Cline CLI vs. Codex CLI

Feature	Cline CLI	Codex CLI

Tagline	Autonomous coding agent right in your terminal	Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal
Website	https://cline.bot	https://openai.com/codex
Language	typescript	rust
Release Date	October 2, 2025	April 30, 2025
Last Updated	June 29, 2026	June 29, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	AI Lab
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	basic	deep
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, Zed, Neovim, Emacs	VS Code, Zed (via ACP)
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	Model-dependent (up to 1M)	Model-dependent
Terminal Bench 2.0		#6 · 82.0% ±2.2 ²
Supported Models	AI models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI, Mistral, DeepSeek, Meta, Azure, Cerebras, 30+ providers	All frontier GPT, Codex models: GPT-5.6 Sol / Terra / Luna, GPT-5.5, GPT-5.4 pro, GPT-5.3-Codex, optional custom models.
Supported Subscriptions	ChatGPT Claude Code	ChatGPT
Pricing Model	Freemium	Subscription
Free Tier	Yes	No
Price Range	Free (BYOK) / $20/mo per user	$20-200/mo
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Source Code	https://github.com/cline/cline	https://github.com/openai/codex
Development State	active	active