Cline is a terminal / coding agent: Open-source coding agent in VS Code with Plan/Act modes; bring any model. If it isn't the right fit, here are the other terminal / coding agents we track, each with an official demo and sourced pricing. Last checked 2026-10-17.
Command-line tool for agentic coding that lets developers delegate substantial engineering tasks to Claude from the terminal; later added VS Code and JetBrains integrations and an SDK. source
Open-source (Apache-2.0) coding agent from OpenAI that runs on your machine. Sign in with ChatGPT or use an API key; also available as IDE extension, desktop app and cloud agent. source
Open-source (Apache-2.0) AI agent for the terminal: coding, research and task automation with Gemini models and MCP tools. source
Autonomous AI software engineer from Cognition: give it a task and it plans, codes, tests and opens pull requests, in the cloud or via Devin Desktop/CLI. source
Terminal rebuilt as an agentic development environment: run multiple coding agents, review diffs and edit code alongside your shell. source
Other terminal / coding agents we track: Claude Code, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, Devin, Warp.
These alternatives list a free tier or free plan: Codex CLI, Devin, Warp. Limits vary; check each official pricing page.
Open-source options in this category: Codex CLI, Gemini CLI.
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