check the vendor before relying on it.
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Decision notes
Official-document research
Based on the cited documentation. We did not use the product, purchase a plan, or run quality, speed or reliability tests in this review.
Consider it for
- Developers able to review agent actions
- Teams selecting their own model route
Choose another approach if
- Unsupervised access to sensitive repositories
- A fixed fee assumed to include every model and enterprise feature
Pricing and conditions
Documented terms
The open-source individual route has no seat subscription; inference is usage-based or BYOK. Enterprise is custom. Separately, ClinePass advertises $9.99/month after promotions, with possible processing fees; exact quotas, ISO currency, tax and regional checkout were not verified. Provider bills and infrastructure remain separate.
Pricing source read:
Pricing or terms sourceCode, model and service licensing
The linked agent code is Apache-2.0, with license/notice and modification obligations; this does not license hosted services or model weights. The service terms preserve your relative content rights while granting processing and improvement rights, including continuing rights in de-identified data; a per-seat subscription exception is not automatically established for ClinePass. BYOK's stated non-collection depends on using your own infrastructure for all model calls. Cline-routed calls send content to providers whose terms may allow training. Third-party code rights, retention and the applicable account contract still require review.
Basis and limits of the recorded score
The existing 4.7 editorial score is retained. Its original scoring records were not recovered. This documentation update includes no task run, benchmark or new score.
Overview
Cline combines file access, code edits, terminal commands, browser tools and MCP integrations with a selected model. The documentation describes editor extensions, a CLI and a desktop app; available interfaces and enterprise features should be checked separately. It can prepare multi-file changes, but this directory has not established whether a generated change is correct or recoverable in your environment.
Approval behavior is configurable. The overview's broad approval language is qualified by the Auto Approve guide, which permits per-tool automatic execution and a mode that approves all actions. Review the actual settings, repository permissions and model path before granting access. BYOK, Cline's usage-billing provider and ClinePass have different billing and content-processing boundaries.
Sources
The factual claims in this review were read from the pages below. Each date is when an editor last opened the source, not when the product changed.
- Vendor documentation Checked 2026-10-15
- Vendor documentation Checked 2026-10-15
- Vendor pricing page Checked 2026-10-15
- Vendor pricing page Checked 2026-10-15
- Vendor documentation Checked 2026-10-15
- Vendor documentation Checked 2026-10-15
- Vendor documentation Checked 2026-10-15
Pros / Cons
Pros
- Published agent-core source and license
- Multiple model-access paths
- Documented tool-level permission controls
Cons
- Automatic approvals can widen action scope
- Model usage and optional subscriptions add costs
- No independent task-quality or security result here
Who it's for
Preparing reviewed repository changes
Operating a coding agent through an approved provider
Bottom line
Consider Cline when you can review changes and deliberately manage tool permissions, provider terms and spending.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Cline currently available?
No lifecycle review is recorded for this listing. Its inclusion in the directory does not confirm current availability; check the vendor before relying on it.
What is Cline?
Cline is a Code Generation tool developed by Cline Bot. An open-source coding agent with editor, terminal and desktop interfaces, configurable tool approvals and a choice of model providers.
What costs and terms should I check for Cline?
The open-source individual route has no seat subscription; inference is usage-based or BYOK. Enterprise is custom. Separately, ClinePass advertises $9.99/month after promotions, with possible processing fees; exact quotas, ISO currency, tax and regional checkout were not verified. Provider bills and infrastructure remain separate.
Is Cline open source?
The linked agent code is Apache-2.0, with license/notice and modification obligations; this does not license hosted services or model weights. The service terms preserve your relative content rights while granting processing and improvement rights, including continuing rights in de-identified data; a per-seat subscription exception is not automatically established for ClinePass. BYOK's stated non-collection depends on using your own infrastructure for all model calls. Cline-routed calls send content to providers whose terms may allow training. Third-party code rights, retention and the applicable account contract still require review.
What are the best alternatives to Cline?
Notable Code Generation alternatives include GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Replit Agent. Browse all 76 tools in our Code Generation category for a full overview.
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Basic Info
- Pricing
- Freemium
The open-source individual route has no seat subscription; inference is usage-based or BYOK. Enterprise is custom. Separately, ClinePass advertises $9.99/month after promotions, with possible processing fees; exact quotas, ISO currency, tax and regional checkout were not verified. Provider bills and infrastructure remain separate.
- Editorial score
- ★ 4.7 / 5 How we score
- Platforms
- IDECLIDesktop
- Last verified
- 2026-09-08
