Cursor vs Cline
Cursor is listed under Clients & hosts, Cline under Clients & hosts. Shared focus: coding-agent. Each name links to the product's own site.
 Cline | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Clients & hosts | Clients & hosts |
| Pricing | Freemium | Open source |
| Public code | No | Yes |
| Tags | cursor, editor, ide, coding-agent | cline, vscode, coding-agent, open-source |
| Website | cursor.com | github.com |
What Cursor does
AI code editor built on a VS Code fork. It supports MCP servers, which you add through a config file or its settings, and agents can call their tools.
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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