Cline is an open-source AI coding agent that runs as a VS Code extension, planning and executing multi-file changes with human-in-the-loop approval of each step. It is model-agnostic, connecting to cloud providers or local models through your own keys, so the software itself is free and code routing stays under your control. Its permission-based approach (approve terminal commands and file edits) targets developers who want agentic help without surrendering oversight.
open-sourceai-agentvscode
Overview
- Founded
- 2024
- Pricing tier
- Low
- Startup-friendly
- Yes
- Enterprise-ready
- No
AI coding tool
- Tool type
- Agent
- Free tier
- Yes: Free open-source extension; bring your own model keys
- Open-source
- Yes
- Self-hostable
- Yes
- Model-agnostic
- Yes
- Local models
- Yes
- IDE integration
- Yes