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Cline is an Apache-2.0 coding agent for the desktop, IDE, terminal, and SDK. Plan mode agrees the steps. Act mode edits. The open-source agent has no seat fee. You pay the model.

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bot/pricing (checked twice 2026-11-12): the page says Cline is free for individual developers, you pay for AI inference on a usage basis, and there is no subscription and no seat fee for the open-source version. You bring an API key or use the Cline provider.

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Best fit

Agents that write, review, or run code, including IDE agents and coding command-line tools. Listed use: coding, agents. Listed audience: Builders.

Quick facts

Category
Coding agents
Pricing
Free, Open source
Status
Editorial
Starting price
$0
Vendor
Cline
Last verified
November 12, 2026
Use
coding, agents

Features

  • Apache-2.0 at GitHub logogithub.com/cline/cline
  • Homepage install: npm i -g cline. SDK install: npm install @cline/sdk
  • Plan mode, then Act. You approve each step, or turn on auto-approve
  • No seat fee on the open-source agent. Bring a key or use the Cline provider

Pricing

On cline.bot/pricing (checked twice 2026-11-12): the page says Cline is free for individual developers, you pay for AI inference on a usage basis, and there is no subscription and no seat fee for the open-source version. You bring an API key or use the Cline provider. The page does not print a per-token rate for that provider. The LICENSE file at GitHub logogithub.com/cline/cline, read the same day, is Apache License Version 2.0. The homepage shows npm i -g cline and npm install @cline/sdk.

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Cline is a coding agent you run yourself. Plan mode is where you agree the approach. Act mode is where it edits. You approve each step, or you turn on auto-approve. The same runtime is a desktop app, an IDE extension, a CLI, and an SDK. The license at github.com/cline/cline, read November 12, 2026, is Apache-2.0. There is no Cline seat to buy for the open-source agent.

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A developer who wants the agent loop, MCP tools, and repo rules in a tool they can install, and who will pay Anthropic, OpenAI, or another provider directly.

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The bill is the model's bill. The pricing page says you can use the Cline provider instead of your own key, and it does not print that provider's rates. Enterprise is a sales link with no price on the page read November 12. Auto-approve removes the step check that Plan/Act is built around. .clinerules in the repo is how you pin standards. The homepage also describes coordinator agents that delegate to specialists, which is a second loop on top of Plan/Act, not a cheaper plan.

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