Cline vs Anthropic MCP

FeatureClineAnthropic MCP
CategoryCoding AssistantsAI Development
PricingFree (open-source)Free (open standard)
GitHub Stars18,00045,000
PlatformsmacOS, Linux, WindowsmacOS, Linux, Windows
Features
  • ✓ VS Code extension
  • ✓ Browser use
  • ✓ Terminal access
  • ✓ Multi-model
  • ✓ File editing
  • ✓ Universal tool protocol
  • ✓ Server/client architecture
  • ✓ Stdio and SSE transport
  • ✓ TypeScript + Python SDKs
  • ✓ Growing ecosystem
Tags
codingvscodeautonomousopen-source
open-sourceprotocoltoolsintegrationstandard