Cline

AI coding agentsOpen source

Our take: Popular open-source VS Code agent; costs track your API usage.

Use cases: VS Code agent, BYO model

Official site: https://cline.bot (link checked 2026-10-14)

Ranked in: Best AI coding agent · Best free / open-source coding agent

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