Claude Code vs Cline
Claude Code is listed under Clients & hosts, Cline under Clients & hosts. Shared focus: coding-agent. Each name links to the product's own site.
 Claude Code |  Cline | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Clients & hosts | Clients & hosts |
| Pricing | Paid | Open source |
| Public code | Yes | Yes |
| Tags | claude, cli, coding-agent, terminal | cline, vscode, coding-agent, open-source |
| Website | github.com | github.com |
What Claude Code does
Anthropic's agentic coding tool for the terminal. It acts as an MCP client, so you can add local or remote servers and use their tools while it works in your codebase.
What Cline does
Open source coding agent that runs as an IDE extension or CLI. It can connect to MCP servers, and it can also help you create new ones, then add them to its own tool list.
Other options
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