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title: "Cline pricing, platforms and integrations"
description: "Open source agent for VS Code, JetBrains and the terminal. Bring your own key for any provider, local models included, with an MCP marketplace and plan-then-act modes."
canonical_url: "https://whichcoding.tools/tools/cline"
---
# Cline

> Open source agent for VS Code, JetBrains and the terminal. Bring your own key for any provider, local models included, with an MCP marketplace and plan-then-act modes.

- **Layer**: Editor extension, Terminal agent
- **Vendor**: Cline Bot Inc.
- **Platforms**: macOS, Windows, Linux
- **Editors**: VS Code, JetBrains
- **License**: Apache-2.0
- **Pricing**: Free tier
- **Status**: Active
- **JSON**: /api/v1/tools/cline.json

## Links

- [Website](https://cline.bot)
- [Pricing](https://cline.bot/pricing)
- [Repo](https://github.com/cline/cline)
- [Docs](https://docs.cline.bot)

## Pricing

| Plan | Price | Included | Beyond that | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Open Source (individual) | Free | — | — | VS Code Extension and CLI; Secure client-side architecture, model inference at cost or bring your own key; MCP Marketplace, multi-root workspaces, community support |
| ClinePass (individual) | $9.99/mo (per user) | — | — | Curated open weight models from Z.ai, Moonshot AI, DeepSeek, MiniMax, MiMo and Qwen; Generous quotas versus standard API rate limits, no separate provider keys needed. Additional processing fees may apply. |
| Enterprise (enterprise) | Contact sales | — | — | All Open Source features plus the JetBrains extension; SSO, SLA and dedicated support, centralized billing; Role based access control, limit inference providers, team management dashboard, authentication logs. Prices are not on the public site. |

Cline itself is free and open source. ClinePass is an optional paid subscription for curated open weight model access. Enterprise is contact-sales for team and security features.

Source: [cline.bot/pricing](https://cline.bot/pricing), verified 2026-09-09.

## Works with

What Cline runs, and what can run Cline. "With your existing login" means the wrapped tool's subscription is reused, no second bill.

### Runs inside

- [cmux](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/cmux) (via CLI, Free with your existing login): Native macOS terminal on libghostty with vertical tabs, notification rings and a scriptable browser for running Claude Code, Codex, Gemini and other CLI agents at once.
- [dmux](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/dmux) (via CLI, Free with your existing login): FormKit's open source tmux pane manager. Each pane gets its own git worktree and branch, launches the agents you pick, and merges or opens a pull request from the pane menu.
- [JetBrains AI](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/jetbrains-ai) (via ACP, Free with your existing login): AI Assistant and the Junie agent in JetBrains IDEs. Completions on JetBrains models are free, cloud agents draw from monthly AI Credits. Claude Agent and Codex plug in over ACP.
- [PearAI](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/pearai) (via extension, Bills model usage separately): Open source VS Code fork with an agent built on a Roo Code and Cline fork and a chat panel forked from Continue. Your own keys or local models, or the PearAI Router on paid.
- [Zed](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/zed) (via ACP, Free with your existing login): Open source editor written in Rust with GPU rendering. Hosts external agents such as Claude Code, Codex and Gemini CLI over ACP at no charge, with its own hosted models on Pro.

## Models

- **Providers**: Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI, Mistral, DeepSeek, OpenRouter, Vercel AI Gateway
- **Bring your own key**: BYOK
- **Local models**: Yes

Any OpenAI-compatible endpoint, plus Bedrock, Azure and Vertex.

## Features

- **Subagents**: The agent can delegate to child agents
- **MCP client**: Connects to MCP servers
- **ACP agent**: Can be hosted by ACP clients such as Zed
- **Browser automation**: Drives a browser to verify UI
- **Checkpoints**: Snapshot and roll back agent changes
- **Plugins**: Extensible through plugins or a marketplace
- **Hooks**: Run your own commands at lifecycle points

## Install

- **download**: [marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=saoudrizwan.claude-dev](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=saoudrizwan.claude-dev)
- **npm**: `npm install -g cline`

## License

- **SPDX**: Apache-2.0
- **Kind**: Open source
- **Repo**: [github.com/cline/cline](https://github.com/cline/cline)

## Sources

Every fact above points at a vendor page and the date someone last checked it.

| Source | Covers | Verified |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [cline.bot/pricing](https://cline.bot/pricing) | pricing | 2026-09-09 |
| [cline.bot/cline-pass](https://cline.bot/cline-pass) | pricing | 2026-09-09 |
| [cline.bot](https://cline.bot) | platforms, models, features, license, general | 2026-08-23 |
| [docs.cline.bot/usage/acp](https://docs.cline.bot/usage/acp) | features | 2026-08-27 |

Source data: [content/tools/cline.yml](https://github.com/benjamincanac/whichcodingtools/blob/main/content/tools/cline.yml)

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