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Cline
Autonomous coding agent available as an IDE extension, CLI, and SDK.
Cline is an autonomous coding agent that developers run as an IDE extension, a command-line tool, or an SDK. It edits code across a project, runs terminal commands, and connects to external systems, with approval controls over each action.
| Category | Coding agents |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Hosting | runs locally in the IDE or terminal |
| Repository | github.com/cline/cline |
| Website | cline.bot |
| Last verified | 2026-09-02 |
Documented features
- Makes coordinated code changes across files while monitoring linter and compiler errors
- Executes terminal commands and manages long-running processes such as dev servers
- Switches between Plan mode for strategy and Act mode for execution with per-action approval
- Applies project rules from .clinerules files
- Works with Claude, GPT, Gemini, Llama, local models via Ollama, and 200+ models via OpenRouter
- Connects to external systems through MCP servers
- Coordinates multi-agent teams with persistent state across sessions
- Runs agents on cron schedules for recurring tasks
- Integrates with Slack, Telegram, Discord, Google Chat, WhatsApp, and Linear, plus headless CI/CD mode
Feature summaries come from the project's own repository and documentation and describe the software as documented on the verification date, not an evaluation.