Cline CLI vs. OpenHands CLI

Feature	Cline CLI	OpenHands CLI

Tagline	Autonomous coding agent right in your terminal	Lightweight OpenHands CLI as a standalone AI coding agent
Website	https://cline.bot	https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands
Language	typescript	python
Release Date	October 2, 2025	October 18, 2025
Last Updated	April 28, 2026	June 3, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	basic	basic
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	No
Voice Mode	Yes	No
IDE Integration	VS Code, JetBrains, Zed, Neovim, Emacs	Zed, Toad, VS Code, JetBrains IDEs
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	No
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	Model-dependent (up to 1M)	Model dependent
Terminal Bench 2.0		#64 · 51.9% ±2.9 ²
Supported Models	AI models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI, Mistral, DeepSeek, Meta, Azure, Cerebras, 30+ providers	Models from multiple providers including, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI. Compatible with 400+ OpenRouter models.
Pricing Model	Freemium	BYOK
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (BYOK) / $20/mo per user	Free (BYOK)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Open Source (MIT)
Source Code	https://github.com/cline/cline	https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands
Development State	active	active