Cline
by Cline
Open-source AI coding agent.
What it does
Cline is an open-source coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains and the terminal, with Plan/Act modes, MCP support and your choice of model.
Note: Pricing page did not render plan prices at check time.
Key facts
- Pricing model
- Free
- Starting price
- Open source; bring your own model
- Free tier
- Yes
- Deployment
- Open source (IDE extension + CLI)
- Integrations
- VS CodeJetBrainsMCPGitHub
As mentioned on the vendor's site; not tested.
πͺπΊ EU / Swiss readiness
- Status
- πͺπΊ Unknown
- GDPR / DPA
- Not publicly stated / not verified
- Data residency
- Not publicly stated / not verified
- EU AI Act info
- Not publicly stated / not verified
- Source
- Not publicly stated / not verified
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Hands-on test
Not tested yet. When Verified, this section will show setup time, success on our standard task script, cost per run, screenshots and the retest date.
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