About Cline
Cline is an open-source AI coding agent that brings Claude's capabilities directly into your development environment. Designed for developers who want powerful AI assistance without compromising on security or control, Cline operates as a collaborative coding partner that plans before it edits, asks clarifying questions, and shows every change before deployment.
Multi-Platform Support: Available as a VS Code extension, CLI tool, and JetBrains IDE integration (IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, WebStorm, and more) Intelligent Collaboration: Plans changes, requests approval for major edits, and can run autonomously once authorized Model Flexibility: Optimized for frontier models from Anthropic, Claude, OpenAI, Gemini, xAI, and leading open-source labs Kanban UI: New orchestration interface for managing agents in Cline, Claude, and Codex workflows Enterprise-Grade Security: Client-side architecture with no code visibility to Cline—data flows directly to your chosen provider Codebase Understanding: Analyze structure, dependencies, and behavior across projects Large-Scale Refactoring: Make coordinated changes while maintaining consistency in imports, types, and functionality Automation: Deploy via Cline CLI for scripts, cron jobs, and CI/CD pipelines Bring your own inference with Amazon Bedrock, GCP Vertex, Azure OpenAI, or self-hosted models Deploy on your infrastructure (VPC, on-premises, or air-gapped environments) Complete data privacy and control With 5M+ installs and a thriving community of 250+ contributors, Cline combines enterprise-grade security with the flexibility developers demand.