Claude Code vs Cline CLI

Feature	Claude Code	Cline CLI

Tagline	An agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal	Autonomous coding agent right in your terminal
Website	https://claude.ai/code	https://cline.bot
Language	typescript	typescript
Release Date	February 22, 2025	October 2, 2025
Last Updated	September 4, 2026	June 29, 2026
Provider Type	AI Lab	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	deep	basic
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	Yes	Yes
IDE Integration	VS Code, JetBrains	VS Code, JetBrains, Zed, Neovim, Emacs
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	1M tokens	Model-dependent (up to 1M)
Terminal Bench	#2 · 57.9% ±3.8 (Terminal-Bench 4.0) ¹
AA Coding Agent Index	70% · Fable 5.1 (max, with fallback)	-
Supported Models	Claude Fable 5 / Mythos 5 (Restricted Availability), Opus 4.8, Claude Sonnet 4.6, Claude Haiku 4.5	AI models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI, Mistral, DeepSeek, Meta, Azure, Cerebras, 30+ providers
Supported Subscriptions	Claude Code	ChatGPT Claude Code
Pricing Model	Subscription	Freemium
Free Tier	No	Yes
Price Range	$17-200/mo	Free (BYOK) / $20/mo per user
Source Code Availability	Proprietary Software	Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Source Code	https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code	https://github.com/cline/cline
Development State	active	active