Cline

Autonomous coding agent in VS Code

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About Cline

Cline is an autonomous AI coding agent that runs as a VS Code extension. It can create and edit files, execute terminal commands, use the browser, and handle complex multi-step coding tasks with human oversight at each step.

Features

✦VS Code extension
✦Browser use
✦Terminal access
✦Multi-model
✦File editing

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • +Full VS Code integration
  • +Browser automation capability
  • +Human-in-the-loop approval
  • +Multi-model support
  • +Free and open-source

Cons

  • −Can be token-expensive
  • −Requires good model for best results
  • −Sometimes over-eager with changes
  • −VS Code only

Platforms

macOSLinuxWindows

Tags

#coding#vscode#autonomous#open-source

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