Cline CLI vs. Plandex

Feature	Cline CLI	Plandex

Tagline	Autonomous coding agent right in your terminal	Open source AI coding agent for large projects and real world tasks
Website	https://cline.bot	https://github.com/plandex-ai/plandex
Language	typescript	go
Release Date	October 2, 2025	March 14, 2024
Last Updated	April 28, 2026	June 11, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	No
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	No
Git Integration	basic	deep
Multi-File Editing	Yes	No
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	None - terminal only
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	No
Web Search	Yes	No
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	Model-dependent (up to 1M)	2M tokens effective
Supported Models	AI models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI, Mistral, DeepSeek, Meta, Azure, Cerebras, 30+ providers	Any OpenAI-compatible models and 400+ models from OpenRouter.
Pricing Model	Freemium	Free
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (BYOK) / $20/mo per user	Free (self-hosted)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Open Source (MIT)
Source Code	https://github.com/cline/cline	https://github.com/plandex-ai/plandex
Development State	active	inactive