Cline CLI vs. IBM Bob

Feature	Cline CLI	IBM Bob

Tagline	Autonomous coding agent right in your terminal	Your AI SDLC (Software Development Lifecycle) partner from IBM
Website	https://cline.bot	https://bob.ibm.com
Language	typescript	javascript
Release Date	October 2, 2025	September 2, 2025
Last Updated	April 28, 2026	May 20, 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	No
IDE Integration	VS Code, JetBrains, Zed, Neovim, Emacs	Bob IDE
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	No
Context Window	Model-dependent (up to 1M)	Model-dependent
Supported Models	AI models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI, Mistral, DeepSeek, Meta, Azure, Cerebras, 30+ providers	Multi-provider (IBM-managed)
Pricing Model	Freemium	Freemium
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (BYOK) / $20/mo per user	Free / $20-200/mo
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Proprietary Software
Source Code	https://github.com/cline/cline	https://github.com/IBM/ibm-bob
Development State	active	active