Cline

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The Open Coding Agent

Cline (formerly Claude Dev) is a massively popular open-source VS Code extension that gives Claude and other AI models full agentic access to your codebase — reading files, writing code, running terminal commands, and controlling the browser.

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PricingFree

Price / month—

Free tierYes

Open sourceYes

Built onVS Code extension

ReleasedJuly 2024

Platforms

MacWindowsLinux

AI Models Supported

Claude Opus 5 / Sonnet 5GPT-5.6Gemini 3.5DeepSeek V4Kimi K3local (Ollama)

Key Features

→Open source agent runtime
→Works in VS Code, terminal, and embeddable SDK
→Edits across multiple files with linter-aware fixes
→Runs bash commands and reacts to output
→Plan-and-Act mode with approval workflow
→Rules and Skills via .clinerules configuration

News — Cline

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Cline Desktop v0.0.19 Fixes Memory Leak That Ballooned Process to Tens of Gigabytes

Cline Desktop v0.0.19 fixes a memory leak where session status updates carried full conversation transcripts to every connected client, ballooning process memory to tens of gigabytes on long tasks. The release also adds seven new model providers and changes default models for several existing ones.

August 26, 2026 · 9:35 AM2 min read

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