Cline 84.8

Open-source autonomous coding agent extension for VS Code.

Category

Coding agents

Ranking

#5 in Best AI code editors & coding agents

Why it's ranked

Open source and model-agnostic: pick any provider.

Pricing

Open source; bring your own API key (check the vendor's site for current prices)

GitHub

cline/cline · ★ 70,283 (as of 2026-10-14)

Editor's score

82/100

Added

2026-10-13

Last reviewed

2026-10-13

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