Cline

Cline Editors & IDE helpers Free way to start

Open-source VS Code agent extension. Free software; you pay only for the model API key you plug in (OpenRouter, Anthropic, Gemini, OpenAI…).

Capabilities

Read local project	Supported Reads files in your workspace.
Edit files	Supported Proposes diffs you approve.
Run commands	Supported Runs terminal commands with your approval.
Image input	Supported Screenshots can be given as context.
Long autonomous tasks	Conditional Agentic loop works well, but cost and rate limits come from your provider.

Working experience

Code quality Good

Works on its own Good

Speed Conditional

Stability Good

Editorial assessment based on official documentation and publicly known behavior — not a field-test score. Sources and check date on this page.

🧪 ResetDog field notes

No completed field test for this tool yet. The capability descriptions on this page come from official documentation.

🎯 Good for

Change pages / UI · Fix a bug · · Continue from a screenshot · Let an agent run · Quick code question · Hand off my project

🧭 How you use it

Inside your IDE
Works on: macOS / Windows / Linux

💰 Cost & quota

Bring your own key · Free / open source

🆓 Free / trial access

The extension is free and open source; inference is paid per token to whichever provider you connect (free providers exist).

🏷️ Pricing notes

No subscription. Cite from official site: typical cost is roughly $0.01–$0.10 per coding task with your own key; the optional Cline provider account is billed separately.

See pricing page ↗

🚀 Setup

Install “Cline” from the VS Code marketplace, then add an API key (e.g. OpenRouter or Gemini) in settings.

⚠️ Main limitations

You must obtain and manage your own API key.
Cost per task scales with model choice and task size.

🔒 Privacy & data

Code is sent to the model provider you configure; check that provider’s policy. Official privacy policy ↗

📚 Sources

🧾 What is official vs ours

Facts like pricing, plans, and capability limits come from the official pages linked below, checked on the date shown. Summaries and task-fit notes are written by ResetDog. Anything marked “conditional” or “unknown” was not fully confirmed — treat it as unverified.