Cline
Cline
Open-source coding agent for VS Code
Pending testOpen source
Score
- Quality
- Pending
- Price
- Pending
- Speed
- Pending
- Ease of starting
- Pending
Last tested: not yet. Pending is not a zero.
Waiting on the vibe-coding bench: a small multi-page web app from a written spec. No score until that test is published.
Plain-language take
Written from public product information. This is not a test result.
An open-source VS Code agent that edits files and runs commands with your own model key.
Pricing
Open source · checked 16 October 2026
Cline is open source. Model use is billed by the provider you connect. The project site is cline.bot.
Pricing sourceUse cases
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