69,156 stars · Apache-2.0 (read from /blob/main/LICENSE, unmodified, 'Copyright 2026 Cline Bot Inc.') · GitHub /releases/latest serves desktop-v0.0.42 (2 Oct 2026), a per-package tag for the separate desktop app; npm 'cline' 3.0.67 is the command-line tool · Track this in Scout
A coding agent that runs inside VS Code or a JetBrains editor, and also as a terminal command.
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What it is
An agent published in three shapes: an editor extension, a command-line tool, and a library other programs can call. The company behind it is Cline Bot Inc., and the code is Apache-2.0, read from the LICENSE file.
What it is good for. Anyone who already works in a graphical editor and wants the assistant beside the file rather than in a separate window. The step-by-step approval it asks for suits people who want to read each change before it lands. The library version suits anyone who wants to put the same agent inside their own tooling.
- Apache-2.0, unmodified, "Copyright 2026 Cline Bot Inc." read from the file.
- It asks before it acts, so a wrong instruction does not quietly rewrite twenty files.
- Three shapes from one project: editor, terminal and library.
- The latest release on GitHub is not the product most people install.
/releases/latestserves a tag calleddesktop-v0.0.42, published on 2 October 2026, which versions the separate desktop application. The command-line tool is published on the npm registry asclineat version 3.0.67. One repository, several version numbers, and the loudest one is the least important. - 730 open issues and 525 open pull requests.
- Model requests cost money at the provider, as with every tool of this kind.
- RooCodeInc/Roo-Code
A fork of the same lineage at 24,300 stars, with more switchable modes for different jobs, but its last code landed in May 2026.
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36,054 stars and the same editor-panel shape, more focused on code completion as you type and less on running commands.
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aaif-goose/gooseCovered in Edition 29. It runs on the machine rather than inside an editor, and it is now maintained under the Linux Foundation.
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npm install -g cline
