🧠 Cline — Open-source AI coding agent for IDE, CLI, and SDK

🧠 Cline — is an open-source AI coding agent (Apache 2.0) for VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, CLI, and SDK with 66.8k GitHub stars and 8M+ installations, supporting GPT and Claude models. Cline is aimed at software developers and tech teams looking for a flexible coding agent that runs in the editor, terminal, or embedded in their own products and supports any model without vendor lock-in.

🛠️ Our Services and Products at a Glance:

• 🛡️ Open-source under Apache-2.0 license — developed by 250+ contributors
• 📈 Multi-Runtime: CLI, VS Code Extension, JetBrains Plugin, and embeddable SDK
• 🖱️ Model-Agnostic — works with GPT, Claude, local LLMs, or your own API keys
• 🔗 Plan-and-Act Architecture with Rules and Skills for reproducible workflows
• 💰 Edits across Projects with Bash command execution in an isolated environment
• 🚀 MCP Integration for extensible plugin architecture and external tools
• 🔒 Multi-Agent Teams with Cron schedules and CI pipeline integration
• 💬 Slack, Linear, and CI Connectivity for team workflows
• 🌍 4.1/5 stars on VS Code Marketplace with 313 ratings

⭐ Your Advantages with Cline:

• ⏱️ ⏱️ Saves development time through autonomous refactorings and codebase understanding
• ✅ 💰 No markup costs — your own API keys or local models without surcharge
• 📊 🌟 Highest trust through open-source code and audit-ready prompts
• 🌟 🔐 Full data control — code and context remain on your own system
• 🔐 🎯 One agent for IDE, terminal, and CI — no tool switching between workflows
• 🎯 ✅ Trusted by Samsung, Salesforce, Oracle, Amazon, LG, Globant, Microsoft, eBay, Visa, IBM

📖 Our History:

Cline started as a community project and has evolved into the leading open-source coding agent since 2024. With over 8 million installations and 66.8k GitHub stars, it is now the backbone of many developer workflows at Fortune 500 companies.

🎯 Our Values and Vision:

Our core values are Open Source without compromise — no telemetry, no vendor lock-in, Developer First — developed by developers for developers with transparent decisions, Pluggable Everything — models, tools, and workflows remain interchangeable.