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Home›AI Companies›Cline — AI Developer Tool

Cline — AI Developer Tool

Coding Assistants

by Cline Bot🇺🇸

Open-source AI coding agent with Plan/Act modes, MCP integration, and terminal-first workflows. Trusted by 5M+ developers worldwide.

Cline is an AI coding agent for VS Code that edits files, runs commands, and analyzes your codebase. Explore its capabilities for debugging issues and automating repetitive development tasks.

Top 5%·64K GitHub stars·0 visits/mo
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Cline — AI Developer Tool preview

Overall Score

36

Top 5%

of AI companies

Overall Score

36

Top 5%

GitHub Stars

64K

TypeScript · updated 2d ago

Monthly Visits

0

estimated

Community Saves

93K

watchlist signal

Executive summary

Cline is an AI coding agent for VS Code that edits files, runs commands, and analyzes your codebase. Explore its capabilities for debugging issues and automating repetitive development tasks.

Coding AssistantsOpen Source
  • Operates in coding assistants.
  • Active open-source repo with 64K GitHub stars.
  • 93K community saves — strong watchlist signal.

Why it ranks

Overall 36/100
  • Traffic is moderate
    34/100
  • GitHub is strong
    65/100
  • Community is moderate
    37/100
  • Momentum is strong
    100/100

Each dimension is weighted (traffic 20% · community 25% · growth 15% · momentum 15% · innovation 10%) and combined into the overall.

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Recent signals

Latest detected signals across traffic, developer activity and community mentions.

  1. Last GitHub push

    3 days ago
  2. HN: "Show HN: Cline subscription plan to access GLM-5.2 at 2-5x discount"

    12 days ago·4 points · 2 comments
  3. Indexed by indexator.ai

    Mar 11, 2026
  4. GitHub repo created

    Jul 2024·64,466 stars today
View all 6 signals →

Traffic & Engagement

Apr 2026
Monthly Visits
0
Visit Duration
0m 00s
Pages / Visit
0.00
Bounce Rate
0.0%

Top Keywords

Apr 2026
KeywordVolume / MoCPC
cline157,270$2.50
cline ai10,510$1.12
cline kanban11,540—
cline cli3,700$4.57
mcp marketplace8,210$1.17

Pricing

from cline.bot

Frequently asked questions

Free

Is Cline free?

Free

About Cline — AI Developer Tool

Cline is an open-source AI coding tool that serves as an agent-focused aid to developers. Key capabilities of Cline include Plan/Act modes and MCP (Master Control Program) integration. It caters to the needs of terminal-first workflows, providing an intuitive command-line interface in addition to it...

GitHub64,466 stars
LanguageTypeScript
LicenseApache-2.0
Founded2025
HeadquartersUS
Websitecline.bot

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Get notified when score, traffic, GitHub or community signals change.

Recent signals

Latest detected signals across traffic, developer activity and community mentions.

  1. Last GitHub push

    3 days ago
  2. HN: "Show HN: Cline subscription plan to access GLM-5.2 at 2-5x discount"

    12 days ago·4 points · 2 comments
  3. Indexed by indexator.ai

    Mar 11, 2026
  4. GitHub repo created

    Jul 2024·64,466 stars today
  5. Featured on Product Hunt

    Aug 2023
  6. Launched on Product Hunt

    Aug 2023·105 upvotes · 6 comments

Score

Score breakdown

Overall 36/100

Six signals, each 0–100, blended into the overall by their listed weight.

34·20%
65·10%
37·25%
100·15%

Score trend

last 90 days

Traffic

Traffic & Engagement

Apr 2026
Monthly Visits
0
Visit Duration
0m 00s
Pages / Visit
0.00
Bounce Rate
0.0%

Discovery

Top Keywords

Apr 2026
KeywordVolume / MoCPC
cline157,270$2.50
cline ai10,510$1.12
cline kanban11,540—
cline cli3,700$4.57
mcp marketplace8,210$1.17

Pricingfrom cline.bot ↗
USD

Is Cline free?

Free

Community snapshot
Featuredv2.0by Cline Bot

Saves

92.5K

Rating

—

Views

—

Category

Coding

Coding

Pros · 20

  • Open-source
  • Features Plan/Act modes
  • Has MCP integration
  • Terminal-first workflow support
  • Command-line interface
  • Offers GUI
  • IDE plugin versatility
  • Works with VS Code, IntelliJ, PyCharm, WebStorm
  • Automation support
  • Useful in scripts, cron jobs, CI pipelines
  • Codebase structure understanding
  • Projects refactoring support

Cons · 10

  • Relies on terminal-first workflows
  • Doesn't support non-IDE applications
  • Restricted to code-based workflows
  • Limited non-codebase applications
  • Restricted to large codebases
  • Lacks mobile app support
  • Limited GUI
  • Niche use cases
  • Dependency on MCP integration
  • Lacks real-time support

Rating distribution

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0
4-star
0
3-star
0
2-star
0
1-star
0

Release history · 2+

Cline v2Feb 14, 2026

Parallel AI Agents — Run multiple coding agents simultaneously for faster task execution. Headless CI/CD Support — Seamless integration into automated pipelines. ACP (Agent Communication Protocol) Support — Works with any editor that supports ACP. Fully Redesigned Developer Experience — Streamlined workflows and improved usability. Enhanced terminal-first workflows for end-to-end development. Faster prompt-to-production execution. Better reliability and agent coordination.

Initial releaseJanuary 23, 2025

Initial release of Cline.

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Community vote

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Mentions

1

Show HN

1

Total points

4

Comments

2

1 mention in the last 30 days

Show HN: Cline subscription plan to access GLM-5.2 at 2-5x discount

4 points · 2 comments · by

GitHub

Autonomous coding agent as an SDK, IDE extension, or CLI assistant.

64.5k6.9k1240 issues· TypeScript· Apache-2.0· updated 2d ago
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