Cline CLI vs. Standard Code

Feature	Cline CLI	Standard Code

Tagline	Autonomous coding agent right in your terminal	Cloud-hosted agent loop with local file and shell execution via a terminal CLI
Website	https://cline.bot	https://standardcode.ai
Language	typescript	typescript
Release Date	October 2, 2025	June 25, 2026
Last Updated	June 29, 2026	September 4, 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	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	No
Context Window	Model-dependent (up to 1M)
Supported Models	AI models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI, Mistral, DeepSeek, Meta, Azure, Cerebras, 30+ providers	Unlimited One (undisclosed open-weight models), Sama One (OpenAI via ChatGPT subscription)
Supported Subscriptions	ChatGPT Claude Code	ChatGPT
Pricing Model	Freemium	Subscription, BYOK
Free Tier	Yes	No
Price Range	Free (BYOK) / $20/mo per user	$49/mo per line ($5 first week)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Proprietary Software
Source Code	https://github.com/cline/cline	N/A
Development State	active	active