Cline

Open-source autonomous coding agent

coding draft

Cline is an open-source VS Code extension that acts as an autonomous coding agent with tool use.

Pricing: Free (BYO API keys)

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Pros & cons

Pros
  • Open source
  • BYO model
  • Tool use
Cons
  • Setup complexity
  • Cost depends on model

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