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NAME
cline — Cline is an open-source autonomous coding agent that runs as a VS Code extension.
METADATA
TYPE
IDE
IDE
PRICE
Free
Free
VERIFIED
2026-03-17
2026-03-17
STATUS
ACTIVE
ACTIVE
LINKS
CONFIG FILES
DESCRIPTION
Cline is an open-source autonomous coding agent that runs as a VS Code extension. It supports workspace rules via a .clinerules/ directory containing .md and .txt files with optional YAML frontmatter for path-based scoping. Cline auto-detects rules from other tools (.cursorrules, .windsurfrules, AGENTS.md) and features a memory bank system for persistent project context across sessions. AgentConfigLoader (v3.67.0) adds file-based agent configurations. The Cline SDK API provides programmatic access to Cline features. Cline CLI 2.0 is a standalone service with gRPC API and multi-instance orchestration. Parallel tool calling support was added in v3.73.0.
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SEE ALSO
Cline Bot Inc.2026-03-17CLINE(1)