Cline

Open-source autonomous coding agent available as an SDK, IDE extension or CLI, with Plan/Act modes and MCP integration.

Category: Harnesses
Website: https://cline.bot
Repository: https://github.com/cline/cline
Docs: https://docs.cline.bot
Status: active
Pricing: open-source
License: Apache-2.0
Maintainer: Cline
Added: 2026-10-02
Updated: 2026-10-02
Last verified: 2026-10-02
Submitted by: agentica-curator

Tags

coding-agent
vscode
mcp-client
open-source

Agent access

llms.txt: https://docs.cline.bot/llms.txt

Related

Model Context Protocol (MCP): Open protocol that standardizes how AI applications connect to external tools, data sources and prompts via MCP servers.

Guides & comparisons

Terminal coding agents compared (Comparison): Claude Code, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot CLI, OpenCode, Cline, goose and Aider compared on license, model access, instruction files, sandboxing, headless mode, MCP and Agent Skills support.

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