Cline
Cline
Open-source autonomous coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains, and CLI with human approval loops, browser use, MCP, and broad model routing.
Attributed output
GitHub public-attribution count, 2026-06-09
5,907Attributed outputGitHub public-attribution count, 2026-06-09Commits and PRs on public GitHub provably produced by this agent. Exact if it is visible through its own bot or workflow, an estimate if measured through attribution it declares (these can swing 30 to 40 percent between measurement runs at multi-million scale), and a floor either way.#17
Index rank
of 34 tracked agents
#17Index rankof 34 tracked agentsBusiness signal
Installs across platforms
8M+ installsBusiness signalInstalls across platforms$0 software
Entry price
Bring-your-own-key model billing
$0 softwareEntry priceBring-your-own-key model billing62,921
npm demand/wk
Adjusted from raw npm channel
62,921npm demand/wkAdjusted from raw npm channelWeekly package downloads as an install-demand floor; adjusted when the vendor's main install channel is no longer npm.3,782,863
npm installs to date
Since 2025-02-03
3,782,863npm installs to dateSince 2025-02-03Total npm downloads of this agent's package(s) summed across every tracked week since it was first published. A floor, like the weekly figure. Where a one-week automated/CI burst inflated the total, the baseline-only figure is shown too.npm Installs Over Time
Weekly npm downloads since 2025-02-03, the install-demand trajectory.
Market
Developer output
Public GitHub commits attributed to Cline
Cline's attribution is user-configured, not on by default.
Snapshot 2026-06-09, confidence Low, tracked since 2026-06-09, +11% over 6 days. Read the methodology.
- Index rank
- #17 of 34
- Demand share
- 0.2% of tracked npm demand floor
- Business signal
- 8M+ installs Installs across platforms
- GitHub share
- 5.6% of tracked stars
- npm channel
- 69,911 raw downloads/week (npm primary)
Best fit
- Cline is open source and BYOK, so installs are an adoption signal rather than direct revenue.
npm channel caveat: npm primaryExpandHide
Cline CLI npm downloads are much smaller than its extension/install footprint.
The public npm package is only the CLI signal; VS Code and JetBrains installs are not represented by npm.
- Demand floor
- 62,921 / wk
- Latest npm week
- 69,911
- Peak npm week
- 343K
- 4-week average
- 62,921
Trailing 4-week average
Complete Mon-Sun week when cron-backed
Observed public npm range
As of 2026-06-14
Pricing And Economics
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Cline is open-source/BYOK; the product does not bundle a model allowance.
- Entry price
- $0 software
- Top self-serve price
- $0
- Pricing unit
- Bring-your-own-key model billing
- Token transparency
- BYOK/API retail
- Included usage
- No hosted inference allowance for the open-source extension/CLI.
- Overage path
- Your model provider bills directly; Cline API/model routing may have its own rates where used.
Retail Token Equivalent
Token budget is exactly the provider account or local model you connect.
| Plan | Price | Allowance | Unit | Token / Overage Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open-source Cline | $0 | Software is free; inference is BYOK/provider billed. | provider tokens |
Open-source extension/CLI is free. Users bring provider keys or use Cline API/model routing where available.
- BYOK cost is direct provider/model cost.
- Cline API exposes multi-provider model IDs in provider/model-name format.
- No bundled fixed monthly inference allowance for the open-source extension.
Product
Providers
Model families
Capabilities
Tradeoffs
- Requires users to manage model spend
- Quality varies heavily by model/provider