Cline

VS Code extension whose **harness** is a plan-then-act loop with per-step human approval and cost transparency; the VS Code integration is the UI shell. Open-source counterweight to Cursor.

Stars

63.6k

Adoption surface

slightly complex

Autonomy

step-gated

Recovery

resumable

License

✅ open-source

Category

Coding agent products (IDEs, CLIs, full suites)

Repository ↗ Example: Plan & Act mode ↗

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