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Cline

Autonomous coding agent available as a VS Code extension, CLI tool, and SDK. Can create and edit files, run terminal commands, use the browser, and orchestrate multi-step development tasks with human-in-the-loop approval. Differentiates through its IDE-native experience and extensible SDK for embedding agent capabilities into other products. 62K GitHub stars with 1,078 commits in 90 days, one of the fastest-growing coding agent projects.

Cline (Cline Bot Inc.), CLI v3.0.17 (Jun 4 2026); GitHub cline/cline 62.7k stars. Autonomous coding agent in IDE/terminal, plans tasks, edits files, runs commands with human approval. Confirmed live June 2026.

Openness

5 high confidence

5.0

license: Apache-2.0(OSI, (c)2026 Cline Bot Inc.)
source: public
core-gated: ungated

Verified Apache-2.0 OSI, full source public; free extension with no proprietary core gating. License/version/stars confirmed via primary GitHub source.

https://github.com/cline/cline recorded 2026-06-04
Apache 2.0 license, public source, CLI v3.0.17 Jun 4 2026, 62.7k stars (verified)

Adoption

4 high confidence

4.0

4,191,569 installs on the VS Code Marketplace (primary). One of the most-installed agentic coding extensions; firmly in the 1-10M reach band on install volume (not stars).

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=saoudrizwan.claude-dev recorded 2026-06-04
4,191,569 VS Code Marketplace installs

Capability

4 medium confidence

4.0

Second only to OpenHands (68.4%) among open coding agents on the April 2026 leaderboard; above SWE-agent and Aider. NOTE: figure from aggregator leaderboard (awesomeagents.ai), not primary; kept at medium confidence.

https://awesomeagents.ai/leaderboards/swe-bench-coding-agent-leaderboard/ recorded 2026-06-04
Cline (Autonomous Mode) SWE-bench Verified 59.8% (aggregator)

Unchanged since 2026-07-30 (last edited, not re-checked)