Cline vs Instructor

FeatureClineInstructor
CategoryCoding AssistantsAI Development
PricingFree (open-source)Free (open-source)
GitHub Stars18,0009,000
PlatformsmacOS, Linux, WindowsLinux, macOS, Windows
Features
  • ✓ VS Code extension
  • ✓ Browser use
  • ✓ Terminal access
  • ✓ Multi-model
  • ✓ File editing
  • ✓ Structured output
  • ✓ Pydantic models
  • ✓ Retry logic
  • ✓ Streaming
  • ✓ Multi-provider
Tags
codingvscodeautonomousopen-source
structured-outputpydanticpythonopen-source