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cline

by cline

Cline is an open-source AI coding agent that works in VS Code, JetBrains editors, the terminal and a desktop app. It reads your project, edits files, runs commands and asks for your approval before changes are made.

Worth a lookEstablished, with a few things to check (listed below).

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Stars
70.9k
Licence
Apache-2.0
Runs on
Your computer
Setup
Easy
Language
TypeScript
Age
843 days

What you can do with it

  • Ask the agent to make coordinated edits across several files and review each change as a diff
  • Run it headless from the command line to automate tasks in scripts or CI/CD pipelines
  • Build your own custom AI agents and tools using the SDK or MCP servers

Make money with it

A freelance developer could use it to deliver client websites and app fixes faster, taking on more projects in the same time.

An idea, not financial advice. Check the licence before charging for anything built on it.

Ways a business could use it

  • Speed up building and maintaining a website or app, reducing the need to pay for extra developer hours
  • Automate repetitive coding, testing and deployment tasks with the headless CLI or custom agents

Can you use it commercially?

Free to use, change and sell, including in paid products. Keep the copyright notice.

Not legal advice. Read the project's licence file before building a product on it.

Getting it running

Install the CLI with "npm i -g cline", add the extension from the VS Code or JetBrains marketplace, or download the desktop app for macOS or Windows.

Follow the official instructions in the project README.

Things to check

  • Needs an API key from an AI provider, which is usually paid per use, unless you run a local model
  • Auto-approve mode lets the agent run commands and edit files without checking, so use it with care
  • The JetBrains plugin is not open source

Who's talking about it

Checked 27 Oct 2026. Summary drafted by AI from the project's README.

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