Cline CLI vs. Pi

Feature	Cline CLI	Pi

Tagline	Autonomous coding agent right in your terminal	A minimal terminal coding harness
Website	https://cline.bot	https://pi.dev
Language	typescript	typescript
Release Date	October 2, 2025	December 2, 2025
Last Updated	April 28, 2026	April 28, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	No
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	None - terminal only
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	Model-dependent (up to 1M)	Model-dependent; auto-compaction
Supported Models	AI models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI, Mistral, DeepSeek, Meta, Azure, Cerebras, 30+ providers	20+ providers: Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Mistral, OpenRouter, Groq, Ollama, xAI, Azure, Bedrock
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/badlogic/pi-mono
Development State	active	active