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Record · clineAgentModel usage or local runtime costsRecord checked Sep 15, 2026

Cline

A coding agent with terminal, editor and programmatic interfaces.

Sources and review

Checked against public documentation on . Suitability guidance is our editorial judgment; this is not a performance benchmark or an endorsement.

Publisher documentation

Choose model access separately from the coding client

Cline documents editor and terminal applications with several model-access paths: Cline usage billing, ClinePass, your own provider credentials and local runtimes. Installing the client does not establish free access to every model.

Select the application and model path first. Cline credits, a subscription or your provider's usage charges can apply; local inference requires a suitable runtime and hardware. Review file, shell and browser permissions before use. ASE has not installed a client, signed in or run a coding task for this check.

Documentation checked · Review due

The review date is an ASE reminder, not an upstream guarantee.

Best for

Developers who want configurable model providers and tool approval in a terminal or editor coding workflow.

Avoid if

You need a guarantee that generated changes are correct without reviewing or testing them.

About Cline

Cline provides coding-agent workflows through a CLI, editor extensions, a desktop application and an SDK. It can edit files, run commands and use external tools, with approval behavior configured by the operator. Model and service costs depend on the selected providers; interface availability and licensing should be checked separately.

Cline is listed in this index, with 71k stars on GitHub. Its latest recorded repository push was in October 2026; that is not an ASE editorial review date.

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